These
are some of the Latin words that I revise today , after lunch .
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per
diem
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per
day, is
used in English to mean by the day, per day, reckoned
on a daily basis, or paid by the day.
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Members
receive a per diem for attending board meetings. ( daily payment ,
stipend )
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Maybe the Board
needs to cut back, do an honest day’s
work and cut back on their per diem pay too. ( daily )
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per se
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in
itself, by itself, of itself, or intrinsically.
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Studies
conclude that bed-sharing per se does not put infants at risk.
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Wwhile
poverty, per se, does not make you more at risk of becoming infected, it is
certainly not helpful …
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tete-a-tete
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head to head;
a
private conversation between two people,
involving two people
conversing in private , done in private between two people.
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They had a
long tete-a-tete
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Both of us
are in Twitter tete-a-tete
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A
fascinating tete-a-tete lies ahead for the contenders Sarah and Rebecca .
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persona non
grata
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Literally, person not welcome, ; fully
unacceptable or unwelcome
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He was twice
banned from India and on occasion declared persona non grata by both China
and Nepal.
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Despite the
furore that lead to him being persona non grata at Cannes earlier this year,
she is still a hit with Europe’s film
judges.
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Bona fide
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(made or carried out in good faith ; real or genuine. Bona fides,
with the s at the end, is a noun
meaning (1) good faith, (2) credentials, or (3) information
that establishes a person’s reputation or credentials.
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They are
bona fide celebrities
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Kim is a
bona fide mogul worth billions .
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The German
Board game has become a bona fide social phenomenon
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The Liberal
party must earn its modern economic bona fides and not rest on past laurels.
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