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Definitions by Arunabh Das Sharma

An étude (a French word meaning study), or study, is an instrumental musical composition, most commonly of considerable difficulty, usually designed to provide practice material for perfecting a particular technical skill.
Claude Debussy's etude (1915) conforms to the "one facet of technique per piece" rule.
etude by Arunabh Das Sharma June 18, 2008

bot-throttle 

regulate the crawl rate of a search engine bot by using a bandwidth throttle on the web-server
We might need to bot-throttle googlebot this month because we're hit the bandwidth limit on our shared server.

heart is in the right place 

if someone's heart is in the right place, they are a good and kind person even if they do not always seem to be.
Sanjay's a bit annoying sometimes but his heart is in the right place.

find your mojo

to be able to find something you like doing, and to do it with passion, zeal, energy and enthusiasm
To find your mojo in a job you dislike is to try to grind coffee beans with your bare teeth. It's almost nearly impossible.