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• An Unsparing Memoir of Hardship Transmuted Into Possibility

Borges's library is an allegory as well,

Ipsissima verba, Latin for "the very words," is a legal term referring to material, usually established authority, that a writer or speaker is quoting or referring to. For example, "the lawyer's position on segregation is supported by the ipsissima verba of the Supreme Court's holding in Brown v. Board of Education."

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Ipsissima verba also refers to the appearances of Aramaic words throughout the gospels that might be the actual words Jesus physically spoke. While the manuscripts translated into the canonical New Testament were originally penned in koine Greek, a select few Aramaic words have survived in some texts. It is widely speculated that Jesus' native tongue was Aramaic and that these particular sayings could preserve the very words Jesus physically spoke, like the seven "sayings of Jesus on the cross".^[1]

allegoryLine breaks: al¦le|gory

Pronunciation: /ˈalɪɡ(ə)ri/  Definition of allegory in English:

noun (plural allegories)

1A story, poem, or picture which can be interpreted toreveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or politicalone:Pilgrim’s Progress is an allegory of the spiritualjourney

• It can, and has, also been interpreted as an allegory of the political, economic and social adventures of the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries.
• At a news conference, Lucas acknowledged the political allegories of the saga, which could have contemporary resonance although he wrote it at the time of the Nixon era.
• My first response upon rereading the book, largely thanks to my current preoccupations, was to interpret the story as an allegory about writing fiction.
• 1.1 A symbol.

• He mediates through symbols, metaphors, allegories and metonymy to transmute his experiences of the phenomenal world.
• But then comes the coded ending, and you realize that Bagger is a symbol, an allegory, a pillar of life, death and whatever else.
• Your dreams are full of symbols and allegories.
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Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French allegorie, via Latinfrom Greek allēgoria, from allos 'other' + -agoria'speaking'.

[名]
1 [U]寓意(ぐうい), アレゴリー，風喩，寓言法.
2 寓意物語，たとえ話.
3 寓意画.

transmute

verb

1. change in form, nature, or substance.

   "the raw material of his experience was transmuted into stories"

   Similar:

   change

   alter

   adapt

   modify

   transform

   transfigure

   convert

   metamorphose

   mutate

   reconstruct

   remake

   recast

   reorganize

   translate

   transmogrify

   • subject (base metals) to alchemical transmutation.

     "the quest to transmute lead into gold"

transmute
━━ vt. 変化［質，形］させる ((into)).
 trans・mutable　━━ a.
trans・mutably　ad.
 trans・mutation　━━ n. 変形, 変質; （錬金術における）変成.

unsparing

adjective

1. 1.

   merciless; severe.

   "he is unsparing in his criticism of the arms trade"

   Similar:

   merciless

   pitiless

   unpitying

   ruthless

   relentless

   remorseless

   unmerciful

   unforgiving

   implacable

   uncompromising

   stern

   strict

   severe

   stringent

   harsh

   tough

   rigorous

   exacting

   demanding

   inflexible

   draconian

   solid

   Opposite:

   merciful

   gentle

   mild
2. 2.

   given freely and generously.

Yale University Library

3月24日 23:37 · 

On March 24, 1601 Queen Elizabeth I died, leaving King James VI of Scotland to ascend the throne and unite England and Scotland under a single British monarch.

The Yale Center for British Art's "An Allegory of the Tudor Succession: The Family of Henry VIII" is a fascinating depiction of Queen Elizabeth's lineage. Have a closer look:http://collections.britishart.yale.edu/vufind/Record/1666690

［ラテン語←ギリシャ語allēgoría （allo-他の＋agora話すこと＝他のことを話すことによってあることを叙述すること）］

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[名]寓話作家. 

Definition of supreme court in English:

noun

1The highest judicial court in a country or state.紐約州地方法院（Supreme Court）

• Each republic had an independent judiciary with a supreme court, lower courts, and a constitutional court.
• The judicial branch includes a supreme court with justices appointed by the president.
• The highest judicial body is the supreme court.

1.1(in full Supreme Court of the United Kingdom)The final court of appeal in the UK for civil cases, which also hears appeals in criminal cases from England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. It was established in 2009 to take over the judicial functions of the House of Lords.

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1.2(in full US Supreme Court)The highest federal court in the US, consisting of nine justices.