'Put some mustard on it!' 30167

'Put some mustard on it!'

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I think its used to encourage someone to throw a ball like a baseball hard or fast.

lush 30166

lush 1 (lsh)
adj. lush·er, lush·est
1.
a. Having or characterized by luxuriant vegetation.
b. Abundant; plentiful. See Synonyms at profuse.
c. Extremely productive; thriving.
2.
a. Luxurious; opulent: the lush décor of a grand hotel.
b. Extremely pleasing to the senses: a lush scent; lush fruit; the lush sounds of an orchestra.
c. Voluptuous or sensual.
3. Overelaborate or extravagant: lush rhetoric

her children are grown up now 30165

ya tiene a sus hijos criados her children are grown up now

pur·pose·less 30164

pur·pose·less (pûrps-ls)
adj.
Lacking a purpose; meaningless or aimless.

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purpose·less·ly adv.
purpose·less·ness n.

Roaring Twenties 30163

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The Roaring Twenties is a phrase used to describe the 1920s, principally in North America but also in London and Paris. The phrase was meant to emphasize the period's social, artistic, and cultural dynamism. 'Normalcy' returned to politics in the wake of World War I, jazz music blossomed, the flapper redefined modern womanhood, Art Deco peaked, and finally the Wall Street Crash of 1929 served to punctuate the end of the era, as The Great Depression set in. The era was further distinguished by several inventions and discoveries of far-reaching importance, unprecedented industrial growth, accelerated consumer demand and aspirations, and significant changes in lifestyle and culture.

The social and cultural features known as the Roaring Twenties began in leading metropolitan centers, especially New York, Paris and London, then spread widely in the aftermath of World War I. The United States gained dominance in world finance. Thus when Germany could no longer afford war reparations to Britain, France and other Allies, the Americans came up with the Dawes Plan and Wall Street invested heavily in Germany, which repaid its reparations to nations that in turn used the dollars to pay off their war debts to Washington. By the middle of the decade, prosperity was widespread. The second half of the decade becoming known as the "Golden Twenties". In France and francophone Canada, they were also called the "années folles" ("Crazy Years").[1]

The spirit of the Roaring Twenties was marked by a general feeling of discontinuity associated with modernity, a break with traditions. Everything seemed to be feasible through modern technology. New technologies, especially automobiles, moving pictures and radio proliferated 'modernity' to a large part of the population. Formal decorative frills were shed in favor of practicality in both daily life and architecture. At the same time, jazz and dancing rose in popularity, in opposition to the mood of the specter of World War I. As such, the period is also often referred to as the Jazz Age.

Hitch 30162

Hitch .
(n.) A catch; anything that holds, as a hook; an impediment; an obstacle; an entanglement

without a hitch

sin impedimento

speak·eas·y 30161

speak·eas·y (spkz)
n. pl. speak·eas·ies
A place for the illegal sale and consumption of alcoholic drinks, as during Prohibition in the United States.

Children and fools tell the truth 30160

Children and fools tell the truth.
Prov. Children have not yet learned, and fools never did learn, that it is often advantageous to lie. Fred: What will I tell Ellen when she asks why I'm so late getting home? Alan: Tell her the truth—we were out having a few drinks. Fred: Children and fools tell the truth, Alan

less said (about something), the better 30159

less said (about something), the better
Prov. A way of indicating that you think something should not be talked about any further. Jane: How are things going with your divorce proceedings? Ellen: The less said, the better. The less said about my financial situation, the better.

cock a snook (British old-fashioned)30158

cock a snook (British old-fashioned)
to show that you do not respect something or someone by doing something that insults them (usually + at ) In the end he refused to accept his award, cocking a snook at the film industry for which he had such contempt

primrose path 30157

primrose path
Fig. earthly delights that come to an end. She led him down the primrose path until she got tired of him

pokey 30156

po·key 1 also po·ky (pk)
n. pl. po·keys also po·kies Slang
A jail or prison.

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DISDAIN 30155

DISDAIN
: a feeling of contempt for someone or something regarded as unworthy or inferior : scorn

(I want to break free 30154

(I want to break free)
(I want to break free)
I want to break free from your lies
You're so self satisfied I don't need you
I've want to break free
God knows, God knows I want to break free

I've fallen in love
I've fallen in love for the first time
And this time I know it's for real
I've fallen in love, yeah
God knows, God knows I've fallen in love

It's strange but it's true
I can't get over the way you love me like you do
But I have to be sure
When I walk out that door
Oh how I want to be free, baby
Oh how I want to break free,
Oh how I want to break free

But life still goes on
I can't get used to, living without, living without,
Living without you by my side
I don't want to live alone, hey
God knows, got to make it on my own
So baby can't you see
God knows, gods know, gods know
I've want to break free

mis·hap 30153

mis·hap (mshp, ms-hp)
n.
1. Bad luck.
2. An unfortunate accident

tan·gled 30152

tan·gled (tnggld)
adj.
Complicated and difficult to unravel. See Synonyms

fare·well 30151

fare·well (fâr-wl)
interj.
Used to express goodbye.
n.
1. An acknowledgment at parting; a goodbye.
2. The act of departing or taking leave.

break free 30150

break free
: to get away by overcoming restraints or constraints

I Want To Break Free 30149

I Want To Break Free lyrics

I want to break freeI want to break freeI want to break free from your liesYou're so self satisfied I don't need youI've got to break freeGod knows, God knows I want to break freeI've fallen in loveI've fallen in love for the first timeAnd this time I know it's for realI've fallen in love, yeahGod knows, God knows I've fallen in loveIt's strange but it's trueHey, I can't get over the way you love me like you doBut I have to be sureWhen I walk out that door[ From: http://www.elyrics.net/read/q/queen-lyrics/i-want-to-break-free-lyrics.html ]Oh how I want to be free, babyOh how I want to be freeOh how I want to break freeBut life still goes onI can't get used to living without, living withoutLiving without you by my sideI don't want to live alone, heyGod knows, got to make it on my ownSo baby can't you seeI've got to break freeI've got to break freeI want to break free, yeahI want, I want, I want, I want to break freeOoh yeahI want to break - yeah eah

asunder 30148

a·sun·der (-sndr)
adv.
1. Into separate parts or pieces: broken asunder.
2. Apart from each other either in position or in direction: The curtains had been drawn

foray 30147

foray [ˈfɒreɪ]
n
1. a short raid or incursion
2. a first attempt or new undertaking

'Punching bag' 30146

'Punching bag'

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A punching bag (or punch bag) is a person who gets a lot of unfair criticism.

'Proclaim it from the rooftops 30145

'Proclaim it from the rooftops'

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If something is proclaimed from the rooftops, it is made as widely known and as public as possible.

bigot 30144

One who is strongly partial to one's own group, religion, race, or politics and is intolerant of those who differ.

diamond geezer 30143

1. diamond geezer 72 up, 2 down
buy diamond geezer mugs, tshirts and magnetsa legendary hero
cheers mate your a diamond geezer

touchy-feely 30142

touchy-feely
n [ˈtʌtʃɪˈfiːlɪ]
adj
Informal, sometimes derogatory openly displaying one's emotions and affections
touchy-feeliness n

sobon

'Mint condition 30141

'Mint condition'

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If something is in mint condition, it is in perfect condition

on the loose 30140

on the loose
1. At large; free.
2. Acting in an uninhibited fashion

A slick 30139

A slick.
(n.) That which makes smooth; varnish.
(v. t.) To make even and smooth; to render smooth, soft, and glossy; to smooth over.
(adv.) With ease and dexterity.
(superl.) Having an even, smooth surface; smooth; hence, glossy; as, sleek hair.
(superl.) Not rough or harsh

ran·cor 30138

ran·cor (rngkr)
n.
Bitter, long-lasting resentment; deep-seated ill will

green·ish 30137

green·ish (grnsh)
adj.
Somewhat green.

snarl 30136

snarl 1 (snärl)
v. snarled, snarl·ing, snarls
v.intr.
1. To growl viciously while baring the teeth.
2. To speak angrily or threateningly.
v.tr.
To utter with anger or hostility: snarled a retort.
n.
1. A vicious growl.
2. A vicious, hostile utterance.


gruñido

cack·le 30135

cack·le (kkl)
v. cack·led, cack·ling, cack·les
v.intr.
1. To make the shrill cry characteristic of a hen after laying an egg.
2. To laugh or talk in a shrill manner.
v.tr.
To utter in cackles: cackled a sarcastic reply.
n.
1. The act or sound of cackling.
2. Shrill laughter.
3. Foolish chatter.

latch 30134

latch (lch)
n.
1. A fastening, as for a door or gate, typically consisting of a bar that fits into a notch or slot and is lifted from either side by a lever or string.
latch (lch)
n.

If the billions that go up in smoke for this on an annual basis were used for renewable energies, maybe we would not have any energy problems at all a

If the billions that go up in smoke for this on an annual basis were used for renewable energies, maybe we would not have any energy problems at all any more and we would certainly be a major step further forward in terms of CO2 reduction

i told you so 30132

te lo avise

Get a toehold 30131

Get a toehold

Definition: To begin a relationship with a person or company

I got a toehold at Smiths and Sons.
He's trying to get a toehold with Jason.

ki·net·ic 30130

ki·net·ic (k-ntk, k-)
adj.
1. Of, relating to, or produced by motion.
2. Relating to or exhibiting kinesis.

Charge it to the dust and let the rain settle it. 30129

Charge it to the dust and let the rain settle it.

Rur. Do not expect to be paid for this. (A humorous answer to a question like, "Who is going to pay for this?") Tom: Who's going to pay me all that money you owe? Mary: Charge it to the dust and let the rain settle it!
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poise 30128

poise 1 (poiz)
v. poised, pois·ing, pois·es
v.tr.
To carry or hold in equilibrium; balance.
v.intr.
To be balanced or held in suspension; hover.
n.
1. A state of balance or equilibrium; stability.
2. Freedom from affectation or embarrassment; composure.
3. The bearing or deportment of the head or body; mien.
4. A state or condition of hovering or being suspended.

on the cusp (of something)30127

on the cusp (of something)
Fig. at the point in time that marks the beginning of something. The transistor was on the cusp of a new age in electronics.

We are on the cusp of a moment of development or betrayal.

have a blast 30126

have a blast
Inf. to have a great time; to have a lot of fun. The food was good and we had a blast. Thanks for inviting us to the party.

We had a blast, learned some stuff, and shopped 'til we dropped

I want to enjoy myself, to have a blast, he says also admitting that he feels like a child before the Dakar.

astounding confidence 30125

astounding confidence

confianza asombrosa


However, there are many people now who have such astounding confidence issues that could very well ruin their lives.

foot-in-mouth disease 30124

foot-in-mouth disease
the tendency to say the wrong thing at the wrong time. I suffer a lot from foot-in-mouth disease. Well, Ralph has foot-in-mouth disease again.

pound of flesh 30123

pound of flesh
Fig. a payment or punishment that involves suffering and sacrifice on the part of the person being punished. (*Typically: give someone ~; owe someone ~; pay someone ~; take ~.) He wants revenge. He won't be satisfied until he takes his pound of flesh.

One hand washes the other 30122

'One hand washes the other'

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This idiom means that we need other people to get on as cooperation benefits us all.

weak at the knees 30121

weak at the knees
if someone goes weak at the knees, they feel as if they might fall down because they have a sudden strong emotion about something or someone The very thought of jumping out of an aircraft with a parachute made him go weak at the knees. He was so gorgeous, I felt weak at the knees every time he spoke to me.

Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months.30120

Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months.
Oscar Wilde

'Skunkworks 30119

'Skunkworks'

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An unauthorised, or hidden program or activity, often research-oriented, and out of the bureaucratic chain of command is known as a

tilt at windmills 30118

tilt at windmills
Fig. to fight battles with imaginary enemies; to fight against unimportant enemies or issues. (As with the fictional character, Don Quixote, who attacked windmills.) Aren't you too smart to go around tilting at windmills? I'm not going to fight this issue. I've wasted too much of my life tilting at windmills.

Sharp cookie 30117

Sharp cookie'

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Someone who isn't easily deceived or fooled is a sharp cookie.

sprat to catch a mackerel 30116

Nouna sprat to catch a mackerel

One may sacrifice something of little value in the hope of gaining something better

There's the rub 30115

There's the rub. (old-fashioned) also Therein lies the rub. (old-fashioned)
something that you say when you are explaining what the difficulty is in a particular situation You can't get a job unless you have experience. And there's the rub - how do you get experience if you can't get a job?

wear sackloth and ashes 30114

If someone displays their grief or contrition publicly, they wear sackcloth and ashes.

a wake-up call 30113

a wake-up call (American & Australian)
an event that warns someone that they need to deal with an urgent or dangerous problem (often + to do sth) The 1971 earthquake was a wake-up call to strengthen the city's bridges. (often + to ) The World Trade Center bombing has served as a wake-up call to the FBI on terrorism.

solas review 30112

Fernandez, Antonio Dechent


The title speaks volumes about each character's deeply entrenched emotional state in "Solas," a soul-clenching Spanish import dominated last year's Goya awards (the Spanish Oscar).

"Solas" translates as "alone," and it's a story about a bitterly estranged mother and daughter, forced back into each other's lives by the hospitalization of their hateful husband/father.

Maria (Ana Fernandez), whose life is filled with anger and alcohol, escaped her loveless, farm country home and moved to the city as soon as she was of age, after coming to despise her parents through a history the movie only hints at. She is alone because her entire personality is a defense mechanism. Through an adult life of hardship, she's learned to distrust everyone, and she won't let the people who really do care about her anywhere near her heart.

Her weary, withered and aged mother (Maria Galiana) is alone in her own heart as well after a lifetime of holding her tongue around her choleric, belittling husband -- whose heart attack has landed him in a hospital near their daughter's slum-bordering apartment building.

While Maria refuses to visit her ailing father, she begrudgingly feels obligated to take her mother in until her parents can return to the country. The climate between the two women is instantly acrimonious. But slowly, tentatively, they begin to set aside their practiced antagonism and repair the lines of communication in their relationship.

The driving force of this film is the soul-level sadness in the profoundly affecting performances of Fernandez and Galiana. Fernandez roots around in the daughter's damaged psyche, finding both her darkest and most vulnerable places, humanizing this fatigued woman's bitter, hardened surface. Galiana depicts the depth of the mother's loyalty, her complacency to an unhappy marriage and her oblivious ability to push her daughter's buttons -- interfering in the younger woman's life when she only means to help wash away the overwhelming misery she sees in Maria's face.

Together they subtly portray a lifetime of barriers built between them and hint at regrets they both hold but refuse to acknowledge.

Beautifully written and directed with sublime finesse by Benito Zambrano -- who makes his feature debut -- "Solas" is not a movie that turns warm and fuzzy in the last act with epiphanies or apologies. It has a much more slight and delicate character arc that sees mother and daughter beginning a long process of warming toward each other and possibly discovering better lives in the process.

They are also both moved by separate, tentative relationships with Maria's downstairs neighbor (Carlos Alvarez-Novoa), a desperately lonely old man who becomes attached to the mother. The time the elderly new friends spend together sees the mother blossom anew, but this becomes another point of strife when she goes to the hospital and her husband becomes enraged, saying he can smell another man on her.

Zambrano's resourceful direction gives "Solas" an economic elegance with powerful moments like the scene in which Maria visits a free clinic to schedule an abortion after being thrown over by her low-life lover. She scans the eyes of the other women in the waiting room -- a pregnant teenager with an indignant mom, a woman beaten black-and-blue -- then runs outside, where she slowly breaks down as a train passes.

Zambrano positions the camera on the opposite side of the tracks, focusing on Maria's face -- which is exposed in flashes between the train cars -- as she disintegrates from a small tear into emotionally draining wails.

It's an incredible shot, indicative of the kind of raw-nerve sentiment that pulses through this potent, poignant, honest and outstanding film.

'Wedge politics' 30111

'Wedge politics'

In wedge politics, one party uses an issue that they hope will divide members of a different party to create conflict and weaken it.

Labor's Aboriginal wedge politics have split the Liberals, embarrassed their leader and divided him from his numbers men and the former ...

'Sputnik moment' 30110

'Sputnik moment'

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A Sputnik moment is a point where people realise that they are threatened of challenged and have to redouble their efforts to catch up. It comes from the time when the Soviet Union launched the first satellite, the Sputnik 1, and beat the USA into space.

row·dy 30109

row·dy (roud)
n. pl. row·dies
A rough, disorderly person.
adj. row·di·er, row·di·est
Disorderly; rough: rowdy teenagers; a rowdy beer party.

tapped out 30108

A 'tap' is what you use to make liquid flow from its source. 'Tapped out' means that there is nothing left to flow.


2.Tired, exhausted.

When 'tapped out' is used to describe a person, it means that the person has no more energy to spend of flow.
1) I'm tapped out, so I can't go to the movies tonight.