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l'esprit de l'escalier
The experience of thinking of a devastating rejoinder only after leaving the scene of the debate.
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l'istesso tempo
Directs that the following movement should be played at the same tempo as the last
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L-bomb
an expression of love, usually one that provokes a significant change in a relationship
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L-bomb
The word love, or an expression of love, usually one that provokes a significant change in a relationship.
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la goutte d'eau qui fait d%c3%a9border le vase
The drop of water that makes the vase overflow.
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la goutte d'eau qui fait d%c3%a9border le vase
The final thing that is too much and forces a reaction; the straw that broke the camel's back.
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lab rat
A student or employee who spends a great deal of time working in a laboratory.
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lab rat
A person or group used as the subject of an experiment or test, especially unwillingly or unwittingly.
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labor of love
A task performed voluntarily without expectation of reimbursement; an altruistic work or undertaking.
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Labour of Love
To do something free of money, work done for love and pleasure, not for the sake of money
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labour of love
UK spelling of labor of love.
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labrador floater
fishing schooner
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lace into
To vigorously attack, either physically or verbally.
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lace into
To consume with gusto.
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lace up
To fasten the laces of something.
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laced-up
Fastened with a lace.
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laced-up
Fixed in the sprockets of the projector.
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laced-up
Restrained; uptight.
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laced-up
Ready for a fight.
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ladies and gentlemen
Used to address an audience.
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ladies first
A phrase encouraging polite gentlemanliness, allowing the ladies to go before the men.
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ladies man
Alternative spelling of lady's man.
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ladies' lounge
Used other than as an idiom: see lady, lounge.
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ladies' lounge
A room in a pub or hotel, separate from the main drinking area, in which drinks are served; originally a place for women to drink in when not welcome or not comfortable in the traditionally male-oriented public bar, and latterly a more genteel area than the public bar.
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ladies' man
Alternative spelling of lady's man.
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lady abbess
A bawd, the mistress of a brothel.
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lady garden
A woman's pubic hair, and the area around it.
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lady in red
classy dressed lady
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lady of the night
Prostitute.
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lady or tiger
A pure gamble with highly divergent outcomes.
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lady's man
A man who attracts women and enjoys their company.
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lady's man
A womanizer.
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lager louts
drunken hooligans
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LAGNAF
Acronym of let's all get naked and fuck.
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laid one on
Got drunk.
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lame brain
A slow person; someone who is slow to understand a task.
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Lame Duck
About to retire, in the last days of his or her job
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lame joke
An attempt at humor which is perceived to have been used previously to the point of being cliche, or was never funny to begin with.
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land a windfall
To win a valuable prize, become an heir to a cash legacy, experience a valuable one of a kind item dropped in your lap.
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land of opportunity
A nickname for the United States.
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land of plenty
A utopia that provides for all one's needs
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land on one's feet
To be lucky, or successful, often in difficult situations.
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land poor
In a condition of poverty as a result of inability to meet tax payments or other financial requirements for one's land holdings.
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land up
To end up; to arrive or result, especially if it is not planned.
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landing gear
aircraft's undercarriage
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landing strip
A cultivated pubic hair pattern in which much of the pubic hair is removed, leaving only a central vertical line or rectangle.
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landing strip
A runway for aircraft, especially one which is auxiliary or temporary.
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lands preserved
statement placed on signs or in newspaper ads, advising that hunting or shooting is not permitted on the property.
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lang may yer lum reek
Used to wish someone well.
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lap dog
A small dog, kept as household pet, whose light weight and companionable temperament make it both suited and disposed to spend time resting in the comfort of its master's lap; a dog bred to behave in this manner.
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