Phrases Flashcards

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Cum grano sails

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With a grain of salt

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Carpe diem

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Seize the day

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Quid pro quo

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Something for something

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Cave Canem

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Beware of the dog

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N.B (Nota Bene)

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Note well

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e.g (exempli gratia)

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For the sake of example

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i.e (id est)

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That is

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etc. (et cetera)

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And the rest

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S.P.Q.R (Senatus Populusque Romanus)

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The Senate and the Roman People

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mea culpa

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My fault

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ad infinitum

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Going on without end “to infinity”

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ad nauseam

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“To the point of sickness”

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Sine qua non

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without which not

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E Pluribus Unum

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One from Many, motto of the USA

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tempus fugit

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Time flies

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semper fidelis

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Always faithful, motto is US Marine Corps

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semper paratus

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Always prepared, motto of US Coast Guard

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P.S (Post Scriptum)

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After what has been written

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A.D (Anno Domini)

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In the year of our lord

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ad hoc

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For this, committee put together for a certain reason and usually for a limited time

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ars gratia artis

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“Art for the sake of art”

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festina lente

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make haste slowly, go about tasks/work quickly and careful

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lapsus linguae

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Slip of the tongue

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lapsus memoriae

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slip of the memory

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lapsus calami
slip of the pen
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a.m (ante meridiem)
Before midday (the morning)
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p.m (post meridiem)
after midday (the afternoon)
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et al. (at alii/alia)
"and other people/things" | Used in reference to a typical group
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vs. (versus)
against
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a.u.c (ab urbe condita)
From the founding of the city, Roman way of dating things
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Ex cathedra
"From the chair" (with authority)
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Ex officio
From the office
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Ex tempore
"Out of time/out of the moment" (without preparation, on the spur of the moment)
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Ex libris
"From the books of/from the library of"
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Multos Marios in illô video
"I see many a Marius in him" (said of the young Caesar at the beginning of his political career)
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Casaer's wife must be above reproach
Said by Caesar of his second wife Pompeii after she allowed Clodius Pulcher into the Bona Dea festival
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Alea iacta est
The die is cast
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Hoc voluerunt
They wished this
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Veni, Vidi, Vici
"I came, I saw, I conquered"
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Et tu Brute
Even you Brutus, according to Shakespeare these were Caesar's last words
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Kai su tecknon
And you child, Greek phrase that Suetonius claims to be Caesar's last words
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ars longa, vita brevis
Art is long life is short
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bona fide
In good faith
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cui bono?
To whom for a good
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suum cuique
to each his own
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nunc est tempus bibendi
Now is the time to drink
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degustibus non est disputandum
"About tastes it must not be disputed" (you can't argue about personal opinions)
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Panem et circenses
Bread and circus games, the concept that the control of Rome rest in appeasing the mob with supplying grain and entertainment
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an ovo usque ad mala
From the egg all the way to apple (having a large variety of everything needed, we say from "soup to nuts")
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tabula rasa
A smoothed tablet (a clean slate)
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rara avis
A rare bird (an extraordinary person or thing)