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189 lentamente
légionnaire [Fr], member of a legion; esp., member of the French
Legion of Honor (Légion d'honneur).
λ€7ΐών ονομά μοι [Gr; legion ónomá moi], my name is Legion: Mark
v. 9.
le grand Monarque [Fr], the Great Monarch (i.e., Louis XIV).
le grand oeuvre [Fr], the philosophers' stone.
legs [Fr; pr. lä], legacy; bequest.
legua [Sp], Spanish league, as a measure of distance, equivalent to 4.83
kilometers (2.63 miles); as a measure of area, equivalent to about
4,409 acres or 1,785 hectares: used in Texas, the Philippines, Mexico,
etc.
Lehrer-seminar [Ger], training college for teachers.
Lehrgabe [Ger], talent for teaching.
Lehrjahre [Ger], years of apprenticeship. See WANDERJAHRE.
lei [Hawa], a floral garland.
leidenschaftlich [Ger], passionate; vehement; impassioned: music.
Leiermann [Ger], organ grinder.
Leitartikel [Ger], leading article; leader.
Leitmotif or Leitmotiv [Ger], leading theme or motif in a composition,
esp. a theme identified with a certain character, idea, or situation, as
in Wagnerian music dramas: music.
le jeu ne vaut pas la chandelle [Fr], the game is not worth the candle.
le jour viendra [Fr], the day will come.
le juste-milieu [Fr], the golden mean.
le meilleur vin a sa lie [Fr], even the best wine has its dregs.
le mieux est l'ennemi du bien [Fr], better is the enemy of good; leave
well enough alone.
le moi est haïssable [Fr], the word "I" is hateful; egoism is odious:
Pascal.
le monde [Fr], the world; society. —le monde est le livre des femmes,
the world is women's (or woman's) book: Rousseau. —le monde
récompense plus souvent les apparences du mérite que le mérite
même, the world more often rewards the appearance of merit than
merit itself: La Rochefoucauld. —le monde savant, the learned world.
le mot de l'énigme [Fr], the key to the mystery.
le mot juste [Fr], the exact word; the precise expression.
l'empire, c'est la paix [Fr], the empire is (or stands for) peace: Pnnce
Louis Napoleon (afterwards Napoleon HI), in a speech at Bordeaux,
Oct. 9, 1852. The trend of events caused a German paper to give to
the world the punning variant: l'empire, c'est l'épée (the empire is the
sword). London Punch, viewing the military disasters and the load
of taxation that must follow, concocted its own significant pun: l'empire,
c'est la pay.
l'empire des lettres [Fr], the republic (lit., empire) of letters.
lentamente [It], slowly: music.