English Phrases

Here is a list of some phrases in English with their Latin equivalents meant to showcase how the English sentence looks like in Latin.

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There are currently 185 phrases.

This war was a little more difficult than Caesar had warned.


The father did not know that Molly has been killed by her boyfriend at her house.


I buy the best food for my family.


My day was good. My day was bad. This day was the worst. This day was the best.


Are you the king, Julius?


For me, email shall never replace written letters. These letters are more personal and representative of its author, and because of this we cannot defer.


Grain will be given to the poor citizens in the city center.


Death cannot hold He who is God.


The farmers are happy on a good year.


I hear that you were wandering in the garden.


You are my best friend, and we will be best friends forever.


Jones had started to overpower his enemy, but he quite quickly yielded to him.


Julius reads sillier books than Maria.


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The father and mother married and had six sons and four daughters.


We are the people.


The knight offered the flower to the daughter of the king.


To eat in the inn was a good fortune for the tired travelers.


Although I was absent, my friends at school read through this great book without me.


We will do great favors for him after his labor.


What will you buy?


By the end of the day, I will have made a wonderful gift for Father.


We will rejoice all summer.


I gave money to the merchant selling the roses.


Cicero will speak in two hours.


I am tired of school.


He was closing the temple for two months.


The boy and girl had come to the school yesterday.


Everything I can do, you can do better, and this annoys me.


Yesterday, when Antonia was walking to the store, she saw a strange man.


He bought flowers in order to please her.


Who are you?


The faithful soldier guarded the powerful king from the bad people.


Fabius wrote a poem a little longer than the poem of Claudius.


Was the officer in charge of the legion?


We ate Mom's excellently cooked food with joy.


Publius is more manly than Paulus.


The good man gave his beautiful wife a kiss, and with much love, he said, "I love you with all my heart."


"I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End," says the Lord, "who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty."


"How are you?" said Jack. "I am well," Celia said to him.


I did not give the richer girl money.


Can you hear that?


In Italy, when madness was ruling, several senators marched into ships.


Marcus is always losing money.


Happy Birthday!


They ask why you cannot go with us.


What is your name?


They sailed the worst river.


My brother sleeps for a very long time.


Knowledge can kill the strongest of men.


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