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modern upTo moderniseRate it:

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c'era una voltaonce upon a timeRate it:

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era geológicaPeriodo de tiempo con una duración de varios millones de años, que abarca importantes procesos geológicos y biológicos y que divide a un eón.Rate it:

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era só o que me faltavaliterally: “ was the only missing piece for me/ was just what I was missing.” either expresses impatience towards yet another misfortune or expresses disbelief towards an absurd statement: “give me a break!”Rate it:

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érase que se eraonce upon a timeRate it:

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já era horaabout timeRate it:

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já era tempoabout timeRate it:

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ya era horaabout timeRate it:

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new schoolA style, way of thinking, or method for accomplishing a task that is typical of the current era, as opposed to former eras.Rate it:

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rat raceAn activity or situation which is congested with participants and which is hectic or tedious, especially in the context of a busy, modern urban lifestyle.Rate it:

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boots on the groundThis smacks of a military jargon. Troops deployed to confront enemy. Modern warfare can be conducted from helicopters, drones, bombers with remote directed missiles, rockets and missiles from ships.Rate it:

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bleeding edgeSomething very current, or modern where there may actually be a hazard or risk in using it, such as with potentially unstable software. The term relates to a sword.Rate it:

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sign of the timesA symbol of an era; a zeitgeist.Rate it:

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old schoolCharacteristic of a style, outlook, or method employed in a former era, remembered either as inferior to the current style, or alternately, remembered nostalgically as superior or preferable to the new style, the older denoting something that would be considered out of date or out of fashion to some, but as such, is considered by others as cool and hip.Rate it:

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an old fuddy, duddyOne Whom Remains Stilted, Unwilling to React in an Up To The Moment Attitude; Dwells in the Past. Rejects modern approaches.Rate it:

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the sky is the moonA new modern combination of "the sky is the limit" and "shoot for the moon".Rate it:

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ye oldePseudo-archaic, pertaining to a historically inaccurate invocation of pre-modern times.Rate it:

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heave to and splice the main braceMarlinspike Era sailors expression: relative to his upcoming Liberty Ashore and His Activity; . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . He Proclaimed.Rate it:

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ave fénixAve mitológica que renace de sus cenizas, simbolizando una era y la inmortalidadRate it:

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baño turcoMétodo para limpiar el cuerpo y relajarse que fue particularmente popular durante la Era Victoriana. El proceso que envolvía tomar un baño turco es similar al de una sauna, pero está más relacionado con las prácticas de baño de los romanos.Rate it:

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banyan dayIn modern usage it refers to a picnic or cookout for the ship's crew.Rate it:

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bilis negraUno de los cuatro tipos de humores según Hipócrates. Era responsable del mal humor.Rate it:

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bunny hopA dance from the big band era, a variation of the conga.Rate it:

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cargo-200the code word referring to casualties for transportation in the Soviet and modern Russian military. In its official meaning, Cargo 200 refers to bodies contained in zinc-lined coffins, but in military context this code word can be used for dead bodies as they are transported from the battlefield.Rate it:

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de Guatemala a GuatepeorEmpeorar una situación que ya era de por sí difícil o desagradable.Rate it:

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define the relationshipA modern phrase to describe when two people agree on the nature of their relationship - is it casual, serious, open etcRate it:

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Edad ModernaPeríodo de la historia mundial, especialmente aplicado a la cultura occidental y al capitalismo, en que prevalece la modernidad como proyecto de sociedad. Su periodización varía según diversos autores, desde aproximadamente comienzos del siglo XVI con el encuentro en Europa y América, hasta comienzos del XIX con el capitalismo industrial y la era de la revoluciones nacionales. Estaría precedida, en la historia europea, por la Edad Media, y seguida, según diferentes escuelas, por la Edad Contemporánea o por la posmodernidad.Rate it:

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éramos pocos y parió la abuelaEmpeorar inesperadamente una situación que ya era mala de por sí.Rate it:

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forgetting the base, forgetting the root, forgetting number 'one, forgetting the alphabet 'a' 1'Generally this era, when children learn and grow up as adults, they think the parents know nothing they are the entire encyclopedia. Disdaining parents education and their university degrees with disrespectful manner.Rate it:

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get with the timesto become cognizant of modern trends, words or ideasRate it:

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hombre loboCriatura mitológica que durante el día era una persona como cualquier otra, pero las noches de luna llena se convertía en una especie de lobo con rasgos humanos y normalmente con instinto asesino.Rate it:

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irse por el alambreExpresión que sirve para graficar el estado de quienes, por razones de cualquier tipo —tiempo, dinero, ocasión— no podían ingerir alimentos al almuerzo. Esto expresion era más o menos frecuente entre los estudiantes de los años 1980.Rate it:

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latter daymodernRate it:

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omegaThe twenty-fourth letter of the Classical and the Modern Greek alphabet, and the twenty-eighth letter of the Old and the Ancient Greek alphabet, i.e. the last letter of every Greek alphabet. Uppercase version: Ω; lowercase: ω.Rate it:

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palma negraPalmera sudamericana, que alcanza los 14 m de altura; las bases de las hojas muertas se adhieren firmemente al tronco, dándole una apariencia reticulada. Las hojas son amplias, palmatisectas, con hasta 60 folíolos protegidos por una gruesa capa de cera, la más dura entre todas las ceras naturales. Su madera se usa en la construcción de viviendas, sus hojas para hacer sombreros y pantallas, y la cera se emplea en lustres y pinturas. Era el material sobre el cual se realizaron las primeras grabaciones musicales.Rate it:

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purple stateSomewhat whimsical synonym for swing state. (In the modern United States) a state that may support the Democratic or Republican Party (purple states, states that vote for Democratic or Republican Party in general, being red states in some given elections and blue states in other given elections).Rate it:

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recentioris aetatis memoriamodern history.Rate it:

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royal bumpsA ritual of two or more persons holding another person by the arms and legs, face up, while bumping them repeatedly on the floor. In modern times it is a lighthearted affair, generally performed only on a young person's birthday with the number of bumps corresponding to the person's age in years. Historically it was a hazing.Rate it:

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Sieg HeilThe greeting Sieg Heil, used in the Third Reich during the Nazi era and by neo-Nazis today.Rate it:

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Stick-in-the-MudA person with old outdated and orthodox ideas who does not like to accept change, unable to cope up or except something new and modernRate it:

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tomato juiceJuice made from tomatoes. In modern use, this usually refers to the comminuted flesh and juice of cooked tomatoes, prepared commercially.Rate it:

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WendeDie Wende; the process or time of unification between the BRD and GDR to modern Germany.Rate it:

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