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11equal to the occasion — {adj. phr.} Capable of handling the situation. * /Although he had never before assisted in childbirth, the taxi driver proved equal to the occasion and helped deliver the baby in his cab./ …
12equal to the occasion — {adj. phr.} Capable of handling the situation. * /Although he had never before assisted in childbirth, the taxi driver proved equal to the occasion and helped deliver the baby in his cab./ …
13equal\ to\ the\ occasion — adj. phr. Capable of handling the situation. Although he had never before assisted in childbirth, the taxi driver proved equal to the occasion and helped deliver the baby in his cab …
14rise to the occasion — verb To achieve erection for sexual intercourse. To his comic fury and shame, the travellers master part fails to rise to the occasion, and the girls innocence is preserved …
15rise to the occasion — be able to do what is needed at the time When we need a speaker, Ed rises to the occasion. He speaks well …
16equal to the occasion — Fit or able to cope with an emergency • • • Main Entry: ↑equal …
17celebrate the occasion — have a party in honor of the event, have festivities to commemorate an event …
18occasion — [ə kā′zhən, ōkā′zhən] n. [ME occasioun < OFr < L occasio, accidental opportunity, fit time < occasus, pp. of occidere, to fall < ob (see OB ) + cadere, to fall: see CASE1] 1. a favorable time or juncture; opportunity 2. a fact, event …
19The Church — The Church † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Church The term church (Anglo Saxon, cirice, circe; Modern German, Kirche; Sw., Kyrka) is the name employed in the Teutonic languages to render the Greek ekklesia (ecclesia), the term by which… …
20Occasion — Oc*ca sion ([o^]k*k[=a] zh[u^]n), n. [F. occasion, L. occasio, fr. occidere, occasum, to fall down; ob (see {Ob }) + cadere to fall. See {Chance}, and cf. {Occident}.] 1. A falling out, happening, or coming to pass; hence, that which falls out or …
