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At the Greek calends; that is, never; or when hell freezes over.

This statement refers to the calends, the first day of the month, that was a feature of the Roman calendar, but the Greeks had no calends.

The calends was the day that interest on borrowed money was to be paid, so for Roman debtors they were tristes calendae, "the unhappy calends".

To win good will.

For the purpose of winning good will.

To please.

To please the common people.

To please or to win the favor of the masses or the crowd.

The implication is that such actions may not be in the best interest of society, but are intended only to achieve popularity or political goals; such as, winning an elective office, publicizing movies, novels, sports, TV programs, or any promotion that wants the masses to be involved for their support.

To the clergy.

A statement made by a church leader and intended only for the clergy as opposed to a statement ad populum, "to the people".

1. Attached by one’s own inclination, self-addicted to (a practice); devoted, given, inclined to.
2. To devote, give up, or apply habitually to a practice.
3. Formally made over or bound (to another); attached by restraint or obligation; obliged, bound, devoted, consecrated.
4. One who is addicted to the habitual and excessive use of a drug.

Why is it that drug addicts and computer enthusiasts are both called "users"?

• Internet access has become a vital part of the modern world and an important tool in the education of children.
• Like addiction to drugs, alcohol, cigarettes, or caffeine, internet addiction is marked by symptoms of increasing tolerance, withdrawal, mood changes, and interruption of social relationships.
• Children and adolescents who have become addicted to the internet will require increasing amounts of time online in order to feel satisfied.
• When they do not have access to the internet, they may have symptoms of withdrawal, which include anxiety, depression, irritability, trembling hands, restlessness and obsessive thinking or fantasizing about the internet.
• Internet addiction is not limited just to introverted "computer-techies".
• The internet can provide a welcome escape for individuals who already suffer from a variety of psychological difficulties including anxiety, depression, and low self-esteem.
• Additionally, those who have struggled with other types of addiction may more easily become obsessed with the internet.

1. Something added; mathematical summation: "Addition is usually taught before subtraction."
2. Adding, including, embracing; joining, annexing, appending: "The addition of a baby to the household changed our lives."
3. Increase, enlargement, extra, augmentation: "The addition in cost over last year’s tuition is $500."
4. Annex, wing, extension, adjunct: "The addition to the town library will double its size."

1. To bring forward (verbally) for consideration, to cite, to allege.
2. To bring forward in argument or as evidence; to cite as pertinent or conclusive: "He tried to adduce reasons in support of a constitutional amendment."

To draw inward toward the median axis of the body or toward an adjacent part or limb.

A muscle that draws any limb, or part of the body, towards the trunk or main axis, or which folds or closes extended parts of the body.

1. Sufficient for a specific requirement or barely sufficient or satisfactory.
2: Lawfully and reasonably sufficient.

1. Sufficient in quality or quantity to meet a need or to qualify for something; enough for the situation or need.
2. Just barely sufficient in quality or quantity to meet a need or to qualify for something.
3. In law, reasonably sufficient for starting legal action; such as, they had adequate grounds for suing the hospital for incompetence.
4. Etymology: from Latin adæquatus, "equalized"; past participle of adæquare, "equalize"; from ad-, "to" + æquare, "to make level", from æquus.