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Letter "L" » Latin
«To survive there, you need the ambition of a Latin-American revolutionary, the ego of a grand opera tenor, and the physical stamina of a cow pony.»
«This title then read many of the Jews: for the place where Jesus was crucified was nigh to the city: and it was written in Hebrew, and Greek, and Latin.»
«YOKE, n. An implement, madam, to whose Latin name, _jugum_, we owe one of the most illuminating words in our language --a word that defines the matrimonial situation with precision, point and poignancy. A thousand apologies for withholding it.»
«To write or even speak English is not a science but an art. There are no reliable words. Whoever writes English is involved in a struggle that never lets up even for a sentence. He is struggling against vagueness, against obscurity, against the lure of the decorative adjective, against the encroachment of Latin and Greek, and, above all, against the worn-out phrases and dead metaphors with which the language is cluttered up.»
Author: George Orwell
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Dead language,
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encroachments,
Greek,
Greek word,
Latin,
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lured,
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obscurity,
phrases,
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struggling,
vagueness,
worn,
worn out,
writes
«When we talk about ourselves we almost invariably use Latin words, and when we talk about our neighbors we use Saxon words»
«You are going to be greatly edified; they'll tell you in Latin that your daughter is sick.»
«Unless a fool knows Latin he is never a great fool»
«Well, I learned a lot... I went down to Latin America to find out from them and (learn) their views. You'd be surprised. They're all individual countries»