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  • 51someone's heart goes out to someone — used for saying that someone feels sorry for someone else My heart goes out to the parents who lost their loved ones …

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  • 52someone*/*/*/ — [ˈsʌmwʌn] pronoun used for referring to a person when you do not know or do not say who the person is I can t find my calculator – someone must have taken it.[/ex] I ve invited someone special that I want you to meet.[/ex] His wife told him she… …

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  • 53someone's bottom line — the lowest price someone will accept, or the greatest change they are prepared to accept when they are trying to reach an agreement with someone else We have to find out what the terrorists bottom line is …

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  • 54someone's side of the story — your account of what happened, when someone else gives a different account I d like to hear his side of the story as well …

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  • 55someone —   Kahi, kekahi.    ♦ Someone else, ha i …

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  • 56someone's idea of fun — used to emphasize one s dislike for an activity or to mock someone else s liking for it being stuck behind a desk all day isn t my idea of fun …

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  • 57else — W1S1 [els] adv [: Old English; Origin: elles] 1.) [used after words beginning with some , every , any , and no , and after question words] a) besides or in addition to someone or something ▪ There s something else I d like to talk about as well.… …

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  • 58someone can't hold a candle to something else — (someone/something) can t hold a candle to (someone/something else) someone or something is not as good as someone or something else. For Walter, basketball and football can t hold a candle to baseball. Usage notes: sometimes used in the form… …

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  • 59someone can't hold a candle to — (someone/something) can t hold a candle to (someone/something else) someone or something is not as good as someone or something else. For Walter, basketball and football can t hold a candle to baseball. Usage notes: sometimes used in the form… …

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  • 60someone cannot compete (with) — someone/something/cannot compete (with) phrase someone or something can never be as good or successful as someone or something else Companies as small as ours just can’t compete with multinationals. Thesaurus: worsesynonym …

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