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channel, sluggish 342<br />

channel, sluggish: bayou<br />

chant: accentue<br />

chanting: cantillatio<br />

chaparral: ceja<br />

chapel: capilla; chapelle; Kapelle<br />

chapter, closed: chose jugée<br />

characteristic: ben trovato; cachet<br />

character not speech: virtute, non<br />

verbis<br />

charcoal: charbon; fusain<br />

~ burner: carbonaro; charbonnier<br />

chariot, Italian medieval: carroccio<br />

charm, personal ~: charisma<br />

charming: lieblich; ravissant<br />

charmingly: à ravir<br />

chase: caccia<br />

who ~s another does not sit still: die<br />

een <strong>and</strong>er<br />

chat: causerie; shmooz<br />

chatterbox: moulin<br />

chatter, idle: bavardage; paroles en<br />

cheap: à bon marché<br />

cheaply: à bon compte; à peu de frais<br />

check: échec<br />

cheek, what: quel toupet; toupet<br />

cheer: banzai<br />

be of good ~: θαρσβι (thársei)<br />

~ up: frisch auf<br />

cheerfully: freudig<br />

cheese: camembert; Liederkranz<br />

~ straws: pailles<br />

cheesecake: talmouse<br />

cherry: cereza<br />

~ blossom: sakura<br />

chess, forced move in: Zugzwang<br />

chest: petto; poitrine<br />

chestnut: castaña; marrón<br />

~ horse: alezan<br />

horse ~: marron<br />

chewing-substance: pansupari<br />

chicken: arroz; cacciatore; pollo<br />

chick: poussin<br />

roast ~: poulet<br />

young ~: poulet<br />

chief: aga; capo; caudillo; naik;<br />

prima; thakur; vidana<br />

child: bachcha; bambino; enfant; niño;<br />

ribyonik<br />

~ of fortune: fortunae filius<br />

non-Jewish ~: shegetz; shiksa<br />

out of the mouth of a ~ : ex ore<br />

spoiled ~: enfant<br />

terrible ~: enfant<br />

childbirth, before: antepartum<br />

childhood: ab incunabilis; enfance<br />

children: diti; putti<br />

class for ~: kindergarten<br />

many ~ many blessings: viele<br />

chilled: transi<br />

chimes: Glockenspiel<br />

chimney: chimenea<br />

~ stack: corps<br />

fireless ~: chimenea<br />

Chinese<br />

~ idol: joss<br />

~ style: à la chinoise<br />

chivalrous: sans<br />

chivalry, code of: Bushido<br />

choice: crème; recherché<br />

no third ~: non datur<br />

choir, cathedral: Domchor<br />

chop, loin: côtelette<br />

chosen, many called but few: multi<br />

sunt; πολλοί γαρ (polloì gár)<br />

Christ<br />

after ~: dopo; nach Christo<br />

before ~: ante Christum; avanti;<br />

vor Christo<br />

body of ~: corpus<br />

~ have mercy: Christe<br />

~, my hope: spes<br />

cross of ~: Christi<br />

for ~ <strong>and</strong> Church: Christo<br />

in ~'s name: in Christi<br />

Christmas: Noël; Weihnachten<br />

~ Eve: Nochebuena<br />

~ tree: Tannenbaum<br />

Merry ~: fröhliche; Joyeux<br />

chrysanthemum: kiku<br />

Church<br />

bosom of the ~ : bercail<br />

for ~ <strong>and</strong> Pope: pro Ecclesia<br />

churchman: homme<br />

cider: kvass<br />

cigarette: cigarillo; papirosa<br />

cipher, mere: c'est un zéro<br />

circle<br />

~ course: chukker<br />

~ of the sciences: orbis<br />

vicious ~: circulus<br />

circumference: Umfang<br />

circumlocution: circuitus<br />

circumstance<br />

according to ~: cela est selon<br />

I try to make ~s yield to me: et<br />

mihi<br />

straitened ~s: res

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