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dice, dice, dies
1. A plural form of a game using small cubes with dots on each side numbering one to six: Each player threw one "die" to determine who would be the first to roll the pair of dice at the table.
2. Small cubes that are made of plastic, wood, etc. which have one to six dots on each side, and are used usually in pairs in various games: The guys in the back room were playing games with dice to see who could walk away with the most money.
To cut food into small cubes: Amanda will dice the potatoes and add them to the soup and then dice the onions so they can become a part of the soup, too.
No longer living or being in existence: The garden
dies if it is not watered regularly.
The brain dies a little each day as a person gets older and older; especially, if there are no mental challenges.
When Lorena's aunt dies, the directions for how best to dice vegetables will die with her unless she writes them down.
Jenna explained the directions to her daughter who illustrated the page with drawings of dice.
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dies nefastus
Contrary to divine law.
An unlucky or inauspicious day. For the Romans, dies nefasti were days on whilch no judgments could be pronounced nor any public business transacted.
dies non
(s) (noun) (no special plural form)
A term that indicates that there is a certain day on which no legal business is carried on nor can be done: Dies non is an abbreviation of "Dies non juridicus" on which legal courts are open for business; such as, Sundays and certain holidays.
Longissimus dies cito conditur.
The longest day soon comes to an end.
nefasti dies
Unlucky days.
Certain days in the Roman religious calendar were nefasti dies, in which no official business was allowed to be conducted.
Nulla dies sine linea.
Not a day without a line.
Another translation: "You have to keep at it." A reference by Pliny to the Greek painter, Apelles, who apparently was steadfast in practicing his art.
Quoniam mille anni ante oculos tuos, tanquam dies hesterna, quae praeteriit, et custodio in nocte.
A thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.
From the Old Testament, Psalms 90:4.
Ultima semper expectanda dies homini, dicique beatus ante obitum nemo supremaque funera debet.
Man's last day must ever be awaited, and none to be counted happy until his death, until his last funeral rites are paid.
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Afghan girl tricked by insurgents dies in blast
tricked:
insurgents: Those who belong to a group of people fighting to take control of their country by force.
blast: An explosion, especially one caused by a bomb.
remote:
detonated the bomb remotely:
"Insurgents tricked an 8-year-old girl in a remote area of central Afghanistan into carrying a bomb wrapped in a cloth and then detonated the bomb remotely when she was close to a policed vehicle. Only the girl was killed in the blast."
—International Herald Tribune, June 26, 2011; page 5.
He who lives by the sword, dies by the sword (Matthew 26:52)