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maiden, marry a 380<br />

maiden, marry a: zonam solvere<br />

mail<br />

pigeon ~: Taubenpost<br />

return ~: a vuelta; vuelta<br />

mailbox: Briefkasten<br />

mainspring: primum mobile<br />

maintain, I will: je maintiendrai<br />

maize: pinole<br />

majestically: maestosamente<br />

make<br />

he made it: fecit<br />

~ way: place<br />

malaria: kala<br />

malice: diablerie<br />

malinger: faire le malade<br />

malpractice: mala praxis<br />

man: chilovek; hombre; homme;<br />

homo<br />

angry ~: ab irato<br />

behold the ~: ecce; ιδον (idoù)<br />

best ~: garçon<br />

brave ~: fortis cadere<br />

cheerful ~: l'allegro<br />

civil ~: homme; honnête<br />

every ~ for himself: a poco pan;<br />

chacun pour<br />

every ~ has his pleasures: sua cuique<br />

voluptas<br />

every ~ has his price: venalis<br />

every ~ has his vices: sua cuique<br />

sunt<br />

every ~ is architect of his own fortune:<br />

chacun est; faber; jeder ist<br />

every ~ is subject to the law: cada<br />

uno tiene<br />

fit ~: idoneus<br />

h<strong>and</strong>some ~ is not wholly destitute:<br />

bel hombre no<br />

honest ~: homme; honnête; un<br />

homme de<br />

honest ~ need fear nothing: cassis<br />

I am a ~: homo<br />

I'm a plain ~: Davus<br />

I'm looking for a ~: hominem<br />

intelligent ~: hombre<br />

ladies' ~: petit<br />

lazy ~: abends<br />

lazy young ~: giovane ozioso<br />

literary ~: homme<br />

loving ~ is a jealous ~: uomo<br />

amante<br />

~ about town: bon viveur;<br />

gommeux<br />

~ by ~: viritim<br />

~ feels ten feet tall: oo chiloveka<br />

~ is a wolf to fellow men: lupus est<br />

~ is but a breath <strong>and</strong> a shadow:<br />

άνθρωπος (anthropós)<br />

~ is either brute or god: η θηριον<br />

(ê thêrion)<br />

~ is known by his drink, pocket, <strong>and</strong><br />

anger: adam<br />

~ is lent not given to life: homo<br />

~ is neither angel nor beast:<br />

l'homme n'est<br />

~ is not punished twice for same offense:<br />

nemo bis<br />

~ is to ~ either god or wolf: homo<br />

~ is what he eats: der Mensch<br />

~ made of money: ecu<br />

~ newly risen <strong>from</strong> obscurity: novus<br />

homo<br />

~ of full legal rights: legalis<br />

~ of great learning: homo<br />

~ of honor: galant homme; galantuomo;<br />

homme<br />

~ of learning is worth two without:<br />

un uomo<br />

~ of letters: littérateur; literati<br />

~ of low origin: fìlius; terrae<br />

~ of no account: ein unbedeutender<br />

~ of no party: homo<br />

~ of one book: hombre; homo<br />

~ of property: hacendado<br />

~ of the world: homme<br />

~ of two <strong>languages</strong> is worth two<br />

men: un homme qui<br />

~ of virtue <strong>and</strong> loyalty: homo<br />

~ of wealth can't escape cares: post<br />

equitem<br />

~ of weight: uomo da<br />

~ preaches best who lives best: bien<br />

predica<br />

~ proposes <strong>and</strong> God disposes:<br />

l'homme propose<br />

~ shall not live by bread alone: ονκ<br />

en' (ouk ep')<br />

~ skilled in speech: vir bonus<br />

~ with weather eye open: λαγως<br />

(lagos)<br />

modest ~: multum demissus<br />

moneyed ~: père<br />

no ~ is compelled: kein Mensch<br />

party ~: homme; parti<br />

penniless ~ has nothing to lose:<br />

cantabit<br />

polished ~: ad unguem<br />

poor ~ is happy with little: hörnern

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