twenty popular foreign phrases

A little Latin, or French is always joyful to your heart. Some most commonly used phrases along with their meaning – for your reading or writing pleasure:

annus mirabilis – wonderful year
bona fides – good faith; credentials
carpe diem – seize the day; enjoy the present
casus belli – cause justifying a war
de facto – of fact; it is
Deo volente – God willing
ecce homo – behold man
exempli gratia – for example
humanum est errare – to err is human
in toto – entirely; in total
modus operandi – mode of operating
multum in parvo – there is much in little
nil admirari – wondering at nothing
nolens volens – willing or not
persona non grata – unwelcome person
pro forma – as a matter of form; standard
quod erat demonstrandum – which was demonstrated; that which was shown
sine qua non – without which, nothing; it is essential
tempus fugit – time flies
verbatim et literatim – word for word, letter for letter

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