You may also find it useful to be mindful of the many Latin derivatives in the English language. Sometimes a familiar English word can be your key to learning a Latin root. Vice versa, Latin roots can help greatly improve your English vocabulary. ab (a) + abl. - away from, from; by...
play fast and loose with the facts, blow hot and cold, prove that black is white and white black, travel out of the record, parler a tort et a travers [Fr.], put oneself out of court, not have a leg to stand on. judge hastily, shoot from the hip, jump to conclusions (misjudgmen...
-brevis short bronchi- windpipe -bulla blister capit head cata- down, under, lower, against cauda- tail cephalo-, cranio- head chemo- chemical chondr- cartilage, granule circum- around, about -clast to break co- with, together -cost ...
brevis- (L) short (caput breve, breviflex, breviradiate) brizo- to nod bromo- oats, broom, shadow bronch(us)- (G) windpipe, air tubes (bronchial, bronchoscope) bryo- (G) moss (bryology, Bryophyta, Bryozoa) bucca(i,o?)- (L) cheek or mouth cavity (buccal) bulbos- bulbous bulla...