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kiss upTo pay false flattery to another, particularly a superior at work, in order to get special attention.Rate it:

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l'affaire a été chaudeIt was warm work (referring to a fight).Rate it:

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l'arc toujours tendu se gâteAll work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.Rate it:

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l'un bat les buissons et l'autre prend les oiseauxOne does the work and the other reaps the advantage; One man starts the game and another kills it.Rate it:

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la servante fait le gros de la besogne (or, la grosse besogne)The servant does the heavy work.Rate it:

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laborem non intermittereto work without intermission.Rate it:

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lapsed academicA person formerly employed as a professor or researcher in a university or other institution of higher education, especially one who no longer attempts to remain current in his or her former academic field.Rate it:

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le pauvre homme est toujours (comme un chien) à l'attacheThe poor man is a very slave, is compelled to work hard and constantly.Rate it:

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legworkWork, especially research or preparation, that involves significant walking, travel, or similar effort.Rate it:

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les affaires sont les affairesBusiness is business; One must be serious at work.Rate it:

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liber (scriptoris) conversus, translatusthe work when translated; translation (concrete).Rate it:

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life imitates artThe notion that an event in the real world was inspired by a creative work.Rate it:

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line upTo start a game in a certain position on the playing field.Rate it:

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lire du pouce (or, doigt)To skip in reading (i.e. to do more work with the thumb than the brain).Rate it:

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look the partTo appear suitable for a particular kind of work, position or role.Rate it:

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look-inA quick short pass to a receiver running diagonally toward the center of the field.Rate it:

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lucubrare (Liv. 1. 57)to work by night, burn the midnight oil.Rate it:

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major inTo take as one's major field of study in an institute of tertiary education.Rate it:

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make an honest pennyTo make an honest living through hard work.Rate it:

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make it rainto bring prosperity or work to an enterprise by selling, inventing or other productive or successful activityRate it:

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make the cutTo succeed; to be chosen out of a field of candidates or possibilities.Rate it:

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make the world go aroundTo play an essential role in causing the things in life to work as they should; to underlie the fulfillment of the needs of human existence.Rate it:

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man proposes, god disposesThings don't always work out as they were planned.Rate it:

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manos a la obraLet's get to work.Rate it:

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mettre la main à la pâteTo put one’s shoulder to the wheel; To set to (a special piece of) work oneself.Rate it:

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mind your own businessMind your own business means that we should do our work we should not bother about any others work; pay attention to what you are doing and not to what I am doing.Rate it:

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money doesn't grow on treesYou must work in order to have money.Rate it:

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motor effectTendency of a wire carrying an electric current in a magnetic field to move.Rate it:

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mourir à la peine1. To die in harness. 2. To work oneself to death.Rate it:

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mover and shakerSomeone who has power and influence in some field or activity.Rate it:

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muddle alongTo live or work in an unplanned and unorganised way.Rate it:

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no guts, no glorySuccess will not be achieved without hard work and struggle.Rate it:

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no rest for the wicked(humorous) People who are wicked must work harder than normal people.Rate it:

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no rights reservedThe owner of a work, or other copyright holder, releases the work into public domain.Rate it:

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nose to the grindstoneHard at work.Rate it:

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nullum tempus a labore intermitterenot to leave off work for an instant.Rate it:

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nullum tempus intermittere, quin (also ab opere, or ad opus)to devote every spare moment to...; to work without intermission at a thing.Rate it:

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omne studium in litteris collocare, ad litteras conferreto employ all one's energies on literary work.Rate it:

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on specShort form of "on speculation": Creating a work with the hope of selling it, as opposed to creating a work "on commission" for hire.Rate it:

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on the anvilRefers to anything in the making, being created, or in production, especially in the metalworking field.Rate it:

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oooAn abbreviation for Out of Office, a phrase often used in professional contexts to indicate that someone is unavailable for work.Rate it:

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opus facere (De Senect. 7. 24)to do work (especially agricultural).Rate it:

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opus omnibus numeris absolutuma master-piece of classical work.Rate it:

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opus redimere, conducereto undertake the contract for a work.Rate it:

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opus summo artificio factuma master-piece of classical work.Rate it:

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outer coreThe hot liquid material found near the centre of some planets, distinct from the solid inner core.(geology) The part of the Earth between the mantle and inner core, responsible for generating the planet's magnetic field.Rate it:

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outer coreThe part of the Earth between the mantle and inner core, responsible for generating the planet's magnetic field.Rate it:

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over the transomSaid of an unsolicited work submitted for publication.Rate it:

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partner upTo form a partnership; to decide to work together in a duo.Rate it:

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pea patchA baseball field.Rate it:

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