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353 empire<br />

ear<br />

~s pricked up: arrectis<br />

grate on one's ~s: écorcher<br />

turn a deaf ~: faire la sourde<br />

early to bed <strong>and</strong> early to rise:<br />

Morgenstunde<br />

earnest: ernst<br />

earth: terra<br />

~ has room for all: Raum<br />

~ smiles: angulus<br />

may the ~ lie lightly on you: sit tibi<br />

move the ~: δος (dós)<br />

earthenware, glazed: faïence<br />

ease: repos<br />

~ <strong>and</strong> rest to the weary: detur<br />

easily: de plano; sans<br />

east, pressure toward the: Drang<br />

eastward: au levant<br />

easy: facile<br />

~ come, ~ go: male parta; wie<br />

gewonnen<br />

it's ~ to be generous with another's:<br />

facile largiri<br />

eat<br />

~ after your own fashion: mangia<br />

excessive love of ~ing: gourm<strong>and</strong>ise<br />

tell me what you ~, I'll tell you what<br />

you are: dis-moi<br />

they who ~ the fruit of the soil: οι<br />

αρονρης (hoi aroures)<br />

eccentricity: bizarrerie<br />

economy is a great revenue: magnum<br />

vectigal<br />

editing: rédaction<br />

edition: Auflage<br />

deluxe ~: Prachtausgabe<br />

first ~: editio princeps<br />

revised ~: Ausgabe<br />

sumptuous ~: édition de luxe<br />

editor: Herausgeber; rédacteur<br />

editorial: article<br />

editorship: gérance<br />

eel: anguille; carapo<br />

conger ~: anguille<br />

~ by the tail: anguillam cauda<br />

effect: causa<br />

~ of high explosives: brisance<br />

~ to cause: a posteriori<br />

general ~: ensemble; le tout; tout<br />

ensemble<br />

no ~: nulla bona<br />

effort<br />

creative ~: nisus<br />

great ~: magno conatu<br />

one's all: son saint<br />

one's own exertions: suo Marte<br />

vain ~s: battre<br />

egg: huevo; oeuf<br />

boiled ~: oeuf<br />

curried ~: oeuf<br />

~ for an ox: donner un<br />

if you want the ~ : si quieris<br />

new-laid ~s: oeuf<br />

poached ~s: oeuf<br />

scrambled ~s: oeuf<br />

eggplant: aubergine<br />

egoism is odious: le moi<br />

either ... or: aut ... aut<br />

elation: exalté<br />

elbowroom: avoir les coudées<br />

elder: aîné<br />

~s first: seniores<br />

elegance in simplicity: simplex<br />

elegant: luxe<br />

elegantly: elegantemente<br />

elements, first: rerum<br />

elephant<br />

~ enclosure: kheda<br />

~ goad: ankus<br />

~ troubled about a fly: ο €λ€φας<br />

(ho eléphas)<br />

elite, intellectual: die geistige;<br />

intelligentsia<br />

elixir of life: elixir<br />

eloquence, enough: satis eloquentiae<br />

elsewhere, <strong>from</strong>: aliunde<br />

Elysian Fields: Champs<br />

emaciation: décharnement<br />

embarrassment of riches: embarras<br />

embellishment: abbellimento; fregiatura;<br />

ornamenti<br />

vocal ~: coloratura<br />

with ~: ornatamente<br />

embers, under the ash lie: soto la<br />

embroider: broder<br />

embroidery, openwork: broderie<br />

emergency, in an: en cas; événement<br />

eminent: distingué<br />

eminently: éminement<br />

emperor: mikado; padishah<br />

long live the ~: vive la<br />

emphasis: Nackdruck<br />

with ~: ben marcato<br />

emphatically: enfaticamente; sforz<strong>and</strong>o<br />

empire: Reich<br />

~ <strong>and</strong> liberty: Imperium et<br />

~ st<strong>and</strong>s for peace: l'empire c'est<br />

Holy Roman E~: Sacrum

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