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the jetset wayThe JetSet Way is the only way. People who live this way are straight alpha/sigma males and have the ability at will to ethically attain any and every woman they shall desire, own any car they shall want, wear whatever brand clothes they want, get VIP access everywhere and will spend more time on planes traveling to foreign countries than they do at their home. The Jet Set Way was coined by JetSetFly (also known as Josh King Madrid) himself.Rate it:

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à vous le déIt is your turn to play (at dice). [See Avoir.]Rate it:

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absent le chat, les souris dansentwhen the cat's away the mice will playRate it:

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all the world's a stagePeople have roles to play in life just as actors do in the theatre.Rate it:

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as the crow fliesIn a straight line distance between two locations, as opposed to the road distance or over land distance.Rate it:

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aux états-unis les rues sont tirées au cordeauIn the United States the streets are perfectly straight.Rate it:

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buey viejo surco derechoan old ox, a straight furrow (it makes)Rate it:

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bug outMiss school, play truant, play hooky.Rate it:

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come stàAn instruction to play without improvised ornamentation or rhythmic alteration.Rate it:

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crack-upOne can 'crack-up' emotionally with laughter or tears as a result of an observation, a joke, a story, a scene, a sequence in a movie, opera, stage play or animal, baby or children;s antics:Rate it:

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curtain-raiserIn a theater, an initial play, musical performance, etc which precedes the main performance.Rate it:

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docere aliquem fidibusto teach some one to play a stringed instrument.Rate it:

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draw stumpsTo declare an end to the days play, and remove the bails and sometimes the stumps.Rate it:

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easy peasy (lemon squeezy)a rhyming expression for saying something is very easy, straight forward; also written easy-peasy; See also: piece of cake; a walk in the park; as easy as falling off a log; easy as pieRate it:

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effeuiller la margueriteTo play "she loves me, she loves me not".Rate it:

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fabula, ludus scaenicusthe piece; the play.Rate it:

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fabulam agereto act a play (said of the actors).Rate it:

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fabulam dareto produce a play (of the writer).Rate it:

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fabulam edereto bring out a play, put it on the stage (used of the man who finds the money).Rate it:

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fabulam exigere (Ter. Andr. Pol.)to hiss a play.Rate it:

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faire l'école buissonnièreTo play truant.Rate it:

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faire l'homme d'importanceTo play the consequential; To give oneself airs; To be pompous.Rate it:

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faire les cent coupsTo amuse oneself noisily; To play all sorts of tricks.Rate it:

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faire un tour d'écolierTo play a schoolboy trick.Rate it:

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fiddle awayTo play the fiddle idly.Rate it:

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fidibus canereto play on the lyre.Rate it:

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fidibus discere (De Sen. 8. 26)to learn to play a stringed instrument.Rate it:

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first nightplay's openingRate it:

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flood the zoneTo fill a relevant region of the field of play.Rate it:

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follow suitTo play a card of the same suit as the previous or leading card.Rate it:

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Follow Your NoseIn straight direction, to go ahead straightRate it:

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fool aroundTo engage in adultery; to play around.Rate it:

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fourth wallThe imaginary invisible wall at the front of the stage in a proscenium theatre, through which the audience sees the action in the world of the play.Rate it:

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fudge the factsSomeone who complains constantly but does not tell the straight story.Rate it:

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funny moneyPlay money.Rate it:

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go to batBe the individual or team that is currently batting; play offense.Rate it:

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golf widowA woman who is deprived of her husband's time and attention due to his regular absence in order to play golf.Rate it:

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goof aroundTo play, or to fool around.Rate it:

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ground ruleA rule regarding play on a specific field, course, or court.Rate it:

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hammer outto play something on the pianoRate it:

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have onTo trick or deceive deliberately; to play a prank on.Rate it:

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il corrige le hasardHe cheats at play.Rate it:

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il le regarda bien en faceHe looked him straight in the face.Rate it:

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il ne faut pas jouer avec le feuOne should not play with edged tools.Rate it:

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il ne faut pas y aller par quatre cheminsYou must not beat about the bush; You must go straight to the point; You must not mince matters; It’s no good shilly-shallying.Rate it:

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in linePositioned in a straight line.Rate it:

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irae indulgere (Liv. 23. 3)to give free play to one's anger.Rate it:

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it is all fun and games until someone loses an eyeRough play results in injury.Rate it:

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j'ai fait mon travail d'arraché piedI did my work straight off, without stopping.Rate it:

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jam sessionAn ad-hoc meeting where whoever shows up joins the group to play music.Rate it:

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