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sweat of one's browThe effort extended in labor, and the value created thereby.Rate it:

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sweep asideTo ignore, brush off.Rate it:

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sweep awayTo overwhelm someone emotionally; sweep someone off their feet.Rate it:

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swift retreatTo back off quickly/A place you can go to quickly to recover or escape from stress.Rate it:

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swing and a missA sincere but unsuccessful attempt.Rate it:

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swing of thingsThe normal flow and rhythm of daily life or of activities in a specific field.Rate it:

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swing-upTrainman reaches for a grab-bar on a boxcar and swings-up onto the footrail:Rate it:

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swings and roundaboutsOffsetting gains and losses.Rate it:

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switch-hitterA person who engages in sex with persons both male and female.Rate it:

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sword and sandalOf or pertaining to a genre of books or films relating fantasy-adventure tales involving heroic exploits in ancient or biblical times.Rate it:

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sword and sorceryOf or pertaining to a genre of narratives—including short stories, novels, television shows, films, and computer games—which combines wizardry and other fantastical supernatural elements with violent combat using medieval weaponry..Rate it:

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

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tail awayTo gradually subside or diminish; to tail off.Rate it:

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taillable et corvéable à merciexploitable endlessly; at the beck and call of; at one's biddingRate it:

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take a breathTo inhale and subsequently exhale air.Rate it:

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take a tumbleTo fall off something, or down something.Rate it:

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take awayTo make someone leave a place and go somewhere else. Usually not with the person's consent.Rate it:

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take by stormTo seize, overpower, or captivate in a sudden and forceful manner.Rate it:

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take forTo defraud; to rip off.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 one's lumpsTo receive physical abuse and to survive.Rate it:

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take one's tongue out of someone's assTo stop flattering someone (especially a superior) in an obsequious manner, and to support their every opinion.Rate it:

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take someone's pointTo agree with what a person says; to understand a person's argument and be persuaded by it.Rate it:

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take the cash and let the credit goExploit and enjoy the opportunities and pleasures available here and now and do not invest effort pursuing prospective future gratifications.Rate it:

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take the law into one's own handsTo punish someone according to one's own idea of justice and without consideration for the role of law enforcement authorities.Rate it:

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take the offensiveTo attack instead of defending; to be bold and proactive.Rate it:

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take the pointTo grasp the essential meaning of what a person is saying, to understand a person's argument and point of view.Rate it:

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take the veilTo retire into a convent and live as a nun.Rate it:

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take things as they comeTo accept and deal with events as they occur, with a composed state of mind.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 something like a duck to waterto adapt to something naturally and effortlesslyRate it:

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talent managementHuman capital management of the entire employee lifecycle. Companies that are engaged in talent management are strategic and deliberate in how they source, attract, select, train, develop, promote, and move employees through the organization. This term also incorporates how companies drive performance at the individual level (performance management).Rate it:

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talk a good gameTo speak emphatically and at length about one's ability, intentions, or achievements, without yet producing any clear evidence or actual results.Rate it:

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talk intoTo convince by talking and suggestingRate it:

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talk like an apothecaryTo use hard or gallipot words: from the assumed gravity and affectation of knowledge generally put on by the gentlemen of this profession, who are commonly as superficial in their learning as they are pedantic in their language.Rate it:

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talk softly and carry a big stickAlternative form of speak softly and carry a big stick.Rate it:

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tant de bond que de voléeBy hook or by crook.Rate it:

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tap inA simple shot into the goal from close range, and without opposition.Rate it:

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team playerAn individual who is known to work or play well as a member of a team and put team goals before personal gain.Rate it:

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teething troublesSmall problems such as are to be expected with some any new and untried system or product.Rate it:

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teile und herrschedivide and conquerRate it:

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tel qui rit vendredi dimanche pleureraSorrow treads on the heels of mirth; Laugh to-day and cry to-morrow.Rate it:

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telephone tagA situation in which a person unsuccessfully attempts to contact another person by telephone and leaves a message instead, and in which the second person then unsuccessfully attempts to return the initial call and leaves a message for the first person, and so on as if the two are playing a game of tag in which the most recent person to have been left with a message is now designated as "it" (i.e. as the player now obliged to chase the other and to attempt anew to make contact).Rate it:

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tell me about itUsed to express agreement and sympathy with previous speaker's statement.Rate it:

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tender loving care (tlc)loving and caring ; nurturingRate it:

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tentpole movieA major motion picture which is expensive to produce and which is expected to generate significant revenue for its producing studio and investors.Rate it:

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tertiam iam aetatem videreto be middle-aged (i.e. between thirty and forty).Rate it:

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testamentum rescindereto declare a will to be null and void.Rate it:

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that and a dollar will get you a cup of coffeecomment used to imply that previously stated information, ability, or item, is of no value.Rate it:

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that and twenty-five cents will get you a cup of coffeeAlternative form of that and a dollar will get you a cup of coffeeRate it:

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