J.K. Rowling has spoken about the root of this spell. According to Rowling, its root is actually Aramaic and derives from the original "abracadabra," which means "let the thing to be destroyed." In this case, the thing is a person. Scary stuff. ...
pereo, perire, perii, peritum - to pass away, be destroyed, perish (verb): perish perficio, perficere, perfeci, perfectum - to finish; execute; bring about, accomplish (verb): perfect, perfection, perficient (rare) periculum, periculi, n. - danger (noun): peril pernocto, pernoctare...
In the world of Game of Thrones, The Valyrian Freehold is a fallen civilization analogous to our Roman Empire. They spoke a language which, in the books, is referred to as "High Valyrian." Once the freehold was destroyed in some sort of natural (and/or magical) disaster, the language ...
he did not know in detail, but he did know in general terms. As soon as all the corrections which happened to be necessary in any particular number of The Times had been assembled and collated, that number would be reprinted, the original copy destroyed, and the corrected copy placed on ...
Delenda est carthago - Carthage must be destroyed Dente lupus, cornu taurus petit - The wolf attacks with his fang, the bull with his horn. (Horace) Deo adiuvante - With God's help Deo favente - With God's favour Deo gratias - [We give] thanks to God ...
The root of the word republic. quaere query Used in legal drafts to call attention to some uncertainty or inconsistency in the material being cited. ratio decidendi reason for the decision The point in a legal proceeding, or the legal precedent so involved, which led to the final decision ...
Mt 22 7 But when the king had heard of it, he was angry: and sending his armies, he destroyed those murderers and burnt their city. rex autem cum audisset iratus est et missis exercitibus suis perdidit homicidas illos et civitatem illorum succendit Mt 22 8 Then he saith to his...
Depart, then, and deliver me from this fear; that, if it be a just one, I may not be destroyed; if an imaginary one, that at least I may at last cease to fear. Haec si tecum, ut dixi, patria loquatur, nonne impetrare debeat, etiam si vim adhibere non possit? If, as I ...
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Butler, who beat Harry Styles for the part, gets to play the icon in all stages of his career, from the hip-swiveling pin-up that got middle America all worked up to the fallen idol destroyed by alcohol, drugs and fame, not to mention the toxic partnership with unscrupulous manager Colo...