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Flashcards in Extract 18 Deck (6)
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1
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/ instant ardentes Tyrii pars ducere muros, /

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/ The eager Tyrians press on, part of them make walls,

2
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/ molirique arcem et manibus subvolvere saxa, /

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and amassing the citadel and rolling rocks up with their hands

3
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/ pars optare locum tecto et concludere sulco. /

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some choose a place for a house and inclose it with a trench

4
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/ [iura magistratusque legunt sanctumque senatum;] /

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[They choose laws and officials and the sacred senate. ]

5
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/ hic portus alii effodiunt; hic lata theatris / fundamenta locant alii,

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Some here are digging out a port, here others are placing the deep foundations for theatres,

6
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, immanisque columnas / rupibus excidunt scaenis decora alta futuris. /

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, and cutting out huge columns from the rocks, the high decorations for future stages. /