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I had CROWNED until I decided that I couldn’t make “crowed”=”loved”

I didn’t actually know what one was, apparently it’s a thin case used  for carrying business documents and papers, has roots in diplomatic and military contexts. Less boxy than a briefcase, I think.

If one eats Alphabet Soup, then one is actually eating words. Or more likely eating a random selection of letters.

PRIDE is one of the 7 deadly sins. The phrase  is derived from a biblical verse in the Book of Proverbs.

“Pride goeth before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.” (Proverbs 16:18)

Stephen Spender: English poet, novelist, and essayist in the 1930s. One of his most famous quotes is:

“Great poetry is always written by somebody straining to go beyond what he can do.”

In 1948, British rail absorbed LNER, LMS, GWR and Southern Railways. After later privatisation new companies adopted the old names, so LNER, GWR and Southern still exist today. Poor old LMS is mainly covered by Avanti these days.

Getting the right synonym for “elan” made this hard, along with believing that CZARDAS could ever be a word.

As noted above CSARDAS is the more common spelling: and as we all now, the name derived from csárda (old Hungarian term for roadside tavern and restaurant).

First one cryptic, if you make fun of heaven you “fool paradise”. Expression  popularised by Shakespeare’s usage:  Nurse uses it when warning Romeo not to mislead Juliet, saying

“if ye should lead her into a FOOLS PARADISE, as they say, it were a very gross kind of behaviour”.

Not his best line, to be sure. The “as they say” seems to imply that Will wasn’t sure of the phrase himself.

As in ORB and Sceptre, coronation regalia, along with odd stuff we saw last year like the spurs and the glove that looked like Camilla’s oven mitt.

Both my children were born at Good Samaritan hospital.

The term “paste” in jewelry refers to the paste-like mixture used in the manufacturing process. The components of the mixture are combined wet to ensure thorough and even distribution

The archaic/poetic O used to address someone. Vocative case for those who like their Latin.

This O for the Vocative case is famously mentioned in Winston Churchill’s autobiography “My Early Life”, where he recounts his confusion as a schoolboy learning Latin:
“But why O table?” I persisted in genuine curiosity.
“O table, you would use that in addressing a table, in invoking a table.” And then seeing he was not carrying me with him, “You would use it in speaking to a table.”
“But I never do,” I blurted out in honest amazement.