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grande surfacea hypermarketRate it:

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beneath the surfaceBeyond what is obvious.Rate it:

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grande surfacea large surfaceRate it:

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scratch beneath the surfaceTo look or see beyond what is obvious.Rate it:

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scratch the surfaceTo barely begin; to see or do only a fraction of what is possible.Rate it:

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Scratch the SurfaceJust begin to get involved in any matter, just bother to deal with things at surfaceRate it:

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canary in a coal mineSomething whose sensitivity to adverse conditions makes it a useful early indicator of such conditions; something which warns of the coming of greater danger or trouble by a deterioration in its health or welfare.Rate it:

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gold mineA very profitable economic venture.Rate it:

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elle a une petite mine chiffonnéeShe has irregular features, but her expression is pleasing.Rate it:

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gold mineA mine for gold ore or metal.Rate it:

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cet homme a très mauvaise mine1. That man looks a regular ruffian. 2. That man looks very ill.Rate it:

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cet homme n'a ni mine ni façonThat man has neither grace nor good looks; That man is as awkward as he is ugly.Rate it:

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elle fait la mineShe is sulking.Rate it:

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faire bonne mine à mauvais jeuTo put a good face on misfortune; To make the best of a bad job.Rate it:

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gold mineA plentiful stockpile of something sought after.Rate it:

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if fait mine de ne pas comprendreHe pretends not to understand.Rate it:

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il fait bonne mine à mauvais jeuHe puts a good face on the matter; He makes the best of a bad job.Rate it:

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il ne paye pas de mineHis appearance is against him.Rate it:

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il nous a fait mauvaise (or, grise) mineHe looked black (sour) at us; He did not receive us well.Rate it:

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mine arse on a bandboxAn answer to the offer of any thing inadequate to the purpose for which it is proffered, like offering a bandbox for a seat.Rate it:

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ne jugez pas sur la mineDo not judge by appearances.Rate it:

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never mind that. where's that big, fat billiken of mine?Said by Oliver Hardy's wife in a sequence of the movie Block-Heads (1938)Rate it:

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your guess is as good as mineI don't knowRate it:

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your place or mineA question suggesting sexual intercourse: literally meaning "shall we go to your place or mine to have sex?"Rate it:

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a silver lining is not made of silverWhat appears on the surface is not necessarily true.Rate it:

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death spiralA manoeuvre in which a male skater spins in place while holding one hand of his female skating partner as she circles around him with one skate on the ice and one leg extended outward parallel to the ice surface, all the while slowly lowering herself until her back almost touches the ice surface.Rate it:

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draw onTo sketch or mark with pencil, crayon, etc., on a given surface.Rate it:

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fish glassViewing device with glass at one end for surface-viewing of fish underwater.Rate it:

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Nantucket sleigh rideAn obsolete and dangerous method of whale hunting in which a small boat manned by rowers and a harpooner, or a series of small boats tied together, would be attached to a whale by means of a harpoon and would then be towed by the creature at high speed across the water's surface, until the whale eventually became exhausted.Rate it:

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take downTo remove something from a wall or similar vertical surface to which it is fixed.Rate it:

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beam upTo be teleported over a long distance by means of a specific imaginary technology, specifically from the surface of a planet to an orbiting starship.Rate it:

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diamond in the roughA person whose goodness or other positive qualities are hidden by a harsh or unremarkable surface appearance.Rate it:

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only the tip of the icebergTip of the iceberg speaks to the relative size of an Atlantic iceberg as the exposed tip above the seas' surface is only one eighth of the actual vertical size of the entire mass. Seven eighths of the ice is below the sea level.Rate it:

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against the grainTo sand or plane a piece of wood parallel or nearly parallel to the fibers such that splinters forming ahead of the tool originate below the cutting surface.Rate it:

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knock upTo gently hit the ball back and forth before a tennis match, as practice or warm-up, and to gauge the state of the playing surface, lighting, etc. See knock-up.Rate it:

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rise upTo rise to the surface.Rate it:

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snail mailLetter Mail, or Surface-Delivered Mail By United States Postal ServiceRate it:

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(se) ex aqua emergereto come to the surface.Rate it:

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bob upTo rise to the surface; to ascend to the surface and remain floating there.Rate it:

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bubble upTo emerge; To reach the surface.Rate it:

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buff outTo remove paint or light scratches from the surface by friction, wearing it out by polishing or blasting with sand or by employing some similar method.Rate it:

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build uponTo form by combining materials or parts on top of a surface or foundation.Rate it:

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China syndromeA hypothetical kind of catastrophic failure in which a nuclear reactor melts through the floor of its containment system and penetrates the earth's surface, continuing downward as if (from a Western Hemispheric point of view) traveling through the planet toward China.Rate it:

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clayA tennis court surface.Rate it:

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crop outTo appear above the surface, as a seam or vein, or inclined bed, as of coal.Rate it:

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dragTo pull along a surface or through a medium, sometimes with difficulty.Rate it:

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dub outTo fill out, as an uneven surface, to a plane, or to carry out a series of small projections.Rate it:

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dump outTo empty a container by turning its contents out over a surface.Rate it:

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forewarned is forearmedAdvance awareness of a situation, especially a risky one, prepares one to deal with it.1863, Charles Reade, Hard Cash, ch. 4:[W]hatever a young gentleman of that age says to you, he says to many other ladies; but your experience is not equal to your sense; so profit by mine . . . forewarned is forearmed.1885, G. A. Henty, Saint George for England, ch. 4:Sometimes, they say, it is wiser to remain in ignorance; at other times forewarned is forearmed.circa 1903, Lucy Maud Montgomery, "Why Mr. Cropper Changed His Mind":"Well, Miss Maxwell, I think it only fair to tell you that you may have trouble with those boys when they do come. Forewarned is forearmed, you know."Rate it:

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freeze overTo freeze on the surface.Rate it:

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