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THIRD EDITION 15,000 words and phra
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The Harper Dictionary of Foreign Te
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A hardcover edition of this title i
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Contents Preface ix Acknowledgments
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Preface dictionaries, which usually
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Preface xii • Terms from language
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Abbreviations Used in This Book abb
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XVll mil. mod. myth. n. naut. nav.
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abiit ad plures 2 abut ad plures (o
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abusus non tollit usum 4 abusus non
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actum agere 6 actum agere [L], to d
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a Dios gracias 8 a Dios gracias [Sp
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affaire 10 affaire [Fr], affair; co
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aiguille 12 aiguille [Fr], needle;
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alea iacta est 14 alea iacta est [L
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almendra 16 almendra [Sp], almond.
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amigo 18 amigo [Sp; fern, amiga], f
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animis opibusque parati 20 animis o
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aperçu 22 aperçu [Fr], rapid view
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aquila non capit muscas 24 aquila n
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arrêtez! 26 arrêtez! [Fr], stop!
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à tort ou à raison 28 à tort ou
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au plaisir de vous revoir 30 au pla
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ave! 32 ave! [L], hail! —ave atqu
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Β baas [Afrik], master; boss: Sout
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anderilla 36 banderilla [Sp], a sma
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attue 38 strike a light. —battre
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elle amie 40 belle amie [Fr], femal
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ête 42 bête [Fr], η. beast; brut
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lague 44 blague [Fr], orig., tobacc
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onheur 46 bonheur [Fr], happiness;
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oulette 48 boulette [Fr], a small b
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ochet 50 brochet [Fr], pike (fish).
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e cabaletta [It], a short catchy me
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ça ira 54 ça ira [Fr], lit., it w
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candor dat viribus alas 56 candor d
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cárcel 58 cárcel [Sp], prison; ja
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cautionnement 60 cautionnement [Fr]
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cessez le feu! 62 cessez le feu! [F
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chaparajos 64 chaparajos or chapare
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chee-chee 66 chee-chee or chi-chi [
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chi parla troppo non può parlar se
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claque 70 claque [Fr], a body of hi
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comitas inter gentes 72 comitas int
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condamné 74 condamné [Fr; fern, c
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conto 76 conto [Pg], lit., a millio
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corregimiento 78 corregimiento [Sp]
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kibei 180 kibei [Jap], lit., return
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Kunst 182 Kunst [Ger; pl. Künste],
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la cruz en los pechos y el diablo e
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la patience est amère, mais son fr
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le bonheur semble fait pour être p
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tentando 190l lentando [It], becomi
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libro cerrado no saca letrado 192 l
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lo dicho dicho 194 lo dicho dicho [
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Luxuszug 196 Luxuszug [Ger], first-
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magistrates indicat virum 198 magis
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male parta male dilabuntur 200 male
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manage 202 manage [Fr], marriage.
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médaille 204 médaille [Fr], medal
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méprisable 206 méprisable [Fr], c
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misce stultitiam consiliis brevem 2
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montagnard 210 montagnard [Fr; fern
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moulin 212 moulin [Fr], mill; speci
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mutum est pictura poema 214 mutum e
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natura il fece, e poi roppe la stam
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nemo mortalium omnibus horis sapit
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nil consuetudine maius 220 nil cons
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nomina stultorum parietibus haerent
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non sequitur 224 non sequitur [L],
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nullius addictus turare in verba ma
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odi profanimi vulgus et arceo 228 o
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omnia tuta timens 230 omnia tuta ti
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ore rotundo 232 ore rotundo [L], li
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Ρ pabulum Acheruntis [L], food for
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papetier 236 papetier [Fr; fern, pa
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partage 238 partage [Fr], share; po
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pathma 240 pathma [Beng], lotus flo
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per aspera ad astra 242 per aspera
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petit-bleu 244 fop; dandy; coxcomb;
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pishu 246 pishu [Can Fr pichou], th
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polisson 248 polisson [Fr; fern, po
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potage 250 potage [Fr], soup. —po
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pré-salé 252 pré-salé [Fr; pi.
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proletaree fsyoch stran, soyadinyat
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pulque 256 pulque [Mex Sp], a Mexic
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quare impedit 258 -—quantum valeb
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quid sit futurum eras, fuge quaerer
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quorum pars magna fui 262 quorum pa
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allentando 264 rallentando [It], sl
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edivivus 266 redi vi vus [L], resto
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epartimiento 268 repartimiento [Sp]
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idiculus mus 270 ridiculus mus [L],
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oti 272 roti [Hind], bread: India.
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sahih salamat 274 sahih salamat [Hi
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sánete et sapienter 276 "Miss Togo
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saumon 278 saumon [Fr], salmon. sau
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scordato 280 scordato [It], put out
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sempre 282 sempre [It], always; con
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sgraffito 284 sgraffito [It; pi. sg
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signor dell' altissimo canto 286 si
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soavemente 288 soavemente [It], swe
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soutache 290 soutache [Fr], a kind
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strada 292 strada [It], street. str
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suisse 294 suisse [Fr; fern. Suisse
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τ tabac or tabac à fumer [Fr], to
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τα σύκα σύκα, την σκ
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terrine de foie gras 300 terrine de
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toccata 302 toccata [It], a brillia
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tournure 304 tournure [Fr], contour
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triage 306 triage [Fr], sorting; si
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υ ua mau ke ea o ka aína i ka pon
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une araignée dans le plafond 310 u
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uti possidetis 312 uti possidetis [
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vareuse 314 vareuse [Fr], a pea jac
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Verein 316 Verein [Ger], associatio
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vierhändig 318 vierhändig [Ger],
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virtutis fortuna comes 320 virtutis
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volture 322 volture [Fr], carriage;
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voyelle 324 voyelle [Fr], vowel. vo
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Weltpolitik 326 Weltpolitik [Ger],
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ζ zacate [Sp], grass grown for for
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zweitens 330 Wildnis or, as it was
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actual 332 actual: actus; de facto;
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appetite 334 vermiform ~: appendix
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anquet 336 banquet: bara banterer:
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loodthirsty 338 cold ~: à froid; s
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utcher, pork 340 everybody's ~, nob
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channel, sluggish 342 channel, slug
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comfort 344 comfort: gemach comical
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corn on the foot 346 corn on the fo
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dagger 348 dagger: katar daily: per
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delegate 350 without ~: sine delega
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double 352 office of the ~ : concie
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employee 354 employee: empleado emu
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exposed 356 long ~: megillah expose
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feasting 358 feasting: bombance; ri
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fooleries, no more of these 360 not
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gaiety 362 for the ~: in futuro tho
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goddess 364 ~ pays: Bóg ~ preserve
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growling, stop 366 growling, stop:
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heavenly secrets 368 ~ at last: den
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house 370 pereunt use each ~: Gebra
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instance, for 372 mens divinior ins
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kingdom of the blind 374 in the ~'s
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lawsuit 376 lawsuit: procès lawyer
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live 378 live he has ~d (so many) y
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maiden, marry a 380 maiden, marry a
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mastery 382 mastery: maîtrise ~ pa
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mishaps, through many 384 malheur;
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namely 386 illustrious ~: darum et
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oats, sow wild 388 sacré bleu; voi
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parish 390 parish: paroisse park: p
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physician 392 ~ is a yearning after
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poultry 394 poultry: volaille pouti
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quibbling 396 begging the ~: petit
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eply requested 398 stale ~s: crambe
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umor 400 for ~, rule, and ruled: pr
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semicolon 402 not for one~ but for
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sirloin 404 sirloin: aloyau sister:
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spade 406 spade call a ~ a ~ : appe
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street 408 street: calle; rue; stra
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talk 410 ~ for teaching: Lehrgabe t
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thyself, know 412 ~ go men's destin
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tribunal 414 ~ by ordeal: Dei iudic
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unreservedly 416 unreservedly: à c
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wardrobe 418 at ~: en guerre before
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willing 420 Deo; nil sine numine pr
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worm-eaten 422 mondo the ~ is one:
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