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gaiety 362<br />

for the ~: in futuro<br />

thoughtful of the ~: prudens futuri<br />

gaiety: gaieté<br />

gaily: festivamente; gaiement<br />

gain<br />

expectation of ~: odor lucri<br />

for ~: lucri<br />

ill-gotten ~: unrecht<br />

gale: coup<br />

Galilean, thou hast conquered: vicisti<br />

gallantly: galantemente<br />

gambol: gambade<br />

game: jeu; juego; mahjong; pelota;<br />

petits-chevaux<br />

drawn ~: partie; refait<br />

gambling ~: trente<br />

~ not worth the c<strong>and</strong>le: le jeu<br />

game (animals or birds): gibier<br />

feathered ~: gibier<br />

~cock: coq<br />

small ~: gibier; menu<br />

gamekeeper: garde-chasse<br />

gamin: gavroche<br />

gangster, Parisian: apache<br />

gap: trouée<br />

garden: jardin<br />

botanical ~: jardin<br />

gardener: mali<br />

garl<strong>and</strong>: lei<br />

garlic, with: à la provençale<br />

garnet: grenat<br />

gasoline: essence<br />

gasp, last: à l'extrémité; outrance; tener<br />

l'anima<br />

gate: torii<br />

~ of the mind: ianuae<br />

gathered: plissé<br />

gathering, fashionable: belle assemblee<br />

gay: giocoso<br />

geniality: bonhomie<br />

genius<br />

~ is patience: le génie<br />

poetic ~: vis<br />

Gentile: goy<br />

gentle: sanft<br />

~ in manner: suaviter in<br />

gentleman: babu; Don; gentilhomme;<br />

gospodar; gospodin; Herr;<br />

homme<br />

shopkeeper turned ~: bourgeois<br />

young ~: señorito; signorino<br />

gentlemanly: genre<br />

gently: tout beau<br />

~ <strong>and</strong> firmly: suaviter et<br />

genuine: pucka<br />

genus, highest: summum genus<br />

German: boche; tedesco<br />

~ Empire: Deutsches Reich<br />

~ manner: al tedesco<br />

~ National Bank: Reichsbank<br />

~ spoken: man spricht<br />

wild impetuosity of ~s: tedesco<br />

Germany: la patrie<br />

~ above all: Deutschl<strong>and</strong><br />

gesture, magnanimous: beau geste<br />

getting on well: il conduit<br />

gibberish: baragouin; galimatias<br />

gibe: coup<br />

giblets: abatis<br />

gift: cadeau<br />

gave asa ~: dono dedit<br />

~ I bear: haec tibi<br />

— of gab: avoir la langue<br />

~ of God: dante<br />

~ with hook attached: sua muñera<br />

~ worthy of Apollo: munus<br />

gin: Schiedam<br />

giraffe: kameel<br />

girdle of Venus: cingulum<br />

girl: chokri; devochka; larki;<br />

Mädchen; muchacha<br />

adolescent ~: Backfisch<br />

artless ~: ingénue<br />

coquettish ~: soubrette<br />

dancing ~: almah; bai; bayadere;<br />

geisha<br />

good-natured ~: ein gutes<br />

working ~: grisette<br />

gist: le fin<br />

give<br />

~ <strong>and</strong> it shall be ~n unto you: date<br />

et<br />

~r makes gifts precious: auctor<br />

pretiosa<br />

~ that you may do: do ut facias<br />

~ that you may ~: do ut des<br />

he will ~ who gave: dabit qui<br />

I gave you a wife, not a slave: mujer<br />

let it be ~n to the fairest: detur<br />

let it be ~η to the <strong>more</strong> worthy:<br />

detur<br />

who ~s quickly ~s twice: bis dat;<br />

chi da<br />

giving<br />

~ requires good sense: res<br />

thou shalt gain by ~: tyaktena

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