C2 · Mastery
Biblical and Classical References
Interpret selected biblical and Greco-Roman allusions in Danish texts, and explain their function for readers unfamiliar with the reference.
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- Words & phrases
- 28
- Lessons
- 3
- Conversations
- 1
- Readings
- 1
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- to wash one's hands of something
- the prodigal son
- a Judas kiss, a treacherous show of affection
- the forbidden fruit
- to be sent from pillar to post
- a babel of confusion
- the Good Samaritan
- to cast the first stone
- the Promised Land
- the alpha and omega, the essential thing
- a piece of dreadful news
- a doubting Thomas
- the writing on the wall
- a David-and-Goliath battle
- a Pandora's box
- a sword of Damocles, an ever-present threat
- a Sisyphean task, endless and futile
- a Herculean task
- a Trojan horse
- an odyssey, a long eventful journey
- to rise like a phoenix from the ashes
- between Scylla and Charybdis, between two dangers
- the bone of contention, the apple of discord
- to have the Midas touch
- to clean the Augean stables, to reform a corrupt mess
- with Olympian calm
- a shrew, a nagging wife
- an Ariadne's thread, a guiding thread through a maze
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- Lesson 1
Biblical and Classical References
- Lesson 2
Surviving Subjunctive Forms
- Lesson 3
Where Familiar Expressions Come From
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