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te amoI love youRate it:

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te amoI love youRate it:

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te echo de menosI miss you.Rate it:

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te quieroI love you; I care about you.Rate it:

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te quiero como la trucha al truchoI love you so much.Rate it:

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te toca a tiit's your turnRate it:

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te valere iubeoI bid you good-bye, take my leave.Rate it:

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tel grain, tel painWhat you sow, you must mow.Rate it:

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telephone tagA situation in which a person unsuccessfully attempts to contact another person by telephone and leaves a message instead, and in which the second person then unsuccessfully attempts to return the initial call and leaves a message for the first person, and so on as if the two are playing a game of tag in which the most recent person to have been left with a message is now designated as "it" (i.e. as the player now obliged to chase the other and to attempt anew to make contact).Rate it:

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tell it to sweeneyI do not believe what you said.Rate it:

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tell it to the judgeI do not believe what you said.Rate it:

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tell it to the marinesI do not believe what you said.Rate it:

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tell you the truthUsed to positively assert the frank honesty of an associated statement of set of statements; equivalent to "to you tell the truth".Rate it:

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tell you whatIntroduces a compromise or arrangement where the interlocutor has some benefit or advantage.Rate it:

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tenez-vous-en làStop there, go no further in the matter; Be satisfied with what you have already obtained.Rate it:

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tête à claquespain in the neck, blighterRate it:

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thanks a bunchA mildly sarcastic thank you.Rate it:

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thanks a bunchAn unsarcastic thank you.Rate it:

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thanks for your helpExpresses appreciation of assistance provided or services rendered by the interlocutor.Rate it:

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thankuAlternative spelling of thank youRate it:

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thankyousomuchEquivalent to, eg: "Thank you very much", self-evidently an expression of great thanks.Rate it:

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that and a dollar will get you a cup of coffeecomment used to imply that previously stated information, ability, or item, is of no value.Rate it:

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that and twenty-five cents will get you a cup of coffeeAlternative form of that and a dollar will get you a cup of coffeeRate it:

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that dog won't huntThat idea will not work; that is an inadequate explanation or proposition.Rate it:

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that which doesn't kill you makes you strongerUsed to express the sentiment that hardship or difficult experiences build moral character.Rate it:

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that's a fine how do you do!An expression said in disgust or in jest to someone who 1) did not greet you as expected 2) ignored you 3) did something undesirable instead of greeting you 4) insulted you 5) did something mean or uncaringRate it:

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that's a wrapa declaration the current activity is now finishedRate it:

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that's lamethat's bad; not as good as it could be or has been; not as good as is typical of othersRate it:

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that's the way the cookie crumblesThat is the way things happen; that's life.Rate it:

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that's for me to know and you to find outA phrase used to reply to a question whose answer the speaker doesn't want to reveal.Rate it:

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that's hotSomething said when passing by something that catches your attention.Rate it:

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that's the way life isThat is the way things happenCertain things cannot be changed, helped or improved; struggle and objection are pointless.1935, Louis Bromfield, The Man Who Had Everything, page 279:That's the way life is, and there's no use trying to go against it.1979, Jay Edward Abrams, A Theology of Christian Counseling: More Than Redemption, ISBN 0310511011, page 45:There are no standards, no values; that's the way life is. Learn to accept it and slide with it. Stop fighting it.2002, B. Eugene Ellison, Rings of the Templars, ISBN 059524050X, page 337:Shit happens; that's the way life is. In fact, I want you to take an additional thousand for your efforts.Rate it:

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That's the Way the Ball BouncesThat’s what life really is or that’s what the life is all about; fate; you may not be able to change certain things in your lifeRate it:

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the ball is in your courtIt is your turn to do something; often making a decision.Rate it:

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the cake is a lieThe end you are pursuing is unattainable or misguided; the reward you have been promised is false.Rate it:

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the devil you sayAn expression of surprise at something stated by another.Rate it:

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the enemy of my enemy is my friendAlthough I dislike and/or disagree with you, for the time being we should work together against a common threat.Rate it:

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the enemy of your enemy is your friendTwo parties who have an enemy in common should join forces against it.Rate it:

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the fucking you get isn't worth the fucking you get(vulgar) The sexual satisfactions that one receives from a spouse or romantic partner are not sufficient to compensate for the significant periods of bad faith and unpleasant treatment which such relationships routinely involve.1971, Allen Churchill, The Literary Decade, ISBN 9780135375228:Years later she expressed her disillusionment with sex by saying, "The fucking you get isn't worth the fucking you get."1999, Ben Sonnenberg, Lost Property: Memoirs and Confessions of a Bad Boy, ISBN 9781582430454, p. 93:Maitland got drunk at his parties and threw his arm around you and pulled you over to his wife and made you look down her dress, saying, "The trouble with marriage is that the fucking you get isn't worth the fucking you get."2008, Joseph Heywood, Blue Wolf In Green Fire, ISBN 9781599213590, p. 63:"I can't believe a little pussy got me into dis mess." "Shit happens," Service said. "Sometimes the fucking you get isn't worth the fucking you get."Rate it:

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the fucking you get isn't worth the fucking you takeAlternative form of the fucking you get isn't worth the fucking you get.Rate it:

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the fucking you get isn't worth the fucking you're going to getAlternative form of the fucking you get isn't worth the fucking you get.Rate it:

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the grass is always greener on the other sideWhen one views other people's lives or situations as better than your own.Rate it:

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the heart wants what the heart wantsthere is no explanation for what you fall in love withRate it:

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the hell you sayI vehemently disagree with you; I will not obey you.Rate it:

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The Hell You Say?Depression Daze Ejaculation Offered In Response to Another's Astonishing, Earth Shaking, Unbelievable, Astounding 'Remark':Rate it:

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the jig is upAn expression used to mean "We have been caught out and have no defence", or if spoken to a person who's just been found out as the perpetrator of an offense, it means "You've been discovered.".Rate it:

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the manThe man gets you down.Rate it:

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the manYou’re the man!.Rate it:

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the measure of society is how it treats its weakest membersSocieties who help and take care of those who are the most in need are worth more than societies who don't or who even mistreat those who are in need--the least of them--much less help them.Rate it:

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the name of the gameThe overall purpose; the principal goal, or objective.Rate it:

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