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il la fait courte et bonneHe is having a short life and a merry one.Rate it:

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il ne faut pas se déchausser pour manger celaIt is not worth while sitting down to eat that.Rate it:

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il prête de l'argent à la petite semaineHe lends money for a short time at a high rate of interest.Rate it:

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il s'est rangéHe has settled down (after sowing his wild oats).Rate it:

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il se promenait de long en largeHe was walking up and down, to and fro.Rate it:

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il se trouve à court (d'argent)He is short of money.Rate it:

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il va de la cave au grenier1. He rambles in his talk. 2. He writes very unevenly (up and down).Rate it:

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ils nous ont fait une france à leur taille (béranger )They have brought France down to their level.Rate it:

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imperium deponere (Rep. 2. 12. 23)to lay down one's power.Rate it:

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in brevi conspectu ponere aliquidto make a short survey of a thing.Rate it:

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in malis iacereto be broken down by misfortune.Rate it:

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in nothing flatA very short amount of time; no time at all.Rate it:

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in profundum deicito fall down into the abyss.Rate it:

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iter facere(1) to take a journey, (2) to make, lay down a road (rare).Rate it:

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j'en sais le fonds et le tréfondsI know the ins and outs of it, the long and the short of it.Rate it:

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je suis à court d'argent (fam. à sec)I am short of money (fam. hard up, broke).Rate it:

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jeter le gantthrow down the gauntletRate it:

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just a minuteA short period of time, typically anywhere from several seconds to several minutes or more.Rate it:

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just a secondA short period of time, typically anywhere from a few seconds to several minutes or more.Rate it:

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just folksUnpretentious, informal, down-to-earth.Rate it:

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keep one's shirt onTo be more patient or to calm down.Rate it:

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kick offTo shut down or turn_off suddenly.Rate it:

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kick the bucketOf a machine, to break down such that it cannot be repaired.Rate it:

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kill the goose that lays the golden eggsTo seek short term gain at the sacrifice of long term profit.Rate it:

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knacker's yardThat area of a slaughterhouse where carcasses unfit for human consumption are rendered down to produce useful materials such as glue.Rate it:

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knee-high to a grasshoppershort; especially relating to when the subject was a small childRate it:

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Knee-High to a GrasshopperToo short and youngRate it:

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la vida son dos díaslife is shortRate it:

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lange Rede, kurzer Sinnlong story shortRate it:

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lay backTo make a short backwards pass to a teammate in an attacking position.Rate it:

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lay backTo lie down on one's back; to lie back.Rate it:

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le chemin le plus long est souvent le plus courtThe longest way round often proves to be the shortest; A short cut may be a very long way home.Rate it:

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le navire a péri corps et biensThe ship went down with all hands on board.Rate it:

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lead offThe short distance that a player stands away from their current base.Rate it:

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leave nothing to the imaginationHe stripped down to a pair of see-through briefs that left nothing to the imagination.Rate it:

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les bons comptes font les bons amisShort reckonings make long friends.Rate it:

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les cheveux en brosseHair cut short (standing up like the bristles of a brush).Rate it:

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les fatigues ont cassé cet hommeHardships have broken that man down.Rate it:

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librum de manibus ponereto lay down a book (vid. sect. XII. 3, note vestem deponere...).Rate it:

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lie backTo lie down from a sitting positionRate it:

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lie beforeto put oneself at the whim of, to bow down toRate it:

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lighten upTo ease up; back off; slow down.Rate it:

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like, whoa!Slow down; stop; you are going too fast.Rate it:

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litteris mandare or consignare aliquid (Acad. 2. 1. 2)to put down in writing.Rate it:

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look-inA quick short pass to a receiver running diagonally toward the center of the field.Rate it:

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ma vue baisseI am getting short-sighted; My sight is failing.Rate it:

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man of few wordsA man who doesn't speak much, or speaks only for a short period of time.Rate it:

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mettre de l'eau dans son vin(fig.) To come down a peg.Rate it:

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mettre en coupe réglée(lit.) To cut down periodically (of forests); (fig.) To lay regularly under contribution.Rate it:

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my way or the highwayYou can do it my way or you can leave - go down the highway (be excluded)Rate it:

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