Common Latin Phrases in English

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Phrase meaning genuine or real?

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Bona fide

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Phrase for the current state of affairs?

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Status Quo

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Examination of a body after death (autopsy)

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post-mortum

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Phrase meaning 'in exactly the same words'

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verbatim

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Phrase meaning 'Seize the day', a Latin version of YOLO, urging ambition as time is short.

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Carpe Diem

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Phrase meaning to improvise or speak unplanned, often in comedy.

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Ad lib

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Common language in international schools, often English.

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lingua franca

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Phrase for reversed roles, like students teaching teachers?

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Vice versa

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Unwelcome person who shouldn't visit a place.

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Persona non grata

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Phrase meaning 'by the head', comparing wealth per person in Sweden and China.

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Per capita