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.

He feels that his mother was killed.


Flavia fears that Sextus will annoy Davus.


Have a wonderful and pleasant day!


Will love escape me, or will I escape love?


Money was a help for the poor.


Don't make me angry; you won't like me when I am angry.


Trax doesn't want to want.


You are much kinder than my cruel sister whose anger is the greatest of all my family.


Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image…"


Do not tell me who you are; it is better to tell the king your name.


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


Although the queen had been captured by the king's worst enemies, the king's soldiers did not immediately prepare to save her.


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


It is necessary for students to study a second language.


Julius reads sillier books than Maria.


I hear that you were wandering in the garden.


The mother asked her children not to run in the garden.


We ate Mom's excellently cooked food with joy.


I ran more quickly than her, but Hank ran the most quickly of us.


Sally had been heard quite clearly by her husband Seth, but Seth will never be heard by his wife.


They ask why you cannot go with us.


I can play some games, but I have more work to do first.


I did not give the richer girl money.


I am happier than you, but you are the most famous of us.


Call your faithful husband today, my mother.


Marcus fled Greece to find his mother in Rome.


Don't die!


The angry Jack said to his foolish friend, "You are loving that girl, Max? She is a very horrible girl whom you love!"


Few hope to resist the cavalry.


I hope that Latin never dies!


While Caesar was alive, Horus did not go to Rome.


With the boy wanting to give the girl some roses, the father endured having been persuaded to allow this.


To love money is bad and can lead you to a worse life.


We did not know why he spoke sharply.


The queen offered the world to the soldiers.


I heard that Cornelia was going to the shop; however, I also heard that her friend had already bought the shoes that she was searching for.


I will lead in the war that the greedy, most evil king began.


I buy the best food for my family.


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


It is bad to love money, but it is good to give it.


Every heart bears a secret within itself, but it is these secrets that define us and how we live in this world.


Have you persuaded her to marry you?


Which officer was in charge of the legion?


The boy and girl had come to the school yesterday.


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.


I can speak Latin.


Who doesn't like any bird?


Concern wraps around my mind as I sit in my chair.


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


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