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337 blood<br />

what God comm<strong>and</strong>ed you to be:<br />

quam te<br />

who has not, is not: chi non ha<br />

belief: crédite<br />

~ because of absurdity: credo quia<br />

absurdum<br />

~ because of impossibility: credo<br />

quia impossibile<br />

~ makes all possible: πάντα δννατα<br />

(pánta dunatà)<br />

let Apella believe it: credat<br />

power of ~: crede quod<br />

bell: cloche; Glocke<br />

~ ringer: carillonneur<br />

small ~: clochette<br />

beloved: Liebchen; querido<br />

below: infra<br />

as ~: ut infra<br />

belt: b<strong>and</strong>a; ceinture<br />

beneficiary of a trust: cestui<br />

benefit of the world: pro mundi<br />

bent not broken: flecti<br />

be rather <strong>than</strong> seem: esse quam<br />

besides: au reste; d'ailleurs<br />

best: au mieux<br />

all the ~: fservyo charoshevo<br />

~ is good enough: das Beste<br />

oldest is ~: azeite<br />

bet<br />

~s have been placed: les jeux<br />

I ~ it's so: je gage<br />

betrothed: fiancé<br />

better: bien mieux<br />

~ ask <strong>than</strong> lose your way: è meglio<br />

dom<strong>and</strong>ar<br />

~ is the enemy of good: le mieux<br />

~ once <strong>than</strong> never: è meglio una<br />

~ or worse: vaille<br />

the first is ~: meliores<br />

betters, give way to: da locum<br />

betting: pari mutuel<br />

~ marks the fool: gageure<br />

between: inter<br />

beware: prenez<br />

~ he's vicious: faenum<br />

let him ~: caveat<br />

bewilderment: désorienté; égaré;<br />

éperdu<br />

bias: parti<br />

bidding: enchère<br />

bigness: gros<br />

bill: conto<br />

~ of exchange: lettre<br />

legislative ~: projet<br />

quash the ~: cassetur<br />

true ~: bilia vera<br />

billiards: massé<br />

billingsgate: langage<br />

bills, post no: défense d'afficher<br />

bird: kiwi; pájaro<br />

~ makes her nest little by little: petit<br />

~ thinks: à chaque oiseau<br />

gallows ~: gibier<br />

birds<br />

~ of a feather: gens; κολοιος (koloiòs);<br />

qui se ressemblent; ribàk<br />

~ of prey: dos aves<br />

birth: geboren; née; naissance<br />

~ certificate: extrait<br />

birthright: droit<br />

bishop: évêque<br />

bit<br />

~ by bit: pièce<br />

bitter ~: outrance<br />

biter is bitten: captantes<br />

bitter: amargoso<br />

something ~ rises: surgit<br />

bitterness: amari; amertume; odium<br />

~ outweighs sweetness: plus aloes<br />

bittersweet: aigre-doux; dolce-piccante<br />

bizarre: outré<br />

black: dhu; kala; noir<br />

~ <strong>and</strong> white: par écrit<br />

blackguard: drôle<br />

blackmail: chantage<br />

blackmailer <strong>and</strong> twister of laws:<br />

extortor<br />

blackshirts: Shutzstaffel<br />

blameless: integer; rectus in<br />

blank: in bianco<br />

blanket: kammal; serape<br />

bless: bentsh<br />

~ you: benedicite<br />

it is <strong>more</strong> ~ed to give: μακάριο ν<br />

(makárión)<br />

thrice ~ed: ter quaterque<br />

blessing: kiddush<br />

blind<br />

the ~ lead the blind: τνφλος<br />

(typhlòs)<br />

Venetian ~: jalousie<br />

blinds, lower the: bassez les stores<br />

blockhead: Dummkopf<br />

blond: blondin<br />

blood: sangre<br />

~ <strong>and</strong> iron: Blut<br />

~ <strong>from</strong> a stone: ab asino; dalla<br />

blue ~: sangre

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