15,000 words and phrases from more than 50 languages and their

toccata 302
toccata [It], a brilliant piece or prelude for the organ or harpsichord:
music.
toches or tokus [Yiddish], the buttocks.
toda [Heb], thank you.
todai, moto kurashi [Jap], just below the candlestick is the darkest place
of all; one has to go abroad to get news of home,
το δ' ευ νικάτω [Gr; tò d' eu nikáto], may the right prevail: Aeschylus.
todkrank [Ger], sick to death; fatally ill.
todo cae en el dedo malo [Sp], everything falls on the sore finger.
todo el mundo es uno [Sp], all the world is one: Cervantes.
todos contra el caído [Sp], everyone is against the fallen.
toga candida [L], the white toga or robe worn by Roman candidates
for office, such applicants being known as candidati (Jr. candidatus,
white robed).
toga praetexta [L], a white robe bordered with purple, worn by Roman
magistrates and freeborn children.
togata [L], in ancient Rome, a freed woman; also, prostitute: so called
because they wore the toga, instead of the stola worn by Roman
matrons.
toga virilis [L], the manly toga; the dress of manhood (assumed by
Roman boys at the age of fourteen, in place of the toga praetexta).
το όλον [Gr; tò hólon], the whole; the universe: Plato.
tohunga [Maori], soothsayer; priest: New Zealand.
toison d'or [Fr], the Golden Fleece: a Spanish and Austrian order of
knighthood,
το καλόν και το αίσχρόν [Gr; tò kalòn kaì tò aiskhrón], the beautiful
and the base; virtue and vice. Cf. HONESTUM ET TURPE.
tokohia? [Maori], how many?: New Zealand.
tokus [Yiddish]. Same as TOCHES.
toldo [Sp], a skin tent or rude shelter used by South American Indians.
tomare! [Jap], halt!
tombé des nues [Fr], fallen from the clouds; fig., greatly surprised.
tomber de la poêle dans le feu [Fr], to fall from the frying pan into
the fire.
ton [Fr], tone; style; fashion; vogue.
Tonart [Ger], key; mode: music.
Tonbild [Ger], tone picture; representation by sound; musical tableau;
also, phonetic figuration of a sound.
Tondichter [Ger], lit., tone poet; composer: music.
tonga [Anglo-Ind; Hind tango], a light two-wheeled four-seated vehicle
drawn by ponies: India.
τον θεον φοβεΐσθε, τον βασιλέα τιμάτε [Gr; tòn theòn phobeîsthe, ton
basiléa timâte], fear God, honor the king: / Peter ii. 17.
tope [Anglo-Ind; Hind top], Buddhist monument or shrine. Cf. STUPA.
tope là [Fr,/r. toper, to cover an adversary's stake; agree], agreed! done!