Expressions (A–Z)
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B
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Be careful not to make too many books.
In a word of advice: Don't talk too much about the language.
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C
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Cemetery / graveyard
A cemetery. Graveyard, in figurative or elevated language.
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Come what may
In a figurative sense: whatever happens. It does not matter what the consequence...
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F
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Felt a pang in the heart
Figuratively: felt sorrow or pain.
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H
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Heart of the sea
See: “heart of the sea.”
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His soul was stirred
Figuratively: was in a storm of emotions. Was moved. Longed (their meaning is to...
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I
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Intestines / guts
Figuratively: the intestines and the digestive system; the internal organs.
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R
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Returned to Blackness/ to revent to one's (evil) ways
It returned to its black color. Figuratively: it returned to the state it had be...
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S
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Stripped him of his glory
Figuratively: despoiled him. Removed his glory.
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