51吃瓜 of the Day
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entre nous
[ ahn-truh noo ]
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adverb
between ourselves; confidentially.
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Why Focus Features chose entre nous
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More about entre nous
- Entre nous was borrowed into English from French around 1680鈥�90.
- When two people want to keep their (mis)adventures confidential, they may use entre nous as a way of saying “let’s keep this between us.”
- Entre nous can be a signal of mutual concern or an affirmation of this shared knowledge.
EXAMPLES OF ENTRE NOUS
- After Mr. Hunham and Angus get into some shenanigans over the holiday break, they agree to keep it all entre nous.
- When Angus shares some personal information regarding his home life, Mr. Hunham assures him it will remain entre nous.
SYNONYM OF THE DAY
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mawkish
[ maw-kish ]
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adjective
characterized by sickly sentimentality; weakly emotional; maudlin.
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More about mawkish
- Mawkish was first recorded around 1660鈥�70.
- Mawkish comes from the obsolete word mawk, meaning “maggot.”
- Maggot, “a soft-bodied, legless larva of certain flies,” comes from the Old Norse word for grub, mathkr.
- 惭补驳驳辞迟听also has an obsolete sense, “an odd fancy; whim,” as in “You have nonsense聽maggots in your head!”
EXAMPLES OF MAWKISH
- The overly sentimental speech at the wedding struck a mawkish chord with many attendees.
- The novel’s ending was disappointingly mawkish, relying too heavily on clich茅d romantic tropes.
seriatim
[ seer-ee-ey-tim, ser- ]
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adverb
in a series; one after another.
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More about seriatim
- Seriatim was first recorded in 1670鈥�80.
- Seriatim comes from the Medieval Latin word 蝉别谤颈腻迟(耻蝉), 鈥渁rranged in order.鈥�
- The –im ending creates the adverb form.
- The related word, series, ultimately comes from the Latin verb serere, 鈥渢o connect.鈥�
EXAMPLES OF SERIATIM
- The professor listed the key points of his lecture seriatim, ensuring that each point was addressed in a systematic manner.
- The avid reader always tackled her new library book acquisitions seriatim, reading one novel after another without skipping a beat.
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