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la
	basta la musica
	c'est la vie
lady
	bag lady
	it ain't over till the fat lady sings
lady-killer
	a lady-killer
	lady-killer
laid
	best laid plans
	get laid [B]
	laid back
	laid bare
	laid off
	laid up
lake
	go jump in the lake
	jump in the lake
lam
	on the lam
lamb
	in two shakes (of a lamb's tail)
	talk the leg off the lamb of God
lame
	bet on a lame rooster
	lame duck
lamebrain
	lamebrain
land
	get the lay of the land
	land on your feet
	land up
	lay of the land
	Lotus Land
	the lay of the land
landlubber
	landlubber
lane
	fast lane
	in the fast lane
	in the Monford lane
	life in the fast lane
language
	body language
	watch your language
lap
	fall into my lap
	in the lap of luxury
	lap of luxury
	lap up
	the lap of luxury
lard
	lard butt/lard ass [B]
large
	by and large
larger
	larger than life
lark
	it was a lark
	lark
	on a lark
last
	dead last
	famous last words
	last but not least
	last call
	last hurrah
	last legs
	last me
	last resort
	last straw
	last word
	on his last legs
	on our last legs
	the last of it
	the last straw
	the last word
	you're only as good as your last shift
last-ditch
	last-ditch
late
	better late than never
	late bloomer
	too little too late
later
	catch you later
laugh
	a barrel of laughs
	don't make me laugh
	for laughs
	get a laugh
	have a laugh
	laugh it off
	laugh up your sleeve
	laugh your head off
	laugh yourself sick
	laugh yourself silly
laughing
	kill ourselves laughing
	laughing
	laughing stock
	the laughing stock
laundered
	laundered money
laundry
	dirty laundry
laurels
	rest on your laurels
law
	above the law
	brush with the law
	long arm of the law
	Murphy's Law
	the long arm of the law
lawrules
	break the law/rules
lay
	get the lay of the land
	kill the goose that lays the golden eggs
	lay [B]
	lay a trip
	lay down your arms
	lay down your life for
	lay eyes on
	lay it on
	lay it on the line
	lay low
	lay of the land
	lay off
	lay on
	lay over
	lay rubber
	lay the blame
	lay the lumber
	lay waste
	lay you
	the lay of the land
lazy
	lazy bones
lead
	get the lead out
	lead a life
	lead foot
	lead pipe cinch
	lead you down the garden path
	lead you on
	life you lead
	you can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink
leader
	loss leader
	ring leader
leading
	blind leading the blind
	the blind leading the blind
leaf
	in leaf
	leaf out
	turn over a new leaf
leak
	have a leak [B]
	information leak
	leak
	take a leak [B]
lean
	lean times
leap
	by leaps and bounds
	Lovers' Leap
learn
	learn the lingo
	learn the ropes
	learn your place
lease
	a new lease on life
	new lease on life
least
	at least
	in the least
	last but not least
leave
	leave me hanging
	leave no stone unturned
	leave out
	leave out in the cold
	leave the door open
	leave well enough alone
	leave you holding the bag
	leave you in the lurch
	leave yourself open
	love them and leave them
	take it or leave it
	take leave of your senses
led
	led to believe
left
	exit stage left
	left holding the bag
	left in the lurch
	left out in the cold
	left over
	left, right and center
	out in left field
	right, left and center
	two left feet
leftovers
	leftovers
lefty
	lefty
leg
	a hollow leg
	a leg up
	break a leg
	cost an arm and a leg
	fresh legs
	give an arm and a leg
	hollow leg
	last legs
	leg up
	leg work
	new legs
	on his last legs
	on our last legs
	pull your leg
	shake a leg
	tail between his legs
	talk the leg off the lamb of God
	the first leg
	with his tail between his legs
lemon
	lemon
lend
	lend a hand
lengths
	go to great lengths/ go to any lengths
less
	could care less
	couldn't care less
lesser
	lesser lights
	lesser of two evils
let
	let a fart [B]
	let down
	let George do it
	let go of
	let her rip
	let it all hang out
	let it be
	let it go to your head
	let me have it
	let off
	let off steam
	let on
	let one
	let sleeping dogs lie
	let the cat out of the bag
	let the chips fall where they may
	let the good times roll
	let this chance go by
	let up
	let you down
	let you have it
	let yourself go
	live and let live
let-up
	no let-up
letter
	chain letter
letter-perfect
	letter-perfect
lettuce
	lettuce
level
	a level playing field
	level the playing field
	level with you
lib
	ad lib (ad libitum)
liberty
	at liberty
libitum
	ad lib (ad libitum)
lick
	a lick and a promise
	lick and a promise
	lick your wounds
lickety-split
	lickety-split
lid
	blow the lid off
	flip your lid
	keep a lid on it
	put a lid on it
lidstacktop
	blow your lid/stack/top
lie
	a bare-faced lie
	a pack of lies
	bare-faced lie
	let sleeping dogs lie
	lie down on the job
	little white lie
	white lie
	without a word of a lie
life
	a dog's life
	a matter of life and death
	a new lease on life
	all walks of life
	bigger than life
	dog's life
	every walk of life
	for dear life
	for the life of me
	get a life
	it's a matter of life and death
	it's been a slice (of life)
	larger than life
	lay down your life for
	lead a life
	life in the fast lane
	life is just a bowl of cherries
	life is not all guns and roses
	life of Riley
	life of the party
	life on the edge
	life you lead
	make a life for yourself
	matter of life and death
	new lease on life
	not on your life
	scare the life out of me
	set for life
	sometimes life is a bucket of shit and the handle is inside [B]
	spice of life
	that's life
	the best things in life are free
	the life of Riley
	the life of the party
	the spice of life
	variety is the spice of life
	walk of life
lifer
	lifer
lift
	a lift
	get a lift
	give me a lift
	lift a finger
	lift my spirits
light
	at first light
	first light
	get the green light
	got a light
	idiot lights
	lesser lights
	light at the end of the tunnel
	light in the loafers
	light up
	lights are on but...
	make light of
	punch your lights out
	run a red light
	see the light
	see the light of day
	shed a little light on
	tail lights
	take on a new light
	the lights are on but nobody's home
	throw some light on
lighten
	lighten up
lighthearted
	lighthearted
lightning
	greased lightning
	lightning fast
like
	built like a brick shithouse [B]
	cheap like borsch
	come down on like a ton of bricks
	crazy like a fox
	drink like a fish
	drop him like a hot potato
	drop like flies
	eat like a horse
	go like crazy
	go like stink
	grinning like a bushel basketful of possum heads
	hang on like grim death
	how do you like them apples
	just like that
	know like the back of your hand
	like a bat out of hell
	like a bolt from the blue
	like a broken record
	like a chicken on a June bug
	like a dirty shirt
	like a hawk
	like a mother hawk
	like a hot potato
	like a ton of bricks
	like crazy/like mad
	like dog's breath
	like father, like son
	like hell [B]
	like it or lump it
	like nobody's business
	like shit through a goose
	like the devil
	like the wind
	look like death warmed over
	look like he was dragged through a knothole
	nothing succeeds like success
	piss like a race horse [B]
	prepare like crazy
	quick like a bunny
	sell like hotcakes
	shoes like boats
	sleep like a log
	smoke like a furnace
	spread like wildfire
	stick out like a sore thumb
	swear like a sailor
	take it like a man
	watch me like a hawk
	watch over like a mother hawk
likely
	not likely
lily
	gild the lily
lily-livered
	lily-livered
limb
	go out on a limb
	out on a limb
limit
	push me (to the limit)
limp
	on the limp
line
	a fine line
	along those lines
	ass on the line
	away out of line
	below the poverty line
	bottom line
	cash on the line
	down the line
	draw the line
	drop a line
	end of the line
	fall in line
	give you a line
	hand you a line
	hard line
	hook, line and sinker
	keep in line
	lay it on the line
	line of authority
	line up
	out of line
	put my neck on the line
	read between the lines
	stay in line
	step out of line
	string a line
	the bottom line
	the end of the line
	toe the line
	walk a straight line
	way out of line (away out of line)
line-up
	crack the line-up
linestory
	don't give me that line/story etc.
lingo
	learn the lingo
	lingo
lining
	every cloud has a silver lining
lion
	lion's share
	the lion's share
lip
	a fat lip
	a stiff upper lip
	button your lip
	don't give me any of your lip
	fat lip
	keep a stiff upper lip
	lip
	lip off
	lips are sealed
	none of your lip
	read my lips
	rented lips
	stiff upper lip
	there's many a slip twixt the cup and the lip
	your lip
lippy
	lippy
liquor
	hard liquor
	hold her liquor
liquored
	liquored up
list
	on the shit list [B]
	shit list [B]
listen
	listen up
litter
	pick of the litter
	runt of the litter
	the pick of the litter
	the runt of the litter
little
	a little bird told me
	a little hair off the dog
	a little off
	a little steep
	a little thick
	cut it a little fine
	dig a little deeper
	give a little
	little bird told me
	little by little
	little white lie
	shed a little light on
	too little too late
live
	live and let live
	live by
	live it up
	live off
	live on
	live on the edge
	live up to
	nine lives
	people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones
livelong
	all the livelong day
liven
	liven up
liveware
	liveware
living
	eke out a living
	living daylights
	make a living
	the living daylights
	the living end
lizzie
	tin Lizzie
lo
	lo and behold
load
	a few bricks short of a full load
	get a load of that
	one brick short of a full load
	take a load off your feet
loaded
	loaded
	loaded to the hilt
loaf
	pinch off a loaf [B]
	three slices short (of a full loaf)
loafers
	light in the loafers
loan
	good for a loan
	hit me for a loan
	on loan
local
	local yokel
lock
	lock you up
	lock, stock and barrel
loco
	plumb loco
log
	drop a log [B]
	log off
	log on
	saw logs
	sleep like a log
loggerheads
	at loggerheads
lollygag
	lollygag
long
	a long shot
	by a long shot
	for long
	in a long time
	in the long haul
	in the long run
	long and the short of it
	long arm of the law
	long for
	long gone
	long in the tooth
	long johns
	long time no see
	not by a long shot
	not long for this world
	so long
	the long and the short of it
	the long arm of the law
loo
	loo
	the loo
	where's the loo
look
	a blank look
	a faraway look
	don't look a gift horse in the mouth
	future looks bright
	if looks could kill
	look after
	look daggers
	look down on
	look down your nose at
	look high and low
	look into
	look like death warmed over
	look like he was dragged through a knothole
	look out
	look out for
	look out for number one
	look over
	look over your shoulder
	look sharp
	look the other way
	look up a dead horse's ass [B]
	look up to
	look up/look it up
	take a look
looking
	can't see for looking
	caught looking
	looking up
	things are looking up
looksee
	have a looksee
loonie
	loonie
loony
	loony bin
loop
	in the loop
	keep in the loop
	out of the loop
	throw me for a loop
looped
	looped
loose
	a loose cannon
	a screw loose
	all hell broke loose
	at loose ends
	hang loose
	loose cannon
	loose ends
	on the loose
	screw loose
	tie up loose ends
lord
	lord it over
	the Lord helps those who help themselves
lose
	lose a family member
	lose count
	lose favor
	lose ground
	lose him
	lose it
	lose my train of thought
	lose out
	lose patience
	lose sight of
	lose time
	lose track
	lose your appetite
	lose your cool
	lose your head
	lose your marbles
	lose your mind
	lose your shirt
	lose your temper
	lose your tongue
	lose your touch
	stand to lose
	you snooze, you lose
losing
	a losing streak
	losing it
	losing streak
loss
	a dead loss
	at a loss for words
	dead loss
	loss leader
losses
	cut losses
lost
	a lost cause
	get lost
	he who hesitates is lost
	it is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all
	lost cause
	no love lost
	there's no love lost
lot
	a lot of bunk
	a lot of folderol
	a lot on the ball
	of the lot
lotus
	Lotus Land
loud
	for crying out loud
	loud mouth
	out loud
louder
	actions speak louder than words
lousy
	lousy
love
	a love tap
	all's fair in love and war
	fall in love
	falling in love
	for love nor money
	in love
	love at first sight
	Love Bug
	love conquers all
	love is blind
	love is where you find it
	love tap
	love them and leave them
	make love
	misery loves company
	no love lost
	puppy love
	there's no love lost
	you can't sell anybody if you don't love everybody
loved
	better to have loved...
	it is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all
lovelies
	lovelies
lovelife
	lovelife
lovers
	Lovers' Leap
low
	fly low
	keep a low profile
	lay low
	look high and low
	low
	low on the totem pole
low-ball
	low-ball him
low-down
	low-down
lowdown
	lowdown
	the lowdown
lowered
	ears lowered
	have my ears lowered
lowlife
	lowlife
luck
	as luck would have it
	damn the luck [B]
	darn my luck
	don't push your luck
	down on his luck
	luck of the draw
	luck of the Irish
	luck out
	out of luck
	pure luck
	push your luck
	shit out of luck [B]
	string of good luck
	stroke of good luck
	the luck of the draw
	the luck of the Irish
	tough luck
	try your luck
lucky
	a lucky break
	a lucky streak
	lucky break
	lucky dog
	lucky streak
	should be so lucky
	thank your lucky stars
	you can thank your lucky stars
	you have to be good to be lucky
lucre
	filthy lucre
lumber
	lay the lumber
lump
	like it or lump it
	lump together
	take your lumps
lunch
	do lunch
	out to lunch
lurch
	in the lurch
	leave you in the lurch
	left in the lurch
lush
	lush
luxury
	in the lap of luxury
	lap of luxury
	the lap of luxury

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