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Java Games: Flashcards, matching, concentration, and word search. |
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Idioms and Weird Words
Idioms and other random words from chapter 33 onward.
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| quam | as,than,how? |
| nisi | unless, if....not, except |
| propinquus (as a noun) | relation/kinsman |
| posteri, posterorum | posterity/descendants |
| maximus natu | eldest/oldest by birth |
| diutius | for a longer time, any longer |
| diutissime | for the longest time |
| saepius | more often |
| saepissime | most often |
| simul atque | as soon as, at the same time as |
| prima aestate | at the beginning of summer |
| prima luce | at daybreak |
| prima nocte | early in the night |
| nescio | I do not know |
| gratias agere | to give thanks |
| bellum gerere | to wage war |
| consilium capere | to form a plan |
| qua de causa | for which reason |
| causa | for the sake of |
| proelium committere | to join battle |
| a sinistro cornu | on the left wing |
| a dextro cornu | on the right wing |
| gratiam debere | to be under an obligation |
| in fugam dare | to put into flight |
| poenam dare | to pay the penalty |
| quam diu? | How long? |
| impetum facere in (acc.) | to attack |
| valere iubeo | to bid farewell |
| longe lateque | far and wide |
| quo modo | how? in what manner/way? |
| quem ad modum | to what degree? how? |
| mille passus | a mile |
| milia passuum | miles |
| paulo ante | a little while before |
| paulo postea | a litte while afterward |
| paulo post | a little while after |
| quam primum | as soon as possible |
| res frumentaria | grain supply |
| res gestae | deeds, accomplishments |
| res novae | revolution |
| res publica | commonwealth, state, republic |
| solis occasus | sunset |
| memoria tenere | to remember, to hold in memory |
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