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Rules to Live By

It's great fun to play around with sophisticated words that are not normally used in everyday conversation. Below is a collection of phrases, written in "snooty" language, but offering some good, sound advice. Match each sophisticated with it's contemporary, vernacular translation.

Match each "snooty" phrase with it's matching translation in ordinary language.

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Sustain thyself by engorging on a goodly portion of the nutritious elements.Eat to live.
When the gray aurora dawns in the eastern hemishpere, rouse yourself to a vertical position.Get up in the morning.
Render to each homo sapien his rightful appurtenances.Give everyone his own stuff.
Avoid premature surrender to excessive anticipation.Be patient.
Please refrain from making your bowler a depository for sputum.Don't spit in your hat.
Ambulate with extreme vigilance.Watch your step.
Avoid contumelious comportment.Don't be rude.
Never extricate foreign matter from your proboscis.Don't pick your nose.
Shield your oral aperature when forcibly expelling from the same.Cover your mouth when you cough.
Regard with deference and esteem those who are your predecessors.Respect your elders.

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