Anglo-Latin

[ ang-gloh-lat-n ]

/ ˈæŋ gloʊˈlæt n /

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Medieval Latin as used in England. Abbreviation: AL, AL., A.L.

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Question 1 of 7

“Was” is used for the indicative past tense of “to be,” and “were” is only used for the subjunctive past tense.

First recorded in 1785–95

It dates to 1740s Britain and of course was written originally in Latin (“Adeste Fideles”).
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Hitchcock went to Munich as part of an Anglo-German production team.
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Similar stories plague many parts of Latin America, Africa, and Eastern Asia.
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In fact, beer prices in Panama are about 36 percent lower than anywhere else in Latin America.
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He could go and live over in the Latin Quarter—that 's the desire of his heart—and think of nothing but old bottles.
Confidence|Henry James
So far we have not made great progress in securing Europe's Latin-American trade.
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Every monumental inscription should be in Latin; for that being a dead language, it will always live.
The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun;|Various
Several uneducated business men are said to have written to the Dean asking the Latin for what they think of the new Budget.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 158, April 28, 1920|Various
The descriptions of allegorical personages in this poem are clearly imitated from similar descriptions in Latin poets.
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