Gustave Flaubert · Translated by Jacques Barzun

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Ukase

Call any authoritarian decree a ukase: it annoys the government.

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University

The 'varsity.

Unleash

Applies to dogs and evil passions.

Usum (ad)

Latin expression which sounds well in the phrase *Ad usum delphini*. Applies always to a woman named Delphine.

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