500 Foreign Words & Phrases You Should Know to Sound Smart by Peter Archer
Author:Peter Archer [Archer, Peter & Archer PhD, Linda]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781440541070
Publisher: Adams Media
Published: 2012-03-19T16:00:00+00:00
hoi polloi (Greek) (HOH-ee pole-OH-ee) (noun)
The many; the majority. Colloquially, the large numbers of lesser-educated citizens; the Great Unwashed.
I don’t feel that my opinions need confirming by the HOI POLLOI; it’s sufficient that I have the support of the educated classes.
hola (Spanish) (HO-lah) (interjection)
Hello! Hi, there!
HOLA, amigo. What’s shakin’?
Homines dum docent discunt (Latin) (HAH-min-ayz doom DOHK-ent DISS-kunt) (phrase)
People learn from teaching. Expresses the pedagogical theory that the best way to learn something is by teaching it to someone else.
I didn’t know how to fly-fish before I was assigned to teach it at summer camp, but you know what they say: HOMINES DUM DOCENT DISCUNT.
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