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383 misfortune<br />

old ~ twice children: bis pueri;<br />

senex<br />

outst<strong>and</strong>ing ~: di maiores<br />

so many ~: autant d'hommes<br />

so many ~ so many opinions: quot<br />

homines; tot homines<br />

what insignificant creatures ~ are:<br />

homunculi<br />

where there are ~ there are manners:<br />

ubi homines<br />

Wise M~: Dreikönige<br />

younger ~ for labors: iuniores<br />

menacingly: minaccevolmente<br />

mendicant: bairagi; bhikku; fakir<br />

mention of one <strong>and</strong> exclusion of the<br />

other: expressio unius<br />

menu: carte<br />

<strong>from</strong> the ~: à la carte<br />

merch<strong>and</strong>ise, shoddy: shlock<br />

merchant: comerciante<br />

mercy: à la grâce<br />

~ on me: €λ€ησον (eléesón);<br />

miserere<br />

merit: à bon chien<br />

for ~: pour le<br />

meritorious: bonae<br />

merry: lustig<br />

mess: Kladderadatsch; tripotage<br />

message: dépêche<br />

messenger: chaprási; staffetta<br />

metal<br />

hammering out ~: repoussage<br />

pot ~: potin<br />

method: modus<br />

new ~: neuere<br />

metropolis: Haupstadt<br />

mezzanine: entresol<br />

middle: in medias res; mezzo<br />

in the ~: au beau; in medio; opere<br />

in medio<br />

~aged: entre deux<br />

M~ Ages: Moyen-Age<br />

midst of things: in mediis rebus<br />

middleman: homme<br />

midwife: sage-femme<br />

might<br />

~ <strong>and</strong> main: remis<br />

~ makes right: der Stärkste; Macht<br />

with all one's ~: pugnis; totis<br />

with ~ <strong>and</strong> main: à corps perdu;<br />

manibus; ποσι και (posi kai)<br />

militia: garde; L<strong>and</strong>wehr<br />

milk: lait; leche<br />

spilled ~: hin ist<br />

with ~: au lait<br />

Milky Way: via<br />

mill: moulin<br />

ore ~: arrastre<br />

red ~: moulin<br />

sugar ~: central<br />

million: conto<br />

ten ~: crore<br />

milt: laitance<br />

mind<br />

balanced ~: animus non<br />

brilliant ~: bel esprit<br />

calm ~: aequo animo<br />

change of ~: Umstimmung<br />

disordered ~: esprit<br />

I have freed my ~: liberavi<br />

in the ~: in intellectu<br />

it remains stored in the ~: manet<br />

little ~s are caught with trifles:<br />

parva leves<br />

living force of the ~ : vivida<br />

~ conscious of integrity conscia;<br />

mens conscia<br />

~ moves matter: mens agitât<br />

~ remains unconquered: mens<br />

invicta<br />

narrow ~: esprit<br />

not of sound ~: non compos<br />

secret recesses of the ~ : penetralia<br />

sound <strong>and</strong> vigorous ~: integra<br />

sound ~ in sound body: mens sana<br />

sound of ~: compos mentis<br />

mine: fougade<br />

sulfur ~: solfatara<br />

mine <strong>and</strong> thine: meum<br />

Minerva being unwilling: invita<br />

miniature, in: en petit; petit<br />

minister<br />

~ of state: diwan<br />

~ of war: Kriegsminister<br />

mint: menthe<br />

minutes: procès-verbal<br />

miracles: mirabilia<br />

mirror: miroir<br />

as in a ~: veluti<br />

miscellany: collectanea<br />

mischance: contretemps<br />

misdemeanor: délit<br />

miser is ever in want: semper<br />

misery: misère<br />

~ is the heritage of Adam: esa es<br />

misfortune: Unglück<br />

blessed ~: benedetto<br />

~ doesn't come singly: ein Unglück;

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