Common Latin Phrases in English

Which phrase means genuine or real?

• Bona fide

• Ad hoc

• de facto

• circa

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CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

Which phrase means the existing state of affairs or the way things are now?

• Per Capita

• Terra Firma

• Status Quo

• Led Zeppelin

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CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

Which phrase means the examination of a body after death or an autopsy?

• post office

• post-factum

• post-meridiam

• post-mortum

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CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

Which phrase means in exactly the same words?

• vice versa

• verbatim

• versus

• in vitrio

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CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

Which phrase means 'Seize the day' and is a Latin version of YOLO (You only live once) meaing you should be ambitious and do what you can as time is short?

• ad infinitum

• Cogito ergo sum

• Carpe Diem

• Et cetera

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CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

Which phrase means to improvise or say something unplanned or unscripted often found in improvisational comedy?

• Ad lib

• Alma mater

• Ad nauseam

• alter ego

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CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

Which phrase means the common language or the language many people have in common which is usually English in an international school?

• lingua franca

• magnum opus

• quid pro quo

• tabula rasa

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CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

Which phrase means a situation where roles are reversed such as when students teach the teachers something?

• De jure

• Vice versa

• Pro forma

• In situ

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CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

Which phrase describes an unwelcome person, someone who should not visit a certain place?

• Pro rata

• Post scriptum

• Persona non grata

• Post Partum

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CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

Which phrase means literally 'by the head' meaning counting each person to if we compare Sweden and China, China is a richer country overall but on average each person in Sweden is richer?

• Persona

• Per diem

• Per capita

• Post scriptum

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CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E