Ab initio - From the beginning
Ad hoc - For a particular purpose
Ad interim - For the time being
Al libitum - At will, freely
Ad infinitum - Without limit
Ad sum! - I am present here!
Ad valorem - According to its value
Ad verbum - Word for word
A Ia mode - In fashion
Alter ego - One's second self
Amour propre - Sense of dignity and worth
Annus mirabilis - The wonderful year
A priori - From cause to effect
Au fait - In familiar with
Au revoir - Goodbye
Belles- letters : Literary studies and writings
Billet d' amour - Love letter
Bona fide - In good faith
Bonae fortune - Good luck
Carte blanche - Unlimited authority
Causus belli - A cause of war
Chef -d'ouevre - Masterpiece
Corpus vile - Worthless matter
Communique - An official announcement in newspaper
Coup de grace - A finishing stroke
Dei gratia - By the grace of God
De facto -Really, actually
De jure - By right, rightful
Double entente - Double meaning
En avant - Forward
En bloc - As one unit, all together
En famile -At home
Enfant terrible - A problem child
Entente cordiale - A good understanding
Ex gratia - As a matter of grace
En route - On the way
Et at - And other people
Ex post facto - After the deed is done
Faux puss - A slip, a blunder
Fiat lux - Let there be light
Force majeure - Superior power
Fortuna favet fortibus - Fortune favours the bold
Grand merci - Many thanks
Gratis - Free of charge
Homme de letters - Man of letters
Horrible dictum - Horrible to tell
Ibidem - In the same place
In cognito - Using a false name (Do something with your true identity hidden)
In absentia - In absence
In articulo mortis - At the point of death
In extenso - Completely
In extremis - At the point of death
In toto - Totally
Initio - At the beginning
Inter alia - Among other things
Joie de vivre -Full of cheerful enjoyment of life
Le beau monde - The world of fashion
Lacuna - A gap
Magnum opus - The great work of a man's life
Modus operandi - Particular method of working
Mutatis mutandis - The necessary changes being made
Nuli secundus - Second to none
Nu plus ultea - Nothing further
Per se - By itself
Pari passu - At the same rate or pace
Post mortem - After death
Prima facie - At first sight
Pro bono public - For the public good
Pro rata - In proportion
Pro tempore - For the time being
Rare avis - A rare bird
Resume - A summary of something
Savoir faire - Common sense
Sub judice - Under consideration
Son et lumiere - Sound and light
Sotto voce - In a low voice
Tete-a-tete -A private conversation between two
Ultima ratio - The last argument
Veni, vidi, vici - I came, I saw , I conquered
Verbatim et literatim - Word for word and letter for letter
Vis-a -vis - Opposite
Viva voce - By the living voice
Vox populi - The voice of the people
Zeitgeist - The spirit of the age
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