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unavailable energyEnergy that is converted by an irreversible process into a form that is unavailable to do workRate it:

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unavailable energyUsed other than as an idiom: see unavailable, energy.Rate it:

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bundle of energyThe energy associated with being lively, continually active, or industrious.Rate it:

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"there is no negative energy that resists positive people."EnergyRate it:

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bundle of energyOne who is especially lively, continually active, or industrious.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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fish or cut baitTo choose between taking action now, or forgoing the opportunity and putting that energy into another endeavor; to decide.Rate it:

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flat outCompletely out of something such as; energy, food or money. Basically to be out of any kind of product.Rate it:

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second bananaA comedian who plays a secondary or supporting role, especially as straight man and traditionally in vaudeville or burlesque theatre.Rate it:

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there may be snow on the rooftop but there is fire in the furnaceEven if a person is in his or her senior years, with gray hair, he or she can still have ambition and energy, especially sexual energy.Rate it:

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bury the leadTo begin a story with details of secondary importance to the reader while postponing more essential points or facts.Rate it:

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fire upTo excite; to infuse with energy.Rate it:

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white holeA theoretically possible but physically highly unlikely singularity which would emit matter and energy; the antithesis of a black hole.Rate it:

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crank upTo increase, as the volume, power or energy of something.Rate it:

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quantum mechanicsThe branch of physics which studies matter and energy at the level of atoms and other elementary particles, and substitutes probabilistic mechanisms for classical Newtonian ones.Rate it:

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second bananaA person who serves in a supporting, secondary, or subsidiary capacity; an assistant.Rate it:

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drain the swamp when up to one's neck in alligators(idiomatic) When performing a long and complex task, and when you've gotten utterly immersed in secondary and tertiary unexpected tangential subtasks, it's easy to lose sight of the initial objective. This sort of distraction can be particularly problematic if the all-consuming subtask or sub-subtask is not, after all, particularly vital to the original, primary goal, but ends up sucking up time and resources (out of all proportion to its actual importance) only because it seems so urgent.Rate it:

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get one's voice heardIt often requires much energy and persistence to get people to listen to your strongly held views.Rate it:

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run out of steamTo run out of energy; to run out of motivation.Rate it:

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double upTo have a secondary use.Rate it:

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Take a BackseatTo be at a secondary position or to be at a level of inferiority as compared to someone elseRate it:

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fresh legsSomebody who has yet to play in a match, and therefore has plenty of energy.Rate it:

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muster upLook within oneself to summon a particular positive quality, such as strength, energy or courage.Rate it:

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avoir mangé du lionto be full of energyRate it:

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bit on the sideSecondary lover, mistress.Rate it:

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burned outIndividuals whom expend more energy and funds than they really possess can overdo, go bankrupt or savage their health status.Rate it:

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carb upTo consume a large amount of carbohydrates, ostensibly for energy; generally a practice of athletes, especially runners and swimmers.Rate it:

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chirpy as a cricketVery chirpy; full of energy; very energeticRate it:

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clap outTo remove negative energy from a space by clapping.Rate it:

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empty the tankTo make the utmost effort; to contribute to the absolute limit of one's energy and abilities.Rate it:

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Feel Your OatsTo feel energetic, playful or frisky, to be in high spirits and aware of one’s power or energyRate it:

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full of pruneswhen one is full of energyRate it:

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Full Steam AheadTo move forward with full energy and strengthRate it:

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Get-Up-and-GoHaving positive energy and driving force, in full zeal and zest, enthusiasm Rate it:

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give of oneselfTo devote oneself unselfishly to a task, especially to give time and energy.Rate it:

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head of steamAmount of energy.Rate it:

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il s'agit bien de cela (ironic.)That is quite a secondary consideration.Rate it:

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knock-on effectA secondary, often unintended effect.Rate it:

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last burst of fireA state of exertion where one gives one's all; expending all of one's remaining energy in a final effort to achieve one's goal.Rate it:

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lead outA race tactic, used to set up a rider for a sprint finish, in which one rider on a team will ride at a very high rate of speed with a teammate following directly behind in his slipstream thus enabling the following rider to gain speed without expending as much energy as he normally would. See drafting.Rate it:

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make a meal ofTo spend more time and energy on some task than it warrants; to make something overly complicated.Rate it:

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out of gasTired; lacking energy or motivation.Rate it:

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piss and vinegarExuberance or enthusiasm, especially to an excessive degree; bravado; youthful energy.Rate it:

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run offTo operate by a particular energy source.Rate it:

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run onTo operate with a particular energy source.Rate it:

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run on emptyLosing enthusiasm or willingness, lacking energy.Rate it:

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running on emptyLosing enthusiasm or willingness, lacking energy.Rate it:

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smell the barnTo experience heightened anticipation or to act with renewed speed or energy as one approaches a destination, goal, or other desired outcome, like a livestock animal at day's end returning to its barn.Rate it:

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spin downTo diminish in energy; to slow down or peter out; to be gradually canceled or ended.Rate it:

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spin offTo create as a by-product or a secondary derived work.Rate it:

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