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en tablier [Fr], apronlike.
entbehren sollst du! sollst du entbehren [Ger], refrain thou must! thou
must refrain: Goethe.
entente [Fr], an understanding; agreement, —entente cordiale, friendly
understanding, esp. between two nations, notably that between England
and France established in 1904.
entêté [Fr; fern, entêtée], adj. headstrong; obstinate; self-willed; infatuated;
n. stubborn person.
en tête-à-tête [Fr], face to face; in private.
entêtement [Fr], stubbornness; obstinacy; infatuation.
entourage [Fr], surroundings; attendant persons; associates (collectively);
circle; jewelry, setting; mounting.
en tout cas [Fr], in any case; at all events.
en-tout-cas [Fr], umbrella-sunshade.
entracte [Fr], interval between two acts; interlude.
entrada [Sp], entrance; entry; also, receipts; revenue.
en train [Fr], in progress.
entrain [Fr], high spirits; heartiness; life; go. —avec entrain, with a
will.
entrata [It], lit., entrance; prelude: music.
entrechat [Fr], a leap from the floor in which the ballet dancer's feet
are repeatedly struck together: dancing.
entre chien et loup [Fr], lit., between dog and wolf (i.e., when it is
impossible to distinguish one from the other); in the twilight; at dusk.
entrecôte [Fr], steak cut from between the ribs; tenderloin: cookery.
entre deux [Fr], between two. —entre deux âges, lit., between two ages;
middle-aged, —entre deux feux, between two fires, —entre deux
vins, lit., between two wines; half drunk; tipsy.
entre dos aguas [Sp], between two waters; in doubt.
entre la espada y la pared [Sp], between the sword and the wall (between
the devil and the deep).
entre l'enclume et le marteau [Fr], between the anvil and the hammer
(see above).
entremets [Fr], a dainty side dish or dishes, usually following the main
course: cookery.
entremetteuse [Fr], go-between; procuress.
entre nous [Fr], between ourselves; in confidence.
entrepôt [Fr], warehouse; temporary storehouse; emporium; mart;
commercial center.
entrepreneur [Fr], contractor; organizer, esp. of musical and other
public entertainments.
entre quatre yeux [Fr], lit., between four eyes; between ourselves.
entresol [Fr], a low story between the ground floor and the floor above;
mezzanine.
en un clin d'oeil [Fr], in the twinkling of an eye.