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Latin and French Words and Phrases, with their explanation in English.
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From the beginning.
From the building of the city; abridged a. u. c.
At pleasure.
To attract.
To ensnare the vulgar.
To the same.
To infinity.
In the meantime.
At pleasure.
For the action (at law).
For consideration.
According to value.
A love affair; an amour.
To the end.
With stronger reason.
Assistant to a general.
At an early hour; in the nick of time.
In the fashion.
Otherwise.
Elsewhere; or, proof of having been elsewhere.
University.
From bed and board.
The love of our country.
In English.
In the year of our Lord; abr. A. D.
In the year of the world; abr: :: A. M.
From a later reason, or from behind.
From a prior reason.
To the purpose; seasonably; or by-the-by.
Secrets.
State secrets.
Secret.
An appeal to our faith.
Personal argument.
An appeal to the common sense of mankind.
An appeal to the passions.
An appeal to the people.
Argument of blows.
Hear both sides.
To the bottom; or, main point.
The accursed thirst of gold.
He will be Caesar or nobody.
Burning of hereticks.
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Trifle.
People of fashion.
Men of wit.
Polite literature.
Love letter.
With a good grace.
Good day.
A witty saying.
Fashion; high fashion.
In good faith.
A small private apartment.
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A rage for collecting.
A rage for speaking.
Passion for writing.
Other circumstances being equal.
The worthless remains.
Unconditional terms; q. d. “There is a sheet of paper: write your own terms.”
Yielding up of goods.
Country seat.
Master piece.
Formerly.
As it should be.
A common good.
One year with another.
Of a sound and composed mind.
Gladly; with love.
Permission to choose, or elect.
Against.
Against good manners or morals.
Finishing stroke (Literally the blow of favour; because the bones having been broken separately on the rack, the last blow, which killed the man, was an act of grace to him).
Sudden enterprize.
View or glance.
A Jew may believe it (but I will not).
To what good will it tend ?
To what evil will it tend ?
With many others.
With privilege.
Court wishes to be advised; abr. cur. adv. vult.
With a running quill.
Keeper of the rolls.
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Point granted.
Beginning.
From day to day.
We have given power.
In fact.
By the grace, or favour, of God.
By right.
Of the dead let nothing be said but what is favourable.
Anew.
Finishing, or winding up.
God willing.
Store, or magazine.
Last resort or resource.
A thing desired.
The other things are wanting.
God and my right.
O Lord direct us.
Double meaning.
Present, or bribe.
Characters of the drama.
During pleasure.
During life.
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Behold the man.
Explanation; clearing up.
Splendour.
Pupil.
Jolly; in good case.
Carrying guns on the upper deck only.
In a mass; in a body.
By the way; in passing.
Tiresomeness.
Entrance.
Therefore.
Errors.
May it last for ever.
And the rest.
Late; as the ex-minister means the late minister.
Instructions given from a chair of authority.
“Nothing can come of nothing.” — King Lear.
Officially, or by virtue of an office.
On the part of, or one side.
Extracts.
As for example; abr. ex. gr., e. g.
Believe one who has experience to justify his opinion.
Out of hand; without premeditation.
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Exact copy or resemblance.
The fates oppose it.
Fault, or misconduct.
Self murderer.
Hasten slowly. “Wisely and slow: they stumble that run fast.” — Friar in Romeo and Juliet.
A feast or entertainment.
Let it be done, or made.
End.
The end crowns the work.
Whilst the war is raging.
An eagerness for speaking.
An eagerness for writing.
The irritable tribe of poets.
For nothing.
Haughtiness.
Here and there and every where.
May evil happen to him who evil thinks of it.
The hour, or time, files.
It is the lot of humanity to err.
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In the same place; abr. ibid., ib.
I serve.
That is; abr. i.e.
The same.
A government existing in another government.
Let it be printed.
In the first place.
In readiness.
There is rest in heaven.
For a time; in trust.
Twice as much.
As a pauper, or poor person.
In the place.
Hid, or in reserve.
In his own person.
In the same state or condition in which it was.
As a warning.
In terror to the people.
Altogether.
On the passage.
There is truth in wine.
Disguised, or unknown.
Between ourselves.
By signifying.
Mere assertion.
By the mere fact.
By the law itself.
Also, or article.
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I know not what.
Play upon words
Play of wit; a witticism.
By divine right.
By human law.
The law of nations.
Labour overcomes every thing.
Money, or silver.
The law is great, and will prevail.
The law of retaliation.
A poetical license.
A slip of the tongue.
One who supplies the place of another; a substitute; a deputy.
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The great charter of England.
The truth is most powerful; and will ultimately prevail.
Unseasonable, or unseasonably
In bad faith.
With an ill grace.
With a strong hand.
Unbecoming bashfulness.
In contemplation of flight.
Remember that thou must die.
Things to be remembered; matters deserving of record.
Mine and thine.
Trifles.
Wonderful to tell.
Much in a small space.
After making the necessary changes.
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No farther, or greatest extent.
Too much of one thing is good for nothing.
Necessity has no law.
Unanimously, no one disagreeing; abr. nem. con.
Unanimously, or without a dissenting voice; abr. nem. dis.
Nobody shall provoke me with impunity.
Unless the Lord be with us, all efforts are in vain.
Willing or unwilling.
Assumed name.
Out of one's senses.
Not found.
Indifference.
Mark well.
Now for then.
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O the times, O the manners.
All.
Burden.
Burden of proof.
From the mouth; by word of mouth.
Preposterous.
With an equal pace.
Everywhere.
Peace in war.
I have sinned.
While the action (at law) is pending, or while it is going on.
By the court.
Alone, or by itself.
Concealed.
Fop.
The power of the county.
For the life of another.
On the first face; at first view; at first sight.
The prime mover.
Resist the first innovations.
For our altars and our hearths.
For the public good.
For and against.
For form's sake.
For this time.
For the place and time.
For the king, the constitution, and the people.
For the occasion.
For so much.
For the time, or for a time.
A person patronised and protected.
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As long as he shall have behaved well.
The due proportion.
As much as he deserves.
A law term, and means the writ which a person disturbed.
As though thou shouldst say; abr. q. d.
A mutual consideration.
What now?
Who shall separate us?
The intention with which.
As to; as far as.
By what right?
Formerly.
The business not being done.
Queen.
May he (or she) rest in peace.
The common weal.
I shall rise again.
King.
Red, or red paint.
The country in town.
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Coolness.
Without.
A learned man.
Scandal, or scandalous expressions, against the nobility; abr. scand. mag.
Always the same.
A decree of the senate.
In regular order.
Simply elegant; free from gaudy ornament.
Without mentioning any particular day.
Indispensable requisite, or condition.
Pretended.
You see and you will be seen.
The state in which it was.
Under a penalty.
Singular; unparalleled; of its own kind.
Greatest good.
Above.
Let each man have his own.
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Carpet.
Face to face, or private conversation of two persons.
As often as.
Feature.
Three joined in one.
The last.
A wit; a virtuoso.
Unanimously.
Singular.
As ye possess, or present.
Utility with pleasure.
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Constant companion.
Farewell.
A servant who assists his master in dressing.
As in a looking glass.
Word for word.
Against.
I forbid.
By force and arms.
By the way of.
In the room of.
The terms being exchanged; the reverse.
See.
See as above.
Poetic genius.
By the living voice.
Long live the king and queen.
Success to trifles.
Long live the king.
A voice and nothing more.
The voice of the people.
Commonly.
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