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Foreign Phrases Flashcards

1
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A priori

A

Based on deductive reasoning

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2
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Ad hoc

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For a specific purpose

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3
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Alter ego

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A second self

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4
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Amicus curiae

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Friend of the court

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5
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Beau geste

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Noble gesture

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Bête noir

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Someone/something disliked; literally “black sheep”

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7
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Bon mot

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Witty remark; literally “good word”

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8
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Bona fide

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In good faith; genuine

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9
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Carpe diem

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Seize the day

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10
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Carte blanche

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Unrestricted power; literally “blank document”

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11
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Causus beli

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Cause for war

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12
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Caveat emptor

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Let the buyer beware

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13
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Corpus delicti

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Body of the crime; substantial fact needed to prove the commission of a crime

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14
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De facto

A

Actual

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15
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De jure

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By right; technically true

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16
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Deus ex machina

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Contrived device to resolve a solution; literally “God from a machine”

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Dies irae

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Day of wrath; judgement day

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18
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Dolce vita

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The sweet life; a life of indulgence

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19
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Ecce homo

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Behold the man

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20
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Ex cathedra

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By virtue of one’s office

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21
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Ex parte

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From a partisan point of view

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22
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Ex post facto

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After the fact; retroactively

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23
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Fait accompli

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A done deed

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24
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Faux pas

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Social blunder; literally “false step”

25
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Hoi polloi

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The common people

26
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Idée fixe

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Obsession

27
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In camera

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In private; secretly

28
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In extremis

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Near death

29
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In loco parentis

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In place of a parent

30
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In vino veritas

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In wine there is truth

31
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Ipso facto

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By the fact itself; as an inevitable result

32
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Joie de vivre

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Joy of living

33
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Mea culpa

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My bad; I am to blame

34
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Memento mori

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A reminder that you must die

35
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Modus operandi

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Method of operating; style

36
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Mot juste

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The appropriate word

37
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Nolo conteste

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No contest

38
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Non sequitur

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Something that does not follow logically

39
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Nota bene

A

Note well

40
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Persona non grata

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Unwelcome

41
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Prima facie

A

On the face of it

42
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Pro bono

A

Free of charge

43
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Pro forma

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Perfunctory actions

44
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Quid pro quo

A

This for that

45
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Quo vadis

A

Where are you going

46
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Rara avis

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Rare bird; an unusual specimen

47
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Sangfroid

A

Self possession of equanimity, especially under stress.

48
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Schadenfreude

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Enjoy the pain of others

49
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Sic transit gloria mundi

A

Thus passes the glory of the world

50
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Sine qua non

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Something indispensable

51
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Sui generis

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One of a kind

52
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Tabula rasa

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A blank slate

53
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Tout de monde

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All the world; everyone of importance

54
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Veni vidi vici

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I came, I saw, I conquered

55
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Vox populi

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Voice of the people

56
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Weltschmerz

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Sorrow over all the evil in the world

57
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Weltanschauug

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A comprehensive apprehension of the world

58
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A posteriori

A

Based on inductive reasoning

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