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60 Cards in this Set
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Tabula Rasa |
Blank Slate |
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Carpe Diem |
Seize the day |
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Bona Fide |
Good Faith |
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Semper Fidelis (semper fi) |
Always faithful/loyal |
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Dues ex machina |
God from a machine |
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Ante bellum |
Before an event |
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Quid pro quo |
Something for something |
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Caveat emptor |
Let the buyer beware |
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A Priori |
Anything accepted in advance |
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Per se |
By or in itself or themselves |
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Alma mater |
The school, college, or university that one attended |
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Summa cum laude |
With highest honor or distinction |
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Magna cum laude |
With great distinction or praise |
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Gravitus |
Seriousness or sobriety, as conduct of speech |
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Pater familias |
Father of the family or household |
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Circa |
About, near, around, roughly |
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Ergo |
Therefore |
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De facto |
Existing in fact, wether legally or not |
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Et tu brute |
Express surprise & dismay |
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Veni, vidi, Vici |
I came, I saw, I conquered |
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Habeas corpus |
To bring someone to court |
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In absentia |
In absence |
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In utero |
In the womb, before birth |
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Post mortem |
Medical examination of a dead body |
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Rigor Mortis |
Stiffness of a death |
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Mea culpa |
Through my fault |
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Modus operandi |
Mode of operating |
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Non sequitur |
It does not follow |
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Ad hominim |
When. Character attacks their opposing character |
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Per annum |
In or each year |
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Per capita |
By the head |
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Per diem |
By the day |
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Et al |
And others |
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Ibid |
The same place |
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Sine qua non |
Without which not |
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Tete-a-tete |
Head to head |
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Billet Doux |
A love letter |
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Coup de grace |
Stroke of grace |
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Je ne sais quoi |
Pleasant quality (hard to describe) |
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Viola |
There it is |
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Deja vu |
Already seen |
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A la carte |
By the card |
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As jus |
With juice |
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Haute cuisine |
High cooking |
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Avante garde |
Introduction to a new idea, associated with art |
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Belle letres |
Beautiful writing |
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Beau geste |
Beautiful gesture |
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Bon mot |
Witty or sarcastic remark |
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Haute couture |
High dressmaking |
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Noblesse oblige |
Nobility obligates |
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Nom de guerre |
A false name, code name, nick name |
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Nom de plume |
Pen name, if you don't want to use your real name in a writing |
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De rigueur |
Custom of the day |
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Du jour |
Of the day |
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Esprit de corps |
Group spirit, loyalty to a group |
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Laissez les bons temps rouler |
Let the good times roll |
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Joie de vivre |
Joy of life |
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Faux pas |
False step |
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Gauche |
Left (extended meaning awkward & clumsy) |
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Entre nous |
Between ourselves; confidentially |
