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fooleries, no <strong>more</strong> of these 360<br />

not such a ~: bête; pas si bête<br />

to be a ~: être un sot<br />

fooleries, no <strong>more</strong> of these: trêve<br />

foolishness: sottise<br />

foot: pied<br />

~ warmer: chauffe-pieds;<br />

chaufferette<br />

on ~: à pied<br />

st<strong>and</strong>ing on one ~: stans<br />

footprint: pug<br />

~ frightens me: vestigia<br />

~ of expiring liberty: vestigia<br />

footsteps: vestigia<br />

for <strong>and</strong> against: pro et<br />

forbearance: ανβχον (anékhou)<br />

forbidden: verboten<br />

force: ad baculum; de haute; forza;<br />

fuerza; mit Gewalt; ultima ratio<br />

death ~: vis<br />

electromotive ~: fuerza<br />

~ of arms: à main armée<br />

~ of the term: ex vi<br />

~ without discretion: vis<br />

in ~: en vigueur<br />

propelling ~: vis<br />

superior ~: force; vis<br />

vital ~: élan vital; vis<br />

with full ~: tutta<br />

forced: forz<strong>and</strong>o<br />

forcefully: con forza<br />

forcemeat: <strong>and</strong>ouillette; boudin; boulette;<br />

farce; godiveau; quenelle<br />

forcibly: par force<br />

ford: vado<br />

forehead, door of the mind: frons<br />

foreigner: eenostrahnyets; extranjero;<br />

haole; uitl<strong>and</strong>er<br />

foreman: capataz<br />

forenoon, in the: vormittags<br />

forever: à jamais; in aeternum; in infìnitum;<br />

in perpetuum; pour jamais;<br />

pour toujours<br />

~ <strong>and</strong> ever: in saecula<br />

forewarned, forearmed: praemonitus;<br />

un homme averti<br />

forfeit: dédit<br />

forget<br />

don't ~: n'oubliez<br />

I'll never ~: je n'oublierai<br />

lest ye ~: ne obliviscaris<br />

forgiveness<br />

~ is conquest: perdoar<br />

~ of others: ignoscito<br />

fork: fourchette<br />

form<br />

as a matter of ~: pro forma<br />

for the sake of ~: par manière<br />

former: ci-devant<br />

fortification: redan<br />

fortress: alcazaba; kila<br />

fortunate<br />

with the ~, all things ~: in beato<br />

fortunately: heureusement<br />

fortune<br />

follow ~: fortuna sequatur<br />

~ favors fools: fortuna favet fatuis<br />

~ favors the bold: audentes<br />

~ favors the brave: fortes; fortuna<br />

favet fortibus<br />

~ follows the better man: fortuna<br />

meliores<br />

~ gives too much to many: fortuna<br />

multis<br />

~ is great slavery: gran casa; gr<strong>and</strong>e<br />

fortune; magna servitus<br />

~ is mine in fair fight: fortuna mea<br />

~ is the companion of valor: virtutis<br />

fortuna<br />

~ makes a fool of him: fortuna<br />

nimium<br />

~ of the house: stat fortuna<br />

~ passes everywhere: la fortune<br />

~ to whom ~ yields: cui Fortuna<br />

I commit the rest to ~: fortunae<br />

cetera<br />

if ~ favors: si fortuna<br />

may the ~ of the house endure: stet<br />

fortuna<br />

unflinching before the blows of ~:<br />

ben tetragono<br />

while ~ lasted: dum fortuna<br />

forum, clamor of the: forensis<br />

forward: age; en avant; vorwärts<br />

foundation of justice: fundamentum<br />

founding, <strong>from</strong> the: ab urbe<br />

foundling: enfant<br />

fountain: fuente; jet d'eau<br />

drink <strong>from</strong> pure ~s: íntegros<br />

four-h<strong>and</strong>ed: vierhändig<br />

foursome: partie<br />

fours, on all: à quatre pattes<br />

fox, sly as a: chytry<br />

fraction: Bruch<br />

fragments, gather up: σνναγαγ€Τ€<br />

(sunagágete)

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