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33 Cards in this Set
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postquam ad urbem advēnimus
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after we reached the city
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ego Clēmentī tabernam quaerēbam
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I was looking for a shop for Clemens
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tandem Barbillus
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at last Barbillus
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quī trīgintā tabernās possidēbat
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who owned thirty shops
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mihi tabernam optimam obtulit
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offered me a very good shop
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haec taberna prope templum Īsidis erat
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this shop was near the temple of Isis
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in hāc parte urbis
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in this part of the city
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via est, in quā
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there is a street, in which
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omnēs tabernāriī vitrum vēndunt
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all the shopkeepers sell glass
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taberna, quam Barbillus mihi obtulit,
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the shop which Barbilus offered me
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optimum situm habēbat
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had a very good position
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Barbillus tamen dubitābat
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Barbillus, however, was doubtful
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`sunt multī latrōnēs
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there are many robbers
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in illā parte urbis
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in that part of the city
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tabernāriī latrōnēs timent
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the shopkeepers fear the robbers
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quod pecūniam extorquent
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because they extort money
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et vim īnferunt
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and use violence
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latrōnēs lībertum meum interfēcērunt
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the robbers killed my freedman
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qui nūper illam tabernam tenēbat
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who had recently been occupying that shop
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eum in viā invēnimus mortuum
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we found him in the street dead
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lībertus, quī senex obstinātus erat
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the freedman,. who was an obstinate old man
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latrōnibus pecūniam dare nōluit,
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was unwilling to give money to the robbers
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latrōnēs eum interfēcērunt
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the robbers killed him
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tabernamque dīripuērunt’
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and ransacked the shop
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`Clēmēns vir fortis, nōn senex īnfirmus’
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Clemens is a strong man, not a weak old man
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ego Barbillō respondī
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I replied to Barbillus
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`fortūna semper eī favet
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fortune always favours him
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hanc tabernam Clēmentī emere volō
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I want to buy this shop for Clemens
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tibi centum aureōs offerō’
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I offer you 100 gold coins
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placetne tibi?
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Is that alright with you?
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`mihi placet’ respondit Barbillus.
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`That’s fine with me’, replied Barbillus
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`centum aureī sufficiunt’
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100 gold coins is enough
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Barbillō igitur centum aureōs trādidī.
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therefore I handed over 100 gold coins to Barbillus
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