sera

che sara, sara

cliché A phrase suggesting that an outcome in the future is uncertain or out of one's control, loosely translated as "whatever will be, will be." This spelling of the phrase is based on Italian, though it is more commonly spelled "que sera, sera," based on Spanish. Well, my application is in the mail, so there's nothing more I can do now. Che sara, sara! A: "How are you not stressed about getting your exam grades back?" B: "Oh, che sara, sara! I studied, I took the tests—what else can I do now?"
See also: ChE, sara

que sera, sera

cliché A phrase that suggests that the future is uncertain or out of one's control, loosely translated as "whatever will be, will be." This spelling of the phrase is based on Spanish, though the phrase itself is probably not Spanish in origin. Well, my application is in the mail, so there's nothing more I can do now. Que sera, sera! A: "How are you not stressed about getting your exam grades back?" B: "Oh, que sera, sera! I studied, I took the tests—what else can I do now?"
See also: que, sera
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • (it's) (all) Greek to me
  • be all Greek to someone
  • Greek to me
  • Greek to me, it's
  • it's all Greek to me
  • be careful what you wish for(, it might (just) come true)
  • (good) black don't crack
  • (it's all) Greek to (one)
  • Greek
  • Greek to
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Bovine serum-based bilirubin calibrators are inappropriate for some diazo methods
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Two outbreaks of occupationally acquired histoplasmosis: more than workers at risk
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U.S. PBDE levels: effects in mice
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Dilution test for differentiating falsely high serum free triiodothyronine concentrations
Sera were used for the quantification of [beta]-LG by ELISA.
Assessment of the allergic potential of food protein extracts and proteins on oral application using the Brown Norway rat model. (mini-monograph)
A blinded panel of 50 samples comprising sera from healthy persons, patients infected with other human coronaviruses (OC43 and 229E), patients infected with influenza virus, and persons who were convalescent from SARS was provided by the Health Protection Agency (HPA), United Kingdom, for the validation of our pseudotype neutralization assay.
Longitudinally profiling neutralizing antibody response to SARS coronavirus with pseudotypes
It has been suggested (17) that quantitative assessment of Tg in TgAb-positive sera may be achieved by determination of the recovery of known amounts of Tg added to TgAb-positive samples.
Importance of the detection method for thyroglobulin antibodies for the validity of thyroglobulin measurements in sera from patients with graves disease
We also found that the addition of sera protected the cells from the adverse effects of chlorpyrifos and that the effect could be reproduced by addition of albumin.
Developmental neurotoxicity of chlorpyrifos modeled in vitro: comparative effects of metabolites and other cholinesterase inhibitors on DNA synthesis in PC12 and C6 cells. (Articles)
Patient 1,46 years old, and patient 2, 25 years old, had a flulike syndrome with maculopapular exanthema; WNV seroconversion was seen on a pair of sera collected on days 3 and 16 for patient 1, and days 3 and 12 for patient 2, after onset of fever.
Human West Nile virus, France
In sera from healthy individuals, TfR-Tf eluted as a single peak at ~330 kDa (Fig.
Ratio of transferrin (Tf) to Tf-receptor complex in circulation differs depending on Tf iron saturation
Validity of interpretation criteria for standardized Western blots (immunoblots) for serodiagnosis of Lyme borreliosis based on sera collected throughout Europe.
Do antiborrelial antibodies suggest Lyme disease in Cuba?
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Mass spectroscopy as a discovery tool for identifying serum markers for prostate cancer
Puumala and Dobrava viruses cause hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome in Bosnia-Herzegovina: evidence of highly cross-neutralizing antibody responses in early patient sera. J Med Virol.
Thrombocytopenia and acute renal failure in Puumala hantavirus infections
Detection of cytomegalovirus DNA in sera of liver transplant recipients.
Successful diagnosis of fetal gender using conventional PCR analysis of maternal serum