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347 cycle<br />

credit<br />

one does work, the other gets ~:<br />

uno tiene<br />

creditors, flee one's: faire un trou<br />

cremation, willing: suttee<br />

crest: kikumon; kirimon<br />

crevasse: Bergschrund<br />

crime: crimen<br />

~ always fearful: semper<br />

~ equalizes: facinus<br />

~ is the mistake: le crime<br />

~ of falsification: falsi<br />

criminal identification system:<br />

bertillonage<br />

criticism: critique<br />

~ is easy, art difficult: la critique<br />

critics wrangle, question undecided:<br />

grammatici<br />

excessive ~: flak<br />

crook: gonif<br />

cross: croix; crux<br />

bravely bear the ~: fortiter geret<br />

~ is my anchor: crux<br />

~ is the touchstone of faith: fidei<br />

coticula<br />

~ on breast <strong>and</strong> devil in deeds: la<br />

cruz<br />

hope in the ~: in hoc signo spes<br />

I hope in the ~: in cruce<br />

naught save by the ~: nil nisi<br />

Southern ~: crux<br />

tau ~: crux<br />

T-shaped ~: crux<br />

under the pure ~: sub cruce<br />

c<strong>and</strong>ida<br />

way of the ~ : via<br />

without the ~: sine<br />

X-shaped ~: crux<br />

crossing of h<strong>and</strong>s on keyboard: Überschlagen;<br />

volteggi<strong>and</strong>o<br />

crossroad: carrefour<br />

crow: corbeau<br />

~ like the egg: cual<br />

flight of the ~ : à vol<br />

till ~s turn white: €ως (heos)<br />

crowd<br />

in a ~: en foule<br />

scorn the noxious ~: malignum<br />

crown of light: corona<br />

crumbs: panure<br />

dress with ~: paner<br />

with buttered ~: au gratin<br />

crushed: accablé; mole ruit<br />

crushing: écrasement<br />

crust of buttered crumbs: gratin<br />

cry<br />

~ before hurt: ante tubam<br />

~ of battle: beauséant<br />

first ~: vagitus<br />

cuckold: cocu; cornuto<br />

cuckoo: papiya<br />

cucumber: concombre<br />

cuff: manchette<br />

cultism: culteranismo<br />

culture<br />

~ climate: Zeitgeist<br />

~ conflict: Kulturkampf<br />

cunning: Ladino; matois; roublard<br />

~ against ~: List<br />

cup: tazza<br />

cupbearer: saki<br />

cup holder: zarf<br />

cupid, infant: amorino<br />

curlers, in: en papillotes<br />

currant: groseille<br />

curry: kari<br />

curtain: portière; rideau<br />

~ raiser: lever de rideau<br />

cushion: gaddi<br />

custard: flan<br />

custody<br />

~ of the law: custodia<br />

in ~: in custodia<br />

custom: ad usum; ut mos<br />

according to ~: ex <strong>more</strong><br />

~ decides the issue: consuetude pro<br />

~ is a tyrant: usus est<br />

once vices <strong>and</strong> now ~s: quae fuerunt<br />

power of ~: gravissimum<br />

customary: de règle<br />

customer<br />

know one's ~s: connaître<br />

regular ~: habitué<br />

customs: moeurs<br />

~ house: alf<strong>and</strong>ega; dogana; douane<br />

~ official: douanier<br />

~ union: Zollverein<br />

cut: coupure<br />

—ting off: abscissio infiniti<br />

loin ~: carré<br />

cutlet: côtelette; papillote<br />

cycle<br />

~ of the ages: magnus ab<br />

~ of the world: yuga

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