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

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vive la bagatelle! [Fr], long live trifles (or frivolity)! —vive la République!,
long live the Republic! —vive l'empereur!, long live the emperor!
—vive le roi!, long live the king!
vive memor leti [L], live mindful of death: Persius.
vivendi causa [L], cause of living; source of life.
vivere est cogitare [L], to live is to think: Cicero.
vivere sat vincere [L], to conquer is to live enough.
vive ut vivas [L], live so that you may (truly) live.
vive, vale! [L], long life to you, farewell!: Horace.
vivida vis animi [L], the living force of the mind.
vi vit post fuñera virtus [L], virtue lives after (or survives) the grave:
Tiberius Caesar.
vivo [It], with life; in a lively manner: music.
vivre au jour le jour [Fr], to live from day to day; enjoy the present;
live from hand to mouth.
vivre ce n'est pas respirer, c'est agir [Fr], living is not breathing but
doing: Rousseau.
vivre et laisser vivre [Fr], to live and let live.
vivres de réserve [Fr], emergency rations: mil.
vix ea nostra voco [L], I can scarcely call these things our own.
vixere fortes ante Agamemnona [L], there lived great men before
Agamemnon: Horace.
vixit... annos [L], has lived (so many) years: abbr. v.a.
vlei [Afrik], land where water collects in rainy seasons; swampy tract;
marsh: South Afnca.
voce [It], voice. —voce bianca, lit., white voice; voice of a woman or
child. —voce di petto, chest voice. —voce di testa, head voice.
—voce granita, firm, powerful voice. —voce mista, mixed voice.
—voce pastosa, soft, rich, and flexible voice. —voce spiccata, voice
with clear enunciation. —voce velata, veiled voice; a voice slightly
obscured.
voda or vada [Russ], water.
vodka [Russ], lit., little water; a strong alcoholic beverage.
vogue la galère! [Fr], lit., row the galley! come what may! here goes!
voilà [Fr], behold! there! look! there it goes (or comes)! there it is! here
you are! —voilà tout, that is all. —voilà une autre chose, that's
another thing; that's quite a different matter. —vous voilà bien!, you
are now in deep trouble.
voile [Fr], n.m. veil; n.f. sail.
voina [Russ], war.
voir dire [OF], lit., to say the truth; an oath given by witnesses that
they will tell the truth in regard to questions concerning their
competency: law.
voir le dessous des cartes [Fr], to see the underside (i.e., the face) of
the cards; be in on the secret.