Hartley's Foreign PhrasesOne of the delights of the English language is its extraordinarily diverse vocabulary, much of which isn't really English at all! Think of eating or cooking, and you will be reaching to the French; to the Italian for musical expression; to the German for states of mind or soul; to the Spanish or Portuguese for song and dance; to the shared Latin roots for precision and concision. Who has not endured angst or, at least, esprit d'escalier, for failing to find - pronto - le mot juste? |
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Page 118
... law to become proficient in the use of Law French . Owing to the immense influence of the Year Books ( the predecessors of the Law Reports ) and the copious extracts from them in the legal text - books , the manner in which Law French ...
... law to become proficient in the use of Law French . Owing to the immense influence of the Year Books ( the predecessors of the Law Reports ) and the copious extracts from them in the legal text - books , the manner in which Law French ...
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J. L. A. Hartley. Let us take and examine the first two Law- French terms in this Appendix , autrefois acquit and autrefois convict , and see what Professor Glanville Williams , a former Rouse ... French we learn at school is 121 LAW FRENCH.
J. L. A. Hartley. Let us take and examine the first two Law- French terms in this Appendix , autrefois acquit and autrefois convict , and see what Professor Glanville Williams , a former Rouse ... French we learn at school is 121 LAW FRENCH.
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... Law French that remain in currency is by common consent fixed by convention . Lawyers echo what their seniors have said . That is , as to the spoken Law French , what Maitland found to be true of the written Law French when he commenced ...
... Law French that remain in currency is by common consent fixed by convention . Lawyers echo what their seniors have said . That is , as to the spoken Law French , what Maitland found to be true of the written Law French when he commenced ...
Common terms and phrases
abbreviated adjective adopted Aeneid American anglicized appears applied ça ira called calque century characteristic Church Cicero Classical common comprising court dance denote Dictionary dish Eiswein Empire England English word English-speakers especially etymology example expression Fascist feminine figuratively formerly France French Lexicon French word frequently G. B. Shaw German Greek H. W. Fowler hence Horace hypallage instance Italian Italian word Italy judgement known language Latin Law French letter Lexicon Literally Lord meaning mediaeval Mischling modern Nazi normally noun nowadays originally Paris particular party past participle perhaps person phrase play plural popular Portuguese pronounced pronunciation quod quotation quoted reference Roman Satires Saul Bellow sense sherry sometimes song sound Spain Spanish specifically speech spelling spelt style syllable term thing tonic accent translation Trevor Martin usually verb verse vowel wine word derives written Yiddish