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affaire [Fr], affair; concern; business. —affaire d'amour, love affair.
—affaire de coeur, affair of the heart; love affair. —affaire d'honneur,
affair of honor; duel. —affaire flambée, ruined affair (or business).
—les affaires sont les affaires, business is business.
affaissement [Fr], depression; med., collapse.
affanato [It], in a sorrowful manner: music.
affettivo [It], pathetic; affecting: music.
affetto [It], passion; affection; emotional warmth.
affettuoso [It], with feeling; tenderly: music.
affiche [Fr], poster; placard.
affichée [Fr], posted up.
affilé [Fr; fern, affilée], sharp; nimble; glib.
affilié [Fr], affiliated.
afflatus [L], breath; breeze; fig., inspiration; poetic impulse. —afflatus
montium, mountain air.
afflavit Deus et dissipantur [L], God sent forth his breath and they
are scattered: inscription on a medal commemorating the destruction
of the Spanish Armada, 1588.
affleurement [Fr], outcrop: geol.
affrettando [It], quickening the tempo: music.
affreux [Fr; fern, affreuse], frightful; atrocious; shocking.
aficionado [Sp; fern, aficionada], a fan of a sport or other activity.
à fils de cordonnier point de chaussures [Fr], the shoemaker's son has
no shoes.
à fleur d'eau [Fr], at the level of the water; between wind and water.
à fleur de terre [Fr], level with the ground.
afloramiento [Sp], outcrop; geol.
à fond [Fr], to the bottom; thoroughly. —à fond de train, at full speed.
à forfait [Fr], on speculation; law, by an aleatory contract.
a fortiori [L], with stronger reason; more conclusively.
à fripon, fripon et demi [Fr], against a rogue set a rogue and a half;
set a thief to catch a thief.
à froid [Fr], coldly; in cold blood.
afueras [Sp], suburbs; environs.
aga or agha [Turk agha], lit., great lord; commander; chief.
agaçant [Fr; fern, agaçante], irritating; annoying.
agacement [Fr], setting (the teeth) on edge; irritation (of the nerves).
agacerie [Fr], allurement; blandishment; flirtatious encouragement,
dryaira τον πλησίον [Gr; agápa tòn plésion], love thy neighbor: Thaïes.
à gauche [Fr], to (or on) the left.
age [Hind], in front; forward; ahead. —age jao, go ahead; go straight
on; get on.
à genoux [Fr], on one's knees; kneeling.
agent provocateur [Fr; pi. agents provocateurs], lit., provoking agent;
abettor; instigator; an undercover man of the secret service or the