Foreign Expressions
Terms
undefined, object
copy deck
- Carpe Diem
- seize the day
- exeunt
- Used as a stage direction to indicate that two or more performers leave the stage
- Non sequitur
- it does not follow" The conclusion is not logical based on what has appeared so far.
- raison d'etre
- reason for being". In modern use, it is to describe the main purpose for someone's life: to be a politician, a golfer, etc.
- sine qua non
- without which, not" Something indispensable or absolutely necessary
- cogito ergo sum
- "I think therefore I am"
- per se
- In itself; for its own sake. adv. by itself'; of or in itself; essentially; by virtue of its own essence. n. self-sufficiency.
- vis-à-vis
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n] small sofa that seats two people
[n] a person or thing having the same function or characteristics as another
[adv] face-to-face; face-to-face with - Requiescat en pace
- rest in peace
- aficionado
- an ardent devotee
- carte blanche
- unrestricted power to act on one's own