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Inspector Moran (as I learned later) had once been the president of a large up-State bank that had failed during the panic of 1907, and during the Gaynor Administration had been seriously considered for the post of Police Commissioner.
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rigor mortis
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Vance’s eyes were slightly bifocal. His right eye was 1.2 astigmatic, whereas his left eye was practically normal.
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Roger and Gallet’s
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cloisonné
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Cherchez la femme
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Dux femina facti.
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gendarmerie
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ex abundantia cautelae
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Quantum est in rebus inane!
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ignes fatui
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Even the famous Elwell case, which came several years later and bore certain points of similarity to the Benson case, created no greater sensation, despite the fact that Elwell was more widely known than Benson, and the persons involved were more prominent socially. Indeed, the Benson case was referred to several times in descriptions of the Elwell case; and one anti-administration paper regretted editorially that John F.-X. Markham was no longer District Attorney of New York.
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Homo sum, humani nihil a me alienum puto.
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Vance, who had lived many years in England, frequently said “ain’t”—a contraction which is regarded there more leniently than in this country. He also pronounced ate as if it were spelled et; and I can not remember his ever using the word “stomach” or “bug”, both of which are under the social ban in England.
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points de départ
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pourparleurs
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juge d’instruction
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ecce signum
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ipso facto
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Descent from the Cross – «Снятие с креста», центральная панель триптиха фламандского художника Питера Пауля Рубенса, 1610–1614.
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ex cathedra
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privatissime et gratis
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non sequitur
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opus
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imprimis
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polizei
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conversazione