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\AW-ger\
verb
1. to conjecture from signs or omens; predict.
2. to be a sign; bode: The movement of troops augurs ill for the peace of the area.
Quotes
From all this he augured the death of a man of importance, that very night, in Machaerus.
-- Gustave Flaubert, "Herodias," Three Tales, translated by Arthur McDowall, 1924
Origin
Augur comes from the Latin verb augēre meaning "to augment" with the original implication of "prosper." It entered English in the mid-1500s.
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pan, noun
bread; loaf

as the Lord’s Prayer says.
In this particular case the Spanish and English are very similar, because they come from a common source.
But in the next case, Spanish expresses the same idea as English in very different words, which reflect the historical importance of bread and wine in Hispanic culture:

Danos hoy nuestro pan de cada día.
Give us this day our daily bread
llamar al pan pan, y al vino vino
to call a spade a spade
Parece que usted está dispuesto a dejar las cosas claras: a llamar al pan pan, y al vino vino.
You seem to be prepared to make things clear, to call a spade a spade.


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