Expressions (A–Z)
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Tempt one's fate
He risked his life on purpose.
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Ten penitential days (between the New Year and Day of Atonement)
The days between Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur. The ten days of penitence ("Keseh...
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Tenant of Another
A person who rents a room from the owner of an apartment who lives there togethe...
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Tender Joy
See: "The tender joy."
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Tendons and bones
See: “skin and bones.”
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Tense atmosphere
A feeling of tension, sadness, distress, or discomfort among those present.
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Tense Silence
An upright stance in a military ceremony.
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Tent of Testimony, Tent of Meeting
The Tabernacle — the sacred dwelling used for worship and as the spiritual cente...
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terra incognita
A distant place that few people have reached.
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Terrestrial court of law (as against "celestial")
Courts and tribunals in which humans sit to judge, as opposed to a celestial cou...
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