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salt in the woundSomething that increases someone's pain.Rate it:

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rub salt in the woundTo make an injury feel worse.Rate it:

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Under the WeatherSlightly ill, not feeling well, low in spirits, not healthy, illRate it:

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close upTo heal a cut or other wound.Rate it:

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stop an eight-day clock and throw it into reverseBefore batteries and household electricity were used to power clocks, most clocks had to be wound by hand to keep operating. Eight-day clocks were designed so they only had to be wound every eighth day and the movement only turned in a clockwise direction. Therefore, someone with an appearance objectionable enough to stop the clock and send the movement spinning in the wrong and opposite direction would be ugly indeed.Rate it:

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brush byTo walk past another person, touching them slightly, normally by accident, and ignoring them.Rate it:

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pitch aroundTo intentionally throw pitches which are slightly out of the strike zone, hoping that the batter will swing wildly at a pitch, but assuming that you will walk himRate it:

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catch a buzzTo become slightly inebriated, but not yet be drunk.Rate it:

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have a coupleTo drink enough alcohol to be slightly drunkRate it:

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have a fewTo drink enough alcohol to be slightly drunkRate it:

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hutch upto move slightly, in order to make room for someone; for example to move in a bed to make room for someone else to lie, or to move sideways on on a seat so as to allow someone room to sit and share that same seat.Rate it:

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il est en train (pop.)He is slightly intoxicated.Rate it:

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kind ofSlightly; somewhat; sort of.Rate it:

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mortiferam plagam alicui infligereto inflict a mortal wound on some one.Rate it:

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multum (mediocriter) in graecis litteris versarito be well (slightly) acquainted with Greek literature.Rate it:

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one upTo outdo, to do something slightly better than a competitor's prior effort.Rate it:

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one-upTo outdo, to do something slightly better than a competitor's prior effort.Rate it:

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refricare vulnus, cicatricem obductamto open an old wound.Rate it:

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row backTo slightly change a previous opinion about something, or what was said.Rate it:

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toe inTo align the front wheels of a vehicle so that they point slightly toward each other.Rate it:

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touched in the headDemented, slightly mentally deficient.Rate it:

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vulnus infligere alicuito wound a person (also used metaphorically).Rate it:

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