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an explosion of flavor!The reaction of the taste buds and the associated explosion of pleasant, sweet, toothsome, rewarding, overwhelming pleasurable response to food, drink or sweetmeats, desserts etc.Rate it:

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back upFor the non-striker to take a few steps down the pitch, in preparation to taking a run, just as the bowler bowls the ball.Rate it:

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bring aboutTo cause to take place.Rate it:

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coupons le câbleLet us take the decisive step.Rate it:

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don't make me laughUsed to express that one cannot take a suggestion seriously.Rate it:

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eat the windTo take a walk.Rate it:

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go out on a limbTo take a risk.Rate it:

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have a look-seeTake a look.Rate it:

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lay upTo take out of active service.Rate it:

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no brainerSomething that supposedly doesn’t take much intellectual thought. Whoever says that something is a no brainer is usually the one with no brains.Rate it:

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pay outTo repay, take revenge.Rate it:

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put upTo house, shelter, or take in.Rate it:

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rich a sight!Extremely Sweet, concentrated goodness.Rate it:

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roll the diceTo take a chance.Rate it:

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run backTo take someone home by car. Give someone a lift to their house.Rate it:

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shoot the moonTo take a risk which may result in great rewards; to succeed after taking such a risk.Rate it:

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thin-skinnedOverly sensitive to criticism; quick to take offence; touchy.Rate it:

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back downTo take a less aggressive position in a conflict than one previously has or has planned to.Rate it:

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grace periodA length of time during which rules or penalties do not take effect or are withheld.Rate it:

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bend over backwardsTo make a great effort; to take extraordinary care; to go to great lengths.Rate it:

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have an axe to grindTo have a dispute, resentment, or grudge, sometimes with a disposition to act on that resentment covertly; to have a bias; to take issue with something.Rate it:

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play alongTo take part in a charade, deception, or practical joke.Rate it:

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rat runA small road that people venture down when they want to sneak off the motorway and take a short cut.Rate it:

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Soft SoapTo gently or politely urge someone to do something, to persuade someone with sweet-talking or butteringRate it:

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sweeten upTo make sweet to the taste.Rate it:

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tirer une épine du pied à quelqu'unTo take a thorn out of some one’s side; To get some one over a difficulty.Rate it:

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durma com Deussweet dreamsRate it:

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à la guerre comme à la guerreOne must take things as they come; We must take the rough with the smooth.Rate it:

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bons sonhossweet dreamsRate it:

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doTo take drugs.Rate it:

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faire avaler des couleuvres à quelqu'unTo say very humiliating things to a man who, on account of his inferior position, is obliged to put up with them; To make any one swallow a bitter pill.Rate it:

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plus fin que lui n'est pas bêteHe who can take him in is no fool.\n It would take a smart man to deceive him.Rate it:

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that's the way life isThat is the way things happenCertain things cannot be changed, helped or improved; struggle and objection are pointless.1935, Louis Bromfield, The Man Who Had Everything, page 279:That's the way life is, and there's no use trying to go against it.1979, Jay Edward Abrams, A Theology of Christian Counseling: More Than Redemption, ISBN 0310511011, page 45:There are no standards, no values; that's the way life is. Learn to accept it and slide with it. Stop fighting it.2002, B. Eugene Ellison, Rings of the Templars, ISBN 059524050X, page 337:Shit happens; that's the way life is. In fact, I want you to take an additional thousand for your efforts.Rate it:

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whore outTo prostitute, take advantage of, exploit, show off; to hire out or provide to others like a whore; to pimp, swap one's sex partner.Rate it:

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à votre air on ne vous donnerait pas vingt-cinq ansFrom your looks I should take you for less than five-and-twenty.Rate it:

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accordez-vous si votre affaire est bonne, si votre cause est mauvaise, plaidez. [j. b. rousseau , épigrammes, ii. 19]If you’ve a good case, try and compromise; If you’ve a bad one, take it into court.Rate it:

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acid dropboiled sweetRate it:

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act uponTo take action on the basis of information received or deduced.Rate it:

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acti labores iucundi (proverb.)rest after toil is sweet.Rate it:

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ad opus faciendum accedereto take a task in hand, engage upon it.Rate it:

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after youA gesture, usually polite, urging another person to take a turn at something ahead of the speaker.Rate it:

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aimer les friandises (chatteries)To have a sweet tooth.Rate it:

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aliquem in or ad consilium adhibereto consult a person, take his advice.Rate it:

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all rights reservedThe copyright holder of a creative work reserves all copyright-related rights, typically including the right to publish the work, to make derivative works of it, to distribute it, to make profit from it, to license a number of these rights to other people, and to forbid these uses by any unauthorized people, thus being entitled to take legal action against infringement.Rate it:

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animum capere, colligereto take courage.Rate it:

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animum recipere (Liv. 2. 50)to take courage again.Rate it:

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animus alicui accedit, crescitto take courage.Rate it:

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arma capere, sumereto take up one's arms.Rate it:

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attrape!1. Catch! 2. Take that! 3. It serves you right.Rate it:

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augurium agere, auspicari (N. D. 2. 4. 11)to take the auspices, observe the flight of birds.Rate it:

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