Common Latin Phrases & Abbreviations
That is.
Id est (i.e.)
A lookalike (German)
Doppelgänger
Already seen (French)
Déjà vu
In the phonetic alphabet , used in Radio communication, where "A" is APLHA and "B" is BRAVO, which word represents the letter "O"
Oscar
Way of operating
Modus operandi (MO)
An annually published book of information (Arabic)
Almanac
A low house , literally ' house in the Bengal style' (Hindi)
Bungalow
The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.
Can you say what is particular about this sentence?
It contains all the letters of the alphabet.
It's called a pangram.
The existing state of affairs
Status quo
The intellectual social class (Russian)
Intelligentsia
Literally, 'the king has died.' (Arabic)
Checkmate
Which word is a synonym of these these two words:
exercise, bore, ?:
a) drill b) workout
c) drag d) practice
a) drill
Amanda made flash cards for her class. (exercises/drills).
The first step of the project was to (drill/bore) a hole into a block of wood.
Of sound mind
Compos mentis
Vulgarity, tastelessness or ostentation, literally 'worthless art' (German)
Kitsch
Ground floor balcony (Sanskrit)
Verandah
Which number is missing below?
In favour = 4
Consumed =
As well = 2
Triumphed = 1
8 ( i.e. ate)