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iron stomachability to eat all kinds of things without ever feeling sickRate it:

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it comes and goesSometimes you might feel like nothing is right and everything is against you, but don't give up. Things could change for the good in a matter of seconds.Rate it:

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j'ai fait queue au théâtre pendant une heureI waited outside the theatre for an hour (before I could get in).Rate it:

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je l'ai fait tant bien que malI did it as well as I could, though I know it is not well done.Rate it:

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je l'irai dire à romeIt is so unlikely, that if it happens I will undertake a pilgrimage to Rome; I’ll eat my hat.Rate it:

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je me suis tenu à quatre pour ne pas lui dire ses véritésIt was almost more than I could do not to tell him what I thought of him.Rate it:

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je n'y ai pas tenuI could not contain myself.Rate it:

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je n'y ai vu que du feuIt was impossible for me to find out how the thing was done (as it was done so quickly); It was done so quickly (or, cleverly) that I could not make head or tail of it.Rate it:

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joe jobAn uninteresting, low-level, low-paying job.Rate it:

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knife-edgeA precarious balance that could be upset by a very small force in either direction.Rate it:

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la duda ofendeHow could you think such a thing?Rate it:

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le cheval courait ventre à terreThe horse was running as hard as he could tear.Rate it:

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les eaux sont basses chez luiHe is hard up; He is in low water.Rate it:

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les observations glissent sur lui comme sur une cuirasseBlame slips off him as water off a duck’s back.Rate it:

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let there be no reprisals, said the widow of the murdered manThe widow urged/begged that there should be no reprisals.Here the speaker could be ordering, advising, urging or begging (let there be) .Rate it:

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LIGAFFInitialism of like I give a flying fuck.Rate it:

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light paintingCamera painting, the artistic technique of moving a camera (while it records at a low shutter speed) such that light sources appear in multiple places or as streaks in the resulting photograph, the "painting".Rate it:

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litterae iacent, neglectae iacentscholarship, culture, literature is at a low ebb.Rate it:

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lot lizardA low or stupid person.Rate it:

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lubrication paymentA bribe or extorted money, usually relatively small in amount, provided to a low-level government official or business person, in order to expedite a business decision, shipment, or other transaction, especially in a country where such payments are not unusual.Rate it:

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lucky ducklingSynonym of lucky duckRate it:

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make a pig of oneselfTo eat to excess; to overeat; to gorge.Rate it:

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manger du bout des dentsTo eat without an appetite; To eat daintily.Rate it:

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matter of life and deathSomething whose outcome could result in either someone's survival or their deathRate it:

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memesterAn ancient person with low knowledge. That has been infected with a racket.Rate it:

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mettre les bouchées doublesTo eat quickly; To hurry.Rate it:

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Mexican standoffA confrontation between two or more armed parties, neither of which wants to attack first (fearing that the other could retaliate), but neither of which will disarm (for fear the other will attack).Rate it:

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money for old ropeMoney exchanged for goods of low value.Rate it:

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moon on a stickEverything; all that one could desire (especially as an unreasonable demand).Rate it:

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mouton à cinq pattesunicorn; black swan; flying pigRate it:

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no, but if you hum a few bars...a response made as a joke when someone says, "Do you know _______" (could be anything that fills in this blank.)Rate it:

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on entendrait trotter une souris (or, voler une mouche)One could hear a pin drop.Rate it:

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on fait comme on peutWe must do the best we can; We have done the best we could.Rate it:

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on ne peut mieuxAs well as possible; It could not be better.Rate it:

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on ne peut pas être et avoir étéOne cannot have one’s cake and eat it. Rate it:

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on pouvait entendre voler une moucheOne could hear a pin drop.Rate it:

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one-banana problemA problem with a low level of difficulty.Rate it:

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one-starlow-qualityRate it:

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one-starOf low quality.Rate it:

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pain tant qu'il dure, vin à mesureEat at pleasure, drink by measure.Rate it:

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peck atTo eat daintily; to eat unenthusiastically and in small bites.Rate it:

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peeble in own shoeTrouble but within group, self. Problem of one's own known to self more than others could be explained to.Rate it:

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philosophia (neglecta) iacet (vid. sect. VII. 1, note iacēre...)philosophy is neglected, at low ebb.Rate it:

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play possumTo feign death; to remain quiet and still to escape attention or remain undetected; to lay low.Rate it:

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prey onTo eat.Rate it:

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put awayTo eat a great deal.Rate it:

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put on the feedbagTo have a meal, eat.Rate it:

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put the cat among the pigeonsProfessor Stephen Hawking put the cat among the pigeons last week with his cheery remarks about comet Machholz-2, which some astronomers believe could be heading our way. — The Times, 19 September 1994.Rate it:

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put the feedbag onTo dine; to eat.Rate it:

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quand on n'a pas ce que l'on aime il faut aimer ce que l'on aIf you cannot get crumb you had best eat crust.Rate it:

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