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Show 1v-v X xj ' Foreign Words ft and Phrases Alis volat propriis. (L.) She flies with her own wings. (Motto of Oregon.) Beaux yeux. (F.) Pretty eyes; feminine charms. Coram populo. (L.) Publicly. Deus ex machina. (L.) The God from the machine; the person who unexpectedly saves the situation. En famille. (F.) Within the family fam-ily circle; without ceremony. Flagrante bello. (L.) During hostilities. Hoch soil er leben! (Ger.) Long life to him I Jettatura. (It.) The possession of the "evil eye"; the power of exerting ex-erting a malign influence over an enemy. L'etat, e'est moi. (F.) The state, " I am the state. (A saying attributed attribut-ed to Louis XIV.) Mesalliance. (F.) A marriage with one of lower station, or an inferior. Ora e sempre. (It.) Now and always. |