VAT イディオム

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ese vato

hey, dude

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Private Stock

a brand of malt liquor

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vato

Spanish reference to man, boy, guy

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in private

privately；secretly私人地；秘密地
I wish to talk to you in private．我想同你私下谈谈。

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keep under observation

1．watch 注视
The police keep all habitual criminals under observation from the day they leave the prison．所有贯犯自出狱那天警察就密切注视他们。
2．watch or study attentively 注意观察；研究
The doctor cannot understand Jane's stomach trouble，and he wants to keep her under observation for a few days．大夫搞不清简的胃有什么毛病，于是想把她留在医院里观察几天。

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in private|private

adj. or adv. phr. Not openly or in public; apart from others; confidentially; secretly. Mr. Jones waited until they were home in private before he punished his son. The teacher told Susan that she wanted to talk to her in private after class.
Compare: IN SECRET.
Antonym: IN PUBLIC.

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private eye|eye|private

n., colloquial A private investigator; a detective. Buddy Ebsen played a private eye on "Bamaby Jones."

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private

private
In addition to the idiom beginning with private, also see free enterprise; in private.

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private eye

private eye
A privately employed detective, as opposed to one working for the police or another authority. For example, The children loved stories about private eyes, and Janey wanted to become one. This expression comes from the term private investigator, the “i” of investigator being changed to “eye,” which plays on the idea of a person looking into things. [1930s]