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double 352<br />

office of the ~ : conciergerie<br />

double: doppio<br />

doubt: mettre en<br />

in ~: entre dos; in ambiguo; in<br />

dubio<br />

room for ~: ambigendi<br />

doubtless: sans<br />

doubtlessly: sine<br />

dove: paloma<br />

downfall: déchéance<br />

downriver: rio; río<br />

down with: abajo; à bas<br />

dozen: douzaine<br />

draft<br />

let a ~ be made: fìat haustus<br />

rough ~: brouillon<br />

drag: shlep<br />

dragging: schleppend<br />

drama: drame<br />

draw<br />

~s back to leap better: il se recule<br />

he drew it: delinea vit<br />

drawbridge: pont-levis<br />

drawing: dibujo<br />

dream<br />

~ all are lies: tous songes<br />

~ beyond recall: vorbei<br />

~ of a shadow: σκιάς (skias)<br />

empty ~s: Träume<br />

like a sick man's ~s: velut<br />

sick man's ~s: aegri<br />

dreamer: rêveur; songe-creux<br />

dress<br />

ceremonial ~: gr<strong>and</strong>e toilette<br />

court ~: robe de cour<br />

full ~: gr<strong>and</strong>e tenue<br />

in full ~: en gr<strong>and</strong>e tenue; en<br />

gr<strong>and</strong>e toilette<br />

dressmaker: couturière; modiste<br />

driblets: ric-à-ric<br />

drink<br />

— <strong>and</strong> be merry: mv€ (pîne)<br />

~ or depart: aut bibat; η ττιθι (ê<br />

pîthi)<br />

now's the time for —ing: nunc est<br />

over a ~: inter<br />

st<strong>and</strong> a ~: goutte; payer<br />

dripping hollows stone: gutta<br />

driveler: radoteur<br />

driver: gharry-wallah; vetturino;<br />

voiturier<br />

drop by drop: goutte<br />

drove<br />

~ of horses: caballada<br />

in ~s: gregatim<br />

drown someone <strong>and</strong> you will be<br />

drowned: al d'ataift<br />

drug that brings forgetfulness:<br />

φάρμακο ν (phármakon)<br />

drum: bongo; tabla; zambomba<br />

~ call: rappel<br />

muffled ~s: timpani<br />

drunk: barracho; shikker<br />

half ~: entre deux<br />

drunkard: briago<br />

drunkenness: être gris; musti<br />

dubbing: dégras<br />

duchess: duchesse<br />

duck: canard; canne-de-roche<br />

duckling: caneton<br />

duct, spermatic: vas<br />

duel: affaire; die Mensur;<br />

monomachia<br />

students' ~: Mensur<br />

duet: duo; Zweigesang<br />

duke: due; Herzog<br />

dumb with amazement: vox<br />

dune: medaño<br />

dungeon: cachot; oubliette<br />

dupe will end a rascal: on commence<br />

durable: aere perennius<br />

during: durante<br />

dust: poussière<br />

~ thou art: terra<br />

we're but ~ <strong>and</strong> shadow: pul vis<br />

Dutch: holl<strong>and</strong>ais<br />

duty: devoir; être de jour<br />

do my ~: faire mon<br />

~ <strong>and</strong> glory: quo fas<br />

~ come what may: fais ce que<br />

dweller, plains: llanero<br />

dwelling: demeure<br />

lake ~: palafitte; Pfahlbauten<br />

dying away: diluendo; <strong>more</strong>ndo;<br />

perdendo; smorz<strong>and</strong>o;<br />

stinguendo<br />

each<br />

~ man led by own taste: trahit<br />

~ uses its natural weapon: dente<br />

lupus<br />

to ~ his own: cuique; suum<br />

eager: empressé<br />

eagle<br />

~- doesn't bear doves: Adler; non<br />

générant<br />

~ doesn't catch flies: aquila<br />

~ in the clouds: otcroç (aetòs)

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