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See eye to eye (with someone) (about/on/over something)
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have totally the same opinion or attitude as someone else (about a particular issue, problem, etc). |
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See fit (to do something)
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consider it correct, advisable or think it
necessary to do something. |
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See to it (that)
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Seersucker
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a thin linen or linen and silk fabric, usually striped in colours, with crinkled surface. |
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Seine them out
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To pull the fish in with a seine net. A seine is a large fishing net with floats along the top and weights along the bottom. |
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Self-starched
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one who makes himself or herself religious or good by his or her own efforts. |
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Semaphore
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Any apparatus for signalling such as lights, signs, mechanical arms on railroads. |
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Set in your ways/set-in-the-way, Be
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be unable or unwilling to change your mind and your ways (behavior, habits or ideas), usually because you are old. |
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Set the pace,To
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to fix the speed, rate or standard which all others try to follow; take a lead in a competitive situation. |
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Set the scene (for something)
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prepare others to expect something;make things ready for others |
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Set/make a bee-line (for something)
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hurry towards something taking the quickest and most direct way, as of a bee to its hive. |
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Settle a score (with someone),To
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Take one's revenge (on someone) for harm etc.
done to one in the past. |
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Settle down,To
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to remain in one place, to have a home and a job, to lead a routine life. |
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to sink gradually or come to rest.
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Seven hills of Rome
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the walled city of ancient Rome these seven hills: Palatine, Capitoline, Quirinal, Aventine, Caelian, Esquiline and Viminal. As hills, they never amounted to much, the tallest (Quirinal) being only 226 feet above sea level. |
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Shadow or Type
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something that symbolizes or represents
something to come. |
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Shanty
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a hastily built shack or cabin; a ramshackle or rickety dwelling. |
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Shaved them off
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exposed them for what they really were. Removed the covering. |
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Sheep country
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mountains where wild mountain sheep are found. |
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Shift for himself
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take care of himself; do the best one can. |
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Shindig / shindigging
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a dance or noisy party; taking part in a dance or noisy party. |
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Shivers me
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(sends shivers up my back) makes me tremble or shake |
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Shooting scrape
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An incident involving a gun or guns, proving to
be a disagreeable or embarrasing situation
usually caused by one's own conduct. |
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Short end of the rope/stick
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lacking; not having sufficient funds etc.to
carry on |
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Shot in the arm, A
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Something that has the short-term effect of stimulating and reviving a situation; something that does a person good. |
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Shot in the dark, A
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a risky attempt/action, a random guess/idea which one hopes will be correct. |
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Shot your last wad
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spent everything; used up all resources; there's nothing left. |
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Shotgun house
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a little straight house, with two or three rooms in it; a little long room. |
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Shotties
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undesirable; worthless; having no food value. |
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Shout, etc something from the housetops/rooftops
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informal tell something to everyone. |
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Show off
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try to get the attention of others by displaying one's abilities or accomplishments in a prominent way. (An indication of a lack of humility). |
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