Phrases related to: literature

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break the fourth wall	To apparently communicate with reality directly, such as when characters of literature comment on the existence of a reader.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
faire école	To found (or, to be a leader of) a school of art, literature, music, &c.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
graecis litteris studere	to study Greek literature.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
litterae	literature.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
litterae iacent, neglectae iacent	scholarship, culture, literature is at a low ebb.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
litterae latinae	Roman literature.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
multum (mediocriter) in graecis litteris versari	to be well (slightly) acquainted with Greek literature.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
primis (ut dicitur) or primoribus labris gustare or attingere litteras	to have a superficial knowledge, a smattering of literature, of the sciences.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
proverbs come in pairs	Alternative form of proverbs run in pairs.1979, Irving Howe, John Hollander, David Bromwich, Literature as Experience: An Anthology, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, ISBN 0155511130, page 325:Sometimes proverbs come in pairs, the first one providing the context, the second, the revision.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
se totum litteris tradere, dedere	to devote oneself entirely to literature.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)