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stand asideTo leave a job or position voluntarily so that someone else can have it instead.Rate it:

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start with a clean sheetTo go back to square one; start all over again.Rate it:

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statuam alicui ponere, constituereto set up a statue in some one's honour.Rate it:

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stay backTo keep one's distance from a place, often because of some danger.Rate it:

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stick it to the manTo take some action intended to defy a source of oppression such as globalization, commercialization, big business or government.Rate it:

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stick one's dick in crazyFor a man to have sex with another person deemed insane or otherwise undesirableRate it:

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sticking pointA disputed issue or state of affairs that causes an interruption or outright impasse in progress towards some goal or resolution, especially in negotiation or argumentation.Rate it:

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still water runs deepA person with a calm appearance has, or may have, considerable inner emotion, character, or intellectRate it:

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Stir up a Hornet's NestTo stimulate or stir people to get angry or annoyed, to cause a great problem, to invite dangerRate it:

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stopping the inkStopping something with no explanation at all.Rate it:

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stranger on the phoneDr. Greshun De Bouse's brilliant true account of a present-day angel in female human form who uplifts and changes lives of countless downtrodden men whom have never seen her, via telephone through the power of Biblical scripture and the Holy Spirit.Rate it:

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strike outTo draw a line through some text such as a printed or written sentence, with the purpose of deleting that text from the rest of the document.Rate it:

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strike outTo fail; to be refused a request or to have a proposal not be accepted, in particular a request for a date.Rate it:

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studere alicui rei, studiosum esse alicuius reito have an inclination for a thing.Rate it:

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studio alicuius rei aliquem incendereto make some one enthusiastic for a thing.Rate it:

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studio alicuius rei tenerito have an inclination for a thing.Rate it:

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studio ardere alicuius or alicuius rei (De Or. 2. 1. 1)to have enthusiasm for a person or thing.Rate it:

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sub imperio et dicione alicuius esseto be subject to some one, under some one's dominion.Rate it:

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sub outTo remove from something or to have one's place taken, especially in sports.Rate it:

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sub varios incertosque casus subiectum esseto have to submit to the uncertainties of fortune; to be subject to Fortune's caprice.Rate it:

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subiectum esse, obnoxium esse imperio or dicioni alicuius (not simply alicui)to be subject to some one, under some one's dominion.Rate it:

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subita morteThe sudden death of all or a portion of a contract or other agreement without regard to any other clause continuing or extending the agreement,Rate it:

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subsidium alicui summittereto send relief to some one.Rate it:

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suck downTo drink all of something quickly.Rate it:

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sucks to be youYou are in a bad situation, but I have no sympathy.Rate it:

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sui iuris factum esseto have become independent, be no longer a minor.Rate it:

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sui potestatem facere, praebere alicuito give audience to some one.Rate it:

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summa gloria florereto have reached the highest pinnacle of eminence.Rate it:

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summa necessitudine aliquem contingereto stand in very intimate relations to some one.Rate it:

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summo iure agere cum aliquo (cf. summum ius, summa iniuria)to proceed against some one with the utmost rigour of the law; to strain the law in one's favour.Rate it:

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supplicationem indicere ad omnia pulvinaria (Liv. 27. 4)to proclaim a public thanksgiving at all the street-shrines of the gods.Rate it:

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supplicium sumere de aliquoto exact a penalty from some one.Rate it:

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suspicio (alicuius rei) cadit in aliquem, pertinet ad aliquema suspicion falls on some one.Rate it:

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suspicionem ex animo delereto banish all feeling of prejudice from the mind.Rate it:

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sweep the boardTo win all the prizes in a competition.Rate it:

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sweep the boardTo get enough votes in an election to gain all the seats.Rate it:

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swim with sharksTo operate among dangerous people.Rate it:

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tâchez de faire quelques provisionsTry and collect some provisions.Rate it:

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tag teamTwo or more people or groups acting alternately to accomplish some task.Rate it:

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take a back seatTo be second to someone or something; to be less important or have a lower priority.Rate it:

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take fiveTo take a five-minute break from some activity, take a short break from some activity.Rate it:

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take it awayTo begin, especially used to launch a performance of some sort (usually imperative and/or exclamatory).Rate it:

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take matters into one's own handsTo deal with a problem alone, because others responsible have failed to deal with it.Rate it:

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take onTo begin to have or exhibit.Rate it:

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take one for the teamTo accept some chore or hardship for the sake of one's friends or colleagues.Rate it:

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take one's chanceTo act in a manner dependent on luck.Rate it:

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take the baitTo accept something offered, especially secretly or deceptively, to cause some action by the acceptor.Rate it:

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take this job and shove ita way of telling your boss that you are quitting your job; something people say before they quit their job or about quitting their jobRate it:

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take to the matto confront or argue hard for something or until someone wins; all these ways are proper ways to use the phrase: To take someone or something to the mat or to go to the mat for somethingRate it:

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talk atTo speak with; to have a conversation with.Rate it:

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