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crowd in onTo join when not wanted; to force one's way into a situation where one is unwelcome.Rate it:

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croyez cela et buvez de l'eau (fam.)Do not believe that, I know it is not true; Surely you are not simple enough to believe that!Rate it:

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Cry Over Spilled MilkTo become sad over something that has already taken place and the results could not be changedRate it:

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culpable homicideHomicide which is culpable but does not rise to the level of murder; unlawful killing of a human being which does not constitute murder.Rate it:

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curiosity killed the catOne should not be curious about things that can be dangerous.Rate it:

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cut a rugTo dance, especially in a vigorous manner and in one of the dance styles of the first half of the twentieth century.Rate it:

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damnum or detrimentum sarcire (not reparare)to make good, repair a loss or injury.Rate it:

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dans la fouléenot outside the bounds ofRate it:

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de facto(adverb) in fact, whether by right or not. (adjective) existing or holding a specified position in fact but not necessarily by legal right.Rate it:

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de minimis non curat lexThe law does not concern itself with trifles; expression of the rule that the law will not remedy an injury that is minimal.Rate it:

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de prime abordAt first sight; At the first blush.Rate it:

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deadNot in play.Rate it:

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deadFiguratively, not alive; lacking life.Rate it:

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dead weightWeight that does not move.Rate it:

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deal outto not deal cards to someone who is leaving a game.Rate it:

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débander l'arc ne guérit pas la plaieTo cease doing mischief does not undo the harm one has done.Rate it:

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denial ain't just a river in EgyptAlternative form of denial is not a river in EgyptRate it:

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denial is not a river in EgyptUsed to point out that somebody is in a state of psychological denial.Rate it:

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describere aliquem (Cael. 20. 50)to allude to a person or thing (not alludere).Rate it:

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deus est mundi procreator (not creator), aedificator, fabricator, opifex rerumGod is the Creator of the world.Rate it:

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deus mundum aedificavit, fabricatus est, effecit (not creavit)God made the world.Rate it:

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devil's advocateOne who debates from a view which they may not actually hold, usually to determine its validity, or simply for the sake of argument.Rate it:

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dicere contra aliquem or aliquid (not contradicere alicui)to contradict some one.Rate it:

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dictated but not readDictated, as to a secretary or stenographer, but not proofread by the person who dictated the text so annotated.Rate it:

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did i stutter?Something said to a person who asks again and again, “what did you say?” Or someone who won’t hear you when you said “no” or “leave me alone” the first time and keeps annoyingly asking for your input.Rate it:

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dip a toe intoTo enter or get involved in tentatively and for the first time.Rate it:

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dire tantôt blanc, tantôt noirTo say first one thing and then another.Rate it:

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dirty wordA word that is considered vulgar, not necessarily sexual in nature.Rate it:

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dirty wordThe name of a topic that a person does not like to hear or discuss.Rate it:

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disciplina (institutio) puerilis (not liberorum)the teaching of children.Rate it:

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disiunctissimas ultimas terras peragrare (not permigrare)to travel through the most remote countries.Rate it:

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dissimulare morbumto pretend not to be ill.Rate it:

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divide and conquerA combination of political, military and economic strategies that aim to gain and maintain power by breaking up larger concentrations of power into chunks that individually have less power than the one implementing the strategy.(computing) Applied to various algorithms, such as quicksort, that solve a problem by splitting it recursively into smaller problems until all of the remaining problems are trivial.(as imperative, proverb) In order to rule securely, don't allow alliances of your enemies.Rate it:

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DNACPRInitialism of do not attempt cardiopulmonary resuscitation.Rate it:

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DNARInitialism of do not attempt to resuscitate.Rate it:

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DNFTTInitialism of do not feed the troll.Rate it:

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DNQdo not quoteRate it:

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DNQdid not qualifyRate it:

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DNRDo not resuscitate.Rate it:

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DNUInitialism of do not use : marking used to tag equipment or material that is not to be used.Rate it:

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DNWInitialism of do not want.Rate it:

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do as i say, not as i doFollow my instructions, not my actions.Rate it:

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do I know youUsed to ask the interlocutor whether or not he/she has met the speaker before.Rate it:

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do not disturbUsed to indicate that somebody does not wish to be disturbed, e.g. a sign on a hotel room door, or a "busy" mode of an instant messenger.Rate it:

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do not enterUsed to ask not to enter, e.g. a sign on a hotel room door.Rate it:

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do not enterSigns along the road to indicate this is a one way street.Rate it:

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do not pass go, do not collect $200A phrase telling someone to pursue a path directly without deviations.Rate it:

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do not pass Go, do not collect two hundred dollarsAlternative spelling of do not pass go, do not collect $200Rate it:

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do not pass go, do not collect £200A phrase telling someone to pursue a path directly without deviations.Rate it:

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Do not regret, it is living in pastIf we regret, we are recalling the past. Should not do it.Rate it:

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