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117 eta vazmozhna<br />

es soberbia la hermosura [Sp], beauty is pride (or haughtiness); beauty<br />

<strong>and</strong> pride go h<strong>and</strong> in h<strong>and</strong>: Lope de Vega.<br />

estaçâo [Pg], railroad station; season; time of year.<br />

estado [Sp], state. —los Estados Unidos, the United States: abbr. EE.UU.<br />

or E.U.<br />

estafa [Sp], swindling: Sp. law.<br />

estafette [Fr], courier; mounted messenger.<br />

estaminet [Fr], a cafe <strong>and</strong> smoking room; barroom.<br />

estampe [Fr], print.<br />

estancia [Sp], cattle ranch; stock farm; country estate: Sp. Am.<br />

estanciero [Sp], owner of an estancia: Sp. Am.<br />

estanco [Sp], lit., monopoly; hence, a store where government monopoly<br />

goods are on sale. —estanco de tabaco, tobacco store.<br />

estanque [Sp], pond; reservoir.<br />

estaño [Sp], tin.<br />

est ars etiam male dicendi [L], there is an art even to maligning.<br />

est brevitate opus, ut currat sententia [L], terseness is needed that the<br />

thought may run free: Horace.<br />

est deus in nobis [L], there is a god within us: Ovid.<br />

estimo muito [Pg], I appreciate it very much.<br />

est modus in rebus [L], there is a medium (or due measure) in all<br />

things: Horace.<br />

esto perpetua! [L], be thou eternal! may she (or it) be everlasting: motto<br />

of Idaho.<br />

esto perpetuum [L], let it be everlasting.<br />

estoque [Sp], sword used in killing the bull in a bullfight.<br />

esto quod esse videris [L], be what you seem to be.<br />

est quaedam fiere voluptas [L], there is a certain pleasure in weeping:<br />

Ovid.<br />

estrade [Fr], raised platform; st<strong>and</strong>.<br />

estrella [Sp], star.<br />

estro [It], ardor; enthusiasm. —estro poetico, poetic fire; outburst of<br />

genius; fervent enthusiasm.<br />

esturgeon [Fr], sturgeon.<br />

es tut mir leid [Ger], I am sorry (an expression of grief).<br />

étage [Fr], story; floor.<br />

étagère [Fr], a whatnot; ornamental st<strong>and</strong>, with shelves.<br />

étalage [Fr], exposing for sale; ostentatious display; show.<br />

et alibi [L], <strong>and</strong> elsewhere: abbr. et al.<br />

et alii (mase.) or et aliae (fern.) [L], <strong>and</strong> others: abbr. et al.<br />

ή ταν ή em τάν [Gr; è tàn è epì tan], either this or upon this: the<br />

Spartan mother to her son on giving him his shield.<br />

étape [Fr], public storehouse; mil., halting place; stage.<br />

état-major [Fr; pi. état-majors], staff; staff office: mil.<br />

eta vazmozhna [Russ], that's impossible.

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