34
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From this reading 34.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading A TWELFTH-NIGHT BALL--PANTOPRAGMATIC COOKERY--MODERN VANDALISM--A BOWL OF PUNCH sic erimus cuncti, postquam nos auferet Orcus: ergo vivamus, dura licet esse bene.
auferet
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From this reading A TWELFTH-NIGHT BALL--PANTOPRAGMATIC COOKERY--MODERN VANDALISM--A BOWL OF PUNCH sic erimus cuncti, postquam nos auferet Orcus: ergo vivamus, dura licet esse bene.
round object that is hit or thrown or kicked in games
From this reading A TWELFTH-NIGHT BALL--PANTOPRAGMATIC COOKERY--MODERN VANDALISM--A BOWL OF PUNCH sic erimus cuncti, postquam nos auferet Orcus: ergo vivamus, dura licet esse bene.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading So must we be, when ends our mortal day: Then let us live, while yet live well we may.
bene
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From this reading A TWELFTH-NIGHT BALL--PANTOPRAGMATIC COOKERY--MODERN VANDALISM--A BOWL OF PUNCH sic erimus cuncti, postquam nos auferet Orcus: ergo vivamus, dura licet esse bene.
BOWLnounUS /boʊl/
a round vessel that is open at the top; used chiefly for holding food or liquids
From this reading A TWELFTH-NIGHT BALL--PANTOPRAGMATIC COOKERY--MODERN VANDALISM--A BOWL OF PUNCH sic erimus cuncti, postquam nos auferet Orcus: ergo vivamus, dura licet esse bene.
a degree on the centigrade scale of temperature
From this reading _Trimalchio, with the silver skeleton: in_ Petronius: c.
COOKERYnoun
the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat
From this reading A TWELFTH-NIGHT BALL--PANTOPRAGMATIC COOKERY--MODERN VANDALISM--A BOWL OF PUNCH sic erimus cuncti, postquam nos auferet Orcus: ergo vivamus, dura licet esse bene.
cuncti
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From this reading A TWELFTH-NIGHT BALL--PANTOPRAGMATIC COOKERY--MODERN VANDALISM--A BOWL OF PUNCH sic erimus cuncti, postquam nos auferet Orcus: ergo vivamus, dura licet esse bene.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading So must we be, when ends our mortal day: Then let us live, while yet live well we may.
duranounUS /ˈdʊrə/
the outermost (and toughest) of the 3 meninges
From this reading A TWELFTH-NIGHT BALL--PANTOPRAGMATIC COOKERY--MODERN VANDALISM--A BOWL OF PUNCH sic erimus cuncti, postquam nos auferet Orcus: ergo vivamus, dura licet esse bene.
plural of “end” — either extremity of something that has length
From this reading So must we be, when ends our mortal day: Then let us live, while yet live well we may.
ergoadverbUS /ˈɜːrɡoʊ/
(used as a sentence connector) therefore or consequently
From this reading A TWELFTH-NIGHT BALL--PANTOPRAGMATIC COOKERY--MODERN VANDALISM--A BOWL OF PUNCH sic erimus cuncti, postquam nos auferet Orcus: ergo vivamus, dura licet esse bene.
erimus
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From this reading A TWELFTH-NIGHT BALL--PANTOPRAGMATIC COOKERY--MODERN VANDALISM--A BOWL OF PUNCH sic erimus cuncti, postquam nos auferet Orcus: ergo vivamus, dura licet esse bene.
esse
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From this reading A TWELFTH-NIGHT BALL--PANTOPRAGMATIC COOKERY--MODERN VANDALISM--A BOWL OF PUNCH sic erimus cuncti, postquam nos auferet Orcus: ergo vivamus, dura licet esse bene.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading _Trimalchio, with the silver skeleton: in_ Petronius: c.
letauxiliary verbUS /let/
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading So must we be, when ends our mortal day: Then let us live, while yet live well we may.
licet
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From this reading A TWELFTH-NIGHT BALL--PANTOPRAGMATIC COOKERY--MODERN VANDALISM--A BOWL OF PUNCH sic erimus cuncti, postquam nos auferet Orcus: ergo vivamus, dura licet esse bene.
be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading So must we be, when ends our mortal day: Then let us live, while yet live well we may.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading So must we be, when ends our mortal day: Then let us live, while yet live well we may.
belonging to the modern era; since the Middle Ages
From this reading A TWELFTH-NIGHT BALL--PANTOPRAGMATIC COOKERY--MODERN VANDALISM--A BOWL OF PUNCH sic erimus cuncti, postquam nos auferet Orcus: ergo vivamus, dura licet esse bene.
subject to death
From this reading So must we be, when ends our mortal day: Then let us live, while yet live well we may.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading So must we be, when ends our mortal day: Then let us live, while yet live well we may.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading Twelfth-night was the night of the ball.
nos
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From this reading A TWELFTH-NIGHT BALL--PANTOPRAGMATIC COOKERY--MODERN VANDALISM--A BOWL OF PUNCH sic erimus cuncti, postquam nos auferet Orcus: ergo vivamus, dura licet esse bene.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A TWELFTH-NIGHT BALL--PANTOPRAGMATIC COOKERY--MODERN VANDALISM--A BOWL OF PUNCH sic erimus cuncti, postquam nos auferet Orcus: ergo vivamus, dura licet esse bene.
Orcusnoun
(Roman mythology) god of the underworld; counterpart of Greek Hades
From this reading A TWELFTH-NIGHT BALL--PANTOPRAGMATIC COOKERY--MODERN VANDALISM--A BOWL OF PUNCH sic erimus cuncti, postquam nos auferet Orcus: ergo vivamus, dura licet esse bene.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading So must we be, when ends our mortal day: Then let us live, while yet live well we may.
PANTOPRAGMATIC
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From this reading A TWELFTH-NIGHT BALL--PANTOPRAGMATIC COOKERY--MODERN VANDALISM--A BOWL OF PUNCH sic erimus cuncti, postquam nos auferet Orcus: ergo vivamus, dura licet esse bene.
Petroniusnoun
Roman satirist (died in 66)
From this reading _Trimalchio, with the silver skeleton: in_ Petronius: c.
postquam
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From this reading A TWELFTH-NIGHT BALL--PANTOPRAGMATIC COOKERY--MODERN VANDALISM--A BOWL OF PUNCH sic erimus cuncti, postquam nos auferet Orcus: ergo vivamus, dura licet esse bene.
PUNCHverbUS /pʌntʃ/
deliver a quick blow to
From this reading A TWELFTH-NIGHT BALL--PANTOPRAGMATIC COOKERY--MODERN VANDALISM--A BOWL OF PUNCH sic erimus cuncti, postquam nos auferet Orcus: ergo vivamus, dura licet esse bene.
sicadverbUS /sɪk/
intentionally so written (used after a printed word or phrase)
From this reading A TWELFTH-NIGHT BALL--PANTOPRAGMATIC COOKERY--MODERN VANDALISM--A BOWL OF PUNCH sic erimus cuncti, postquam nos auferet Orcus: ergo vivamus, dura licet esse bene.
a soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal; occurs in argentite and in free form; used in coins and jewelry and tableware and photography
From this reading _Trimalchio, with the silver skeleton: in_ Petronius: c.
skeletonnounUS /ˈskelətən/
something reduced to its minimal form
From this reading _Trimalchio, with the silver skeleton: in_ Petronius: c.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So must we be, when ends our mortal day: Then let us live, while yet live well we may.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _Trimalchio, with the silver skeleton: in_ Petronius: c.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading So must we be, when ends our mortal day: Then let us live, while yet live well we may.
Trimalchio
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From this reading _Trimalchio, with the silver skeleton: in_ Petronius: c.
TWELFTH-NIGHT
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From this reading A TWELFTH-NIGHT BALL--PANTOPRAGMATIC COOKERY--MODERN VANDALISM--A BOWL OF PUNCH sic erimus cuncti, postquam nos auferet Orcus: ergo vivamus, dura licet esse bene.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading So must we be, when ends our mortal day: Then let us live, while yet live well we may.
VANDALISMnounUS /ˈvændəlɪzəm/
willful wanton and malicious destruction of the property of others
From this reading A TWELFTH-NIGHT BALL--PANTOPRAGMATIC COOKERY--MODERN VANDALISM--A BOWL OF PUNCH sic erimus cuncti, postquam nos auferet Orcus: ergo vivamus, dura licet esse bene.
vivamus
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From this reading A TWELFTH-NIGHT BALL--PANTOPRAGMATIC COOKERY--MODERN VANDALISM--A BOWL OF PUNCH sic erimus cuncti, postquam nos auferet Orcus: ergo vivamus, dura licet esse bene.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Twelfth-night was the night of the ball.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading So must we be, when ends our mortal day: Then let us live, while yet live well we may.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading So must we be, when ends our mortal day: Then let us live, while yet live well we may.
at the time that
From this reading So must we be, when ends our mortal day: Then let us live, while yet live well we may.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading So must we be, when ends our mortal day: Then let us live, while yet live well we may.
in the company of; together with
From this reading _Trimalchio, with the silver skeleton: in_ Petronius: c.
but in spite of that
From this reading So must we be, when ends our mortal day: Then let us live, while yet live well we may.
