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The phrase “play harder,” Mr. Early writes, “was an expression of aspiration, determination, willpower, and courage.”

As the young children enthusiastically sang out phrases, Esau interjected occasionally to correct their pronunciation of the distinct sounds and deep clicks of her mother tongue, of which she is the last first-language speaker.

Whether you watch with the original Spanish track or the English dub, the dialogue is laced with phrases and words in the Nahuatl language, the native tongue of the Aztecs.

Though the recurrent phrase “citizen of the United States” had strong nationalist overtones, perhaps the framers did not mean to codify a one-size-fits-all approach.

A National Biscuit Co. executive dreamed up the name at a meeting about the new biscuit’s production when colleagues kept using the phrase “You need a….” The brand lasted from 1898 to 2009.