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notabene

note well, mind you

adverb no-tah-BEY-neh Rare

Origin: from Latin nota bene

Also means

by the way (emphatic)

Usage Note

Notabene (often NB in writing) draws the reader's attention to something important that might be overlooked; used in formal letters, academic texts, and occasionally ironic speech.

Examples

"Das betrifft, notabene, alle Beteiligten."

Natural Translation

This concerns, note well, all parties involved.

Literal Translation

That concerns, note-well, all involved.

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