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minor miracleAn improbable, unexpected, or surprising achievement or other occurrence that is fortunate and agreeable.Rate it:

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burn everything russian except the sources of their energy, coal, natural gas and oil.From an early form of boycott and civil resistance in Ireland with implied relevance in today's world.Rate it:

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número naturalCualquiera de los números que se usan para contar los elementos de un conjunto, son enteros positivos más el cero { 0, 1, 2, 3, 4,... } {\displaystyle \{0,1,2,3,4,...\}}.Rate it:

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número naturalCualquiera de los números que se usan para contar los elementos de un conjunto, son enteros positivos { 1, 2, 3, 4,... } {\displaystyle \{1,2,3,4,...\}}.Rate it:

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región naturalZona geográfica o porción de terreno de un país o continente que reúne características similares en cuanto se refiere a relieve, clima, vegetación, fauna, población, economía, entre otras. Cada región natural cuenta con diferentes culturas, razas etnicas, folclore, costumbres, trajes típicos, etc.Rate it:

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selección naturalSistema establecido por el naturalista inglés Charles Darwin que explica, por la acción continuada del tiempo y del medio, la desaparición más o menos completa de determinadas especies y su sustitución por otras de condiciones mejores.Rate it:

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tip the scaleTo change the fortunes, either positively or negatively.Rate it:

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on a napoleonic scaleon a huge, ambitious scale.Rate it:

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returns to scalea function describing how returns scale when production increases in the long runRate it:

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scale backTo make a reduction in the amount, extent, etc. of something.Rate it:

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scale downTo reduce the cost of a process, or the amount spent on something.Rate it:

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scale downTo reduce the size of something whilst maintaining proportion.Rate it:

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scale offTo peel offRate it:

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scale outTo scale up by adding more servers or nodes.Rate it:

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scale upTo change a process in order to allow for greater quantitiesRate it:

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scale upTo increase the size of something whilst maintaining proportionRate it:

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thumb on the scaleAn act of bias or a tactic for cheating which creates a situation that unfairly benefits one party involved in an interaction.Rate it:

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tip the scaleTo weigh (have a certain weight).Rate it:

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turn the scaleTo turn to one side a balanced situation.Rate it:

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Afraid of Your Own ShadowTo get easily frightened of even minor things or anything unknownRate it:

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can't see the forest for the treesTo miss the major things while only seeing the minor details; to overlook the entire situation due to focusing on small aspectsRate it:

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do a falling leaf maneuverExecute a special maneuver in a small aircraft which mocks a natural phenomenon.Rate it:

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fender-benderA minor accident involving at least one motor vehicle.Rate it:

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get one's fingers burntTo suffer relatively minor, adversive, and unexpected harm.Rate it:

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have your wrist slappedThis expression indicates a minor objection, reprimand, correction, censoring, indicting for a misdemeanor.Rate it:

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na-na na-na boo-boo[c. mid 20th century?] A taunt or putdown, typically used to indicate that the speaker believes he or she has beaten the listener in a competition or is better in some other way or in a general sense; or an expression of satisfaction that the listener has received some supposedly deserved minor punishment or misfortune (a schadenfreude).Rate it:

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off the top of one's headWithout great thought or investigation; extemporaneous; natural; offhand.Rate it:

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quiet the wavesA positive development, incident, action, minor miracle, change, reversal, retraction, in a situation and the possible positive effects.Rate it:

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second natureA mindset, skill, or type of behavior so ingrained through habit or practice that it seems natural, automatic, or without a basis in conscious thought.Rate it:

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as loud as thunderThe thunder is the loudest natural sound ever known so there is nothing as loud as a thunder naturallyRate it:

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come down withTo contract or get; to show symptoms of a minor illness.Rate it:

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die for want of lobster sauceTo literally die or to be devastated due to a minor inconvenience or mishap.Rate it:

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green fingersA seemingly natural gardening ability.Rate it:

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na-na na-na boo-booA taunt or putdown, typically used to indicate that the speaker believes he or she has beaten the listener in a competition or is better in some other way or in a general sense; or an expression of satisfaction that the listener has received some supposedly deserved minor punishment or misfortune.Rate it:

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a different ballparkSomething totally unrelated or of a vastly different scale or scope.Rate it:

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daylightTo provide sources of natural illumination such as skylights or windows.Rate it:

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e thumbA natural skill for tinkering with electronics; or computers.Rate it:

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have a green thumbA person with a green thumb, a natural skill for gardening.Rate it:

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one may as well hang for a sheep as a lambIf one is going to commit a sin, it may as well be a major one as a minor one.Rate it:

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throw enough mud at the wall, some of it will stickTry the same thing (or similar things) often enough, and, even if the general standard is poor, sometimes one will be successful.2001, And still no one is shouting stop. read in The Kingdom archives at on 02 Nov 06,Many team managers are of the philosophy that if you throw enough mud at the wall some of it will stick. They believe that team preparation is all about physical fitness. They run the players into the ground and they believe they will be "flying on the day".2001, Robert McCrum, Let them eat cake, in The Observer 16 Dec 01, read on Guardian Unlimited site at on 02 Nov 06,Australian publishing boomed and in the past 10 years the country's literary culture has undergone a mini golden age, capped by Carey's triumph at the 2001 Booker Prize. As one Australian arts administrator said to me many years ago: 'Listen, mate, if you throw enough mud at the wall, some of it will stick.'2001, Chris Collin, Re: 2-cp speys on The Strathspey Server mailing list archive at on 02 Nov 06,I am finding that "if you throw enough mud at the wall, some of it will stick". It doesn't always work of course (especially on the nights when the class is mostly the beginners), but the class seems to thrive on the challange.2005, Ray Craft (poster on The right scale blog), Fitzhooie and his Burden, read at on 02 Nov 06,Prosecutors everywhere have bad habits of overcharging lots of cases, knowing that if the throw enough mud at the wall some of it will stick.2005, Sean Kelleher, Spike Milligan: His part in our downfall in Business 07 Aug 05, read at on 02 Nov 06,As long as there is negligible regulation and enforcement anyone can actually try and do the job...Weak regulation allows the industry to build strategies on full time recruitment. The theory goes: throw enough mud at the wall, some of it will stick.c2005, Everything You've Learned About Marketing Is Wrong, read on LINC Performance website at on 02 Nov 06,They have the money to continue to believe in the repetition side of the equation. You throw enough mud at the wall, some of it will stick. But it still isnRate it:

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boys will be boysIt is hard, often fruitless, to attempt to curb the natural playfulness and tendency to mischief of most growing boys.1922, James Joyce, Ulysses Chapter 13But just then there was a slight altercation between Master Tommy and Master Jacky. Boys will be boys and our two twins were no exception to this golden rule.Even grown men usually remain somewhat boyish in heart"Boys will be boys", grinned grandpa while he joined his adult son playing with the fancy train-set he gave his grandson for Christmas while the kid was in school.Rate it:

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brown powerThe production of electricity made from conventional sources, such as coal, oil, natural gas and nuclear power.Rate it:

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bush leagueA professional sports association at the lower levels of minor league organization.Rate it:

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out of characterNot acting; not "on"; behaving within one's natural personality rather than that of a character in a performance piece.Rate it:

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rock houndA person who collects rocks and minerals from the natural environment as a hobby.Rate it:

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a contrapeloEn dirección opuesta a la dirección natural, o acostumbrada.Rate it:

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a contrapeloEn la dirección opuesta a la del crecimiento natural del pelo.Rate it:

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à grande échelleon a large scaleRate it:

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à grande échellelarge-scaleRate it:

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acquired tasteA taste which is not natural or innate, but which has developed through habit or learning.Rate it:

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