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Show Foreign Words and Phrases Ad captandum vulgus. (L.) To catch the crowd. Anno urbis conditae (A. U. C.) (L.) In (such or such a) year (reckoned) (reck-oned) from the founding of the city (1. e., Rome). Bete noire. (F.) Black beast; ob ject of abhorrence. C'est a dire. (F.) That is to say Dieu et mon droit (F.) God and my right Eureka. (Gr.) I have found It (exclamation (ex-clamation attributed to Archimedes) Fait accompli. (F.) An accom plished fact ; a thing already done. Infra dignitatem. (L.) Beneath one's dignity. Lex talionis. (L.) Law of retaliation. retalia-tion. Ma chere. (F.) My dear (fem Inlne). Nil desperandum. (L.) Nothing to be despaired of ; never despair. |