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English term English translation
couldn\'t look my husband or my parents nearly knowing that nearly = in the eye
counter kitchen counter
courier communication mail sent by courier service
courtesy cell phone cell/mobile phone offered or provided free of charge by the company for the customers
crack a corner off take a portion
Creek (verb) typo for 'creep'
crossover with combining characters, storylines, locations or whole universes of two or more stories or series
CSC (federal agency) Civil Service Commission (current Office of Personnel Management)
ctd continued
Entered by: Darko Kolega
cuber Rubik's cuber
Entered by: Cagdas Karatas
cultural alignment getting all staff and management within the company to accept the goal
cut your losses in a hurry, and move on accept whatever losses you have suffered and continue with your life
Daddy Cool You can interpret it as you wish...He can be a sugar daddy...Or, he can be something else.
Damn if you aren’t right Yes. (emphatically) You are right.
data point checkpoint, target point
Entered by: Andriy Yasharov
days worth of ... quantity - see explanation below
Death Car (our earthly) body
death-forfeitures claims upon lives assured
deep, main current of English life the fundamental underlying course or progression of English life
defect liabilities bond defect liability bond/warranty bond
defies to his beard challenge/defy completely/resolutely
Entered by: Yvonne Gallagher
deliver a lesson or speech deliver a speech
department's efforts vs its efforts PGR will advise the Department of Trade on its efforts....
designer of crime vs criminal designer the (prime) instigator and the architect of the crime
desperately anxiously or rephrase
Entered by: Yvonne Gallagher
destroy the event leave the others so far behind that it would not be a competition
Entered by: airmailrpl
did not once never/not even one time
did not trouble myself with the odd inches I did not bother to work out the measurement to the nearest inch
did testing with her did medical tests
dimple, and flake break up into dimples and flakes (on the surface of the water)
dinner invitation ÏÚæÉ áÍÖæÑ ÍÝáÉ ÚÔÇÁ
Entered by: A Nabil Bouitieh
discouraged demoralized, demoralised, discouraged, disheartened
dispensed with post consultation held after the consultation
divert 57% away send 57% of the trash somewhere else
Entered by: Michael Tovbin
Divorce Pipeline Coordinator coordinator of all the ongoing divorce procedures (assigned to him/her)
Does he contradict himself? no
Entered by: airmailrpl
Does Not a Good Test Make does not make a good test
doing a lap or two of the mat running once or twice round the mat
Entered by: Tony M
doing well by doing good doing well = succeeding in business; doing good = being ethical in their business dealings
doll lovely/wonderful/sweet person
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