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Usages of licere
Magister discipulis dicit: “Extra scholam currere vobis nunc non licet.”
The teacher says to the students: “You are not allowed to run outside the school now.”
Postquam pluvia desinit, discipulis extra scholam ludere licet.
After the rain stops, the students are allowed to play outside the school.
Si collum et dorsum sana sunt, puero iterum equitare licet.
If the neck and back are healthy, the boy is allowed to ride again.
Tibi sero ad lectum ire non licet, quia cras mane surgere necesse est.
You are not allowed to go to bed late, because tomorrow you must get up in the morning.
Nemini mendacium dicere licet.
No one is allowed to tell a lie.
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