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oats, sow wild 388<br />

sacré bleu; voir dire<br />

Moro who takes Muslim ~:<br />

juramentado<br />

oats, sow wild: fredaine<br />

object<br />

~ of artistic value: objet<br />

~ unsuited: delphinum silvis<br />

objection, no: nihil<br />

obligatory: de rigueur<br />

obliged, I am much: estimo; le<br />

agradezco<br />

obscurity<br />

explain one ~ by another: litem;<br />

obscurum<br />

obstetrician: accoucheur<br />

occasion, for this: pro hac<br />

ocean: ingens<br />

octave: all' ottava; in alto; ottava<br />

odds <strong>and</strong> ends: chop suey<br />

offense: delictum<br />

without ~ to modesty: salvo pudore<br />

youthful ~: Jugendsünde<br />

offh<strong>and</strong>: brevi<br />

office: cabinet; daftar<br />

I refuse the ~: nolo episcopali<br />

~ shows the man: magistratus<br />

~ without pay: Amt ohne<br />

resigned <strong>from</strong> ~: functus<br />

officer: jemadar; subahdar<br />

comm<strong>and</strong>ing ~: com<strong>and</strong>ante<br />

police ~: faujdar; ispravnik; sbirro<br />

official: nazir<br />

embassy ~: attaché; chargé<br />

public ~: fonctionnaire<br />

offspring, without: sine<br />

ogle: oeillade<br />

oil: aceite; oleum<br />

~ on the fire: oleum<br />

old: viejo; vieux<br />

we grow ~: alt wird<br />

older, younger learns <strong>from</strong>: a bove<br />

old-fashioned: altmodisch; du vieux;<br />

vieux<br />

olive: aceituna<br />

Olympus, Pelion on: imponere<br />

omen<br />

good ~: bonum omen; de bon<br />

augure<br />

~ of better times: auspicium<br />

ominous: de mauvais augure<br />

once: una volta; volta<br />

~ <strong>and</strong> together: semel et<br />

~ for all: semel pro<br />

~ <strong>more</strong>: ancora<br />

one<br />

number ~: dai ichi<br />

~ <strong>and</strong> the same: una et<br />

~ by ~: singillatim<br />

~ nor the other: ni l'un<br />

~ out of many: e pluribus<br />

~ to all: ab uno ad<br />

~ who flees <strong>from</strong> civilization:<br />

remontado<br />

~ who mines with others' means:<br />

aviado<br />

the ~: cestui<br />

onions, with: aux oignons<br />

open: à jour; ouvert; vide<br />

opening: débouché<br />

openly: ex professo<br />

openness: glasnost'<br />

opera: drame<br />

farcical ~: opéra bouffe<br />

light ~: opéra comique<br />

operetta: Singspiel<br />

opinion<br />

in my ~: à mon avis; meines; me<br />

iudice; per mio; selon<br />

unofficial expression of ~: obiter<br />

opportune: cela tombe bien<br />

opportunity<br />

better ~: reculer<br />

know your ~: καιρόν (kairòn);<br />

occasionem<br />

missed ~: voló golondrina<br />

one here-it-is is worth two you-willhave-its:<br />

tiens<br />

~ makes the thief: l'occasion;<br />

occasio<br />

opposed, diametrically: toto<br />

opposite: vis-à-vis<br />

~ cured by ~: contraria<br />

opposition<br />

in ~: ex adverso<br />

I strive against ~: nitor<br />

opulence: abondance<br />

oral: viva voce<br />

orange tree is not made out of a<br />

bramble: non si può<br />

oration, funeral: éloge<br />

orator<br />

an ~ is made, a poet born: orator fit<br />

good ~ convinces himself: é buon<br />

orchard: huerta; verger<br />

orchestra, for full: vollstimmig<br />

order: im Auftrage; Ruhe<br />

close ~: ordre serré<br />

extended ~: ordre dispersé

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