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335 bank<br />

assembly, sound general: battre<br />

assertion, mere: gratis dictum<br />

assiduity, leisurely: otiosa<br />

assignee, rights of: assignatus<br />

assistance, need no: sine<br />

assistant: aide; ayudante<br />

associates: entourage<br />

association, loan: credit foncier<br />

assumptions: postulata<br />

assurance, with: à plomb<br />

astonishment<br />

~ at nothing: nil admirari<br />

I was astounded: obstupui<br />

A<strong>than</strong>asius against the world:<br />

A<strong>than</strong>asius<br />

atrocious: affreux<br />

attack: attacca<br />

attainment<br />

~ of an object: pour y<br />

~ of what he attempts: consequitur<br />

attempt<br />

~ not made: ne tentes<br />

first ~: coup<br />

attention: Achtung; atento; garde à<br />

~ to one's own affairs: age quod; il<br />

faut cultiver<br />

~ to serious matters: amoto<br />

small ~s: petits soins<br />

to pay ~: assister<br />

attorney: procureur<br />

attractive: alléchant<br />

at which: ad quern<br />

audacity: de l'audace<br />

August: août<br />

aunt: tante<br />

aureole, oval: vesica<br />

author: autore<br />

authoritatively: ex cathedra<br />

authority: droit<br />

~ brooks no equal: m<strong>and</strong>ar<br />

~ to inquire: inquirendo<br />

on good ~: de bonne part<br />

parental ~: patria potestas<br />

supreme ~: patres<br />

unlimited ~: carte<br />

with full ~: pieno iure<br />

automobile: vettura<br />

~ body: carrosserie<br />

autumn: kharif<br />

avenger<br />

~ of wrong: vindex<br />

may some ~ arise: exoriare<br />

avenue: alameda; avenida<br />

average, annual: communibus<br />

avocado: avocat<br />

avoidance<br />

~ of asking what tomorrow brings:<br />

quid sit<br />

~ of excess: ne quid nimis<br />

~ of perils of leisure: fuyez<br />

award: accolade<br />

awkwardness: maladresse<br />

axe is laid unto the root of the trees:<br />

η αξινη (hê axinê)<br />

babbler: babillard<br />

baby: bébé<br />

baccalaureate: baccalauréat<br />

bachelor: célibataire; garçon; en<br />

garçon<br />

old ~: vieux<br />

back<br />

~ again: de retour; de vuelta<br />

~ <strong>and</strong> loins: râble<br />

~ of a page: folio<br />

~ to ~: dos à<br />

backwards: à rebours; à reculons<br />

backwoods: boondocks<br />

bad: kharab; mauvais<br />

~ to worse: de mal<br />

spare the ~, injure the good: bonis<br />

nocet<br />

badge: chaprás<br />

bagpipe: zampogna<br />

bail: cautionnement<br />

bakery: boulangerie<br />

balance, hanging in the: res<br />

ball<br />

country ~: bal<br />

fancy-dress ~: bal<br />

masked ~: bal<br />

ballad: frottola<br />

ballet ensemble: corps<br />

balloon, trial: ballon<br />

ballot: scrutin<br />

b<strong>and</strong><br />

guerrilla ~: comitadji<br />

Mexican ~: mariachi<br />

b<strong>and</strong>it: b<strong>and</strong>ido<br />

banished: aqua<br />

bank: crédit mobilier<br />

~ draft: letra<br />

~ note: billet

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