Se desafiaban a cuál hablaba más por lo fino, y si el marqués
daba muchas vueltas al _involucrar_, al _ad hoc_, al _sui generis_ y
otros términos latinos, en seguida se veía al otro poniendo en prensa el
cerebro para obtener frases tan selectas como _la concatenación de las
ideas_.
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They challenged each other to see who could speak more eloquently, and if the Marquis dwelled on the terms "involve," "ad hoc," "sui generis," and other Latin terms, the other would soon be seen putting his brain to work to obtain such select phrases as "the concatenation of ideas."
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