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il brode bienHe is good at drawing the long bow.Rate it:

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il est haut comme ma botteHe is a mere sixpennyworth of halfpence; He is very short.Rate it:

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il faut lui serrer la courroieWe must curtail his allowance; We must keep him on short commons.Rate it:

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il la fait courte et bonneHe is having a short life and a merry one.Rate it:

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il n'a pas d'esprit de suiteHe is not consistent; He keeps at nothing long.Rate it:

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il ne tardera pas à venirIt will not be long before he comes.Rate it:

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il prête de l'argent à la petite semaineHe lends money for a short time at a high rate of interest.Rate it:

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il renchérit sur tout ce qu'il entend direHe caps every story he hears told.Rate it:

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il se trouve à court (d'argent)He is short of money.Rate it:

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illae sententiae iam pridem explosae et eiectae sunt (Fin. 5. 8. 23)those ideas have long ago been given up.Rate it:

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in brevi conspectu ponere aliquidto make a short survey of a thing.Rate it:

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in nothing flatA very short amount of time; no time at all.Rate it:

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in the sticksA long distance away from anywhere of importance.Rate it:

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j'en sais le fonds et le tréfondsI know the ins and outs of it, the long and the short of it.Rate it:

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je l'ai vu tout à l'heureI saw him just now, not long ago.Rate it:

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je le connais de longue mainI have known him for a long time.Rate it:

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je reviens de loin(lit.) I come from a long distance; (fig.) I am recovering from a long illness.Rate it:

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je suis à court d'argent (fam. à sec)I am short of money (fam. hard up, broke).Rate it:

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jungle telegraphA system used by primitive cultures in remote tropical regions for communication over long distances, such as drum sounds or a relay of runners.Rate it:

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just a minuteA short period of time, typically anywhere from several seconds to several minutes or more.Rate it:

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just a secondA short period of time, typically anywhere from a few seconds to several minutes or more.Rate it:

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killTo invent a story that conveys the death of (a character).Rate it:

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kill the goose that lays the golden eggsTo seek short term gain at the sacrifice of long term profit.Rate it:

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knee-high to a grasshoppershort; especially relating to when the subject was a small childRate it:

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Knee-High to a GrasshopperToo short and youngRate it:

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la vida son dos díaslife is shortRate it:

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lange Rede, kurzer Sinnlong story shortRate it:

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laundry listHence, a long list of items, especially an exhaustive one.Rate it:

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lay backTo make a short backwards pass to a teammate in an attacking position.Rate it:

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lead offThe short distance that a player stands away from their current base.Rate it:

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les bons comptes font les bons amisShort reckonings make long friends.Rate it:

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les cheveux en brosseHair cut short (standing up like the bristles of a brush).Rate it:

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little engine that could (the)a reference to a children's story about an engine that tried even when he didn't think he could succeedRate it:

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longam viam conficereto accomplish a long journey.Rate it:

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longe prospicere futuros casus rei publicae (De Amic. 12. 40)to foresee political events long before.Rate it:

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longe, alte (longius, altius) repetere (either absolute or ab aliqua re)to go a long way back (in narrative).Rate it:

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longum itineris spatium emetirito finish a very long journey.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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ma vue baisseI am getting short-sighted; My sight is failing.Rate it:

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make historyTo do something that will be remembered widely for a long time.Rate it:

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man of few wordsA man who doesn't speak much, or speaks only for a short period of time.Rate it:

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month of sundaysA very long time; too long.Rate it:

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month of sundaysA very long time; 30 weeks.Rate it:

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multus sermoa long conversation.Rate it:

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narratio, fabulaa narrative, tale, story.Rate it:

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ne multa, quid plura? sed quid opus est plura?in short; to be brief.Rate it:

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needed itI was longing for it a long time agoRate it:

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news to methis is the first time I have heard that; something said after someone just told you something you didn't know before; often said like this: "That's news to me", "It's news to me" or for short, "News to me"Rate it:

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noarchShort for "no architecture". It is a term used mainly in package management systems to mark packages which are architecture independent. Such packages usually contain graphics, documentation or similar data that can be used on any architecture.Rate it:

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not all it's cracked up to beNot as good as claimed; falling short of expectations.Rate it:

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