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physician 392<br />

~ is a yearning after heavenly wisdom:<br />

φιλοσοφία (philosophie)<br />

physician: hakeem<br />

~ heal thyself: UXTOC (iatré); médecin<br />

guéris-toi; medice<br />

piano: cembalo<br />

for the ~: a cembalo<br />

picker, rag: chiffonnier<br />

pickles: achar<br />

picture: Abbildung; kakemono<br />

living ~: tableau<br />

~ is a silent poem: mutum<br />

~ scroll: makimono<br />

pretty as a ~: fait à peindre<br />

tone ~: Tonbild<br />

pie: torta; tourte<br />

piece: morceau; pièce; Stück<br />

pier: jetée<br />

pierced: percé<br />

pig: cochon<br />

every ~ has its Martinmas: cada<br />

porco<br />

~ in a poke: chat; ego spem<br />

worst ~ eats best acorn: o peior<br />

pike: brochet<br />

pilgrimage: hadj<br />

pill, gild the: dorer<br />

pillow is a good counselor: la<br />

almohada<br />

pinch, in a: au besoin<br />

pineapple: pina<br />

pinion: aileron<br />

pinnacle, ice: sérac<br />

pin, neat as a: tiré<br />

pint, two-thirds of a: chupa<br />

pioneer: voortrekker<br />

pipe, smoking: chibouk<br />

pitcher: aiguière<br />

little ~s have big ears: petit<br />

pitch, French st<strong>and</strong>ard: diapason<br />

pity<br />

thous<strong>and</strong> pities: es ist ewig<br />

to ~: ad misericordiam<br />

what a ~: peccato<br />

place: eo loci; loco; locus<br />

hiding ~: cachette<br />

in another ~: in alio<br />

in its original ~: in situ<br />

in ~ of: in loco<br />

in the first ~: ante omnia; erstens;<br />

zum ersten<br />

in the ~: loco<br />

in the same ~: ibidem<br />

in this ~: hoc loco<br />

meeting ~: point de<br />

~ cited: in loco; ubi supra<br />

~ of a parent: in loco<br />

proper ~: suo loco<br />

public ~: locus<br />

sweet resting ~: amitié<br />

this ~: ad hunc<br />

plague take the hindmost: occupet<br />

plain: boschveld; llano; llanura; maidan;<br />

mesa; steppe; vega<br />

plainly: nudis<br />

plaintive: flebile; lamentevole<br />

plaintively: piangendo<br />

plan: dessin<br />

plant<br />

Andean ~: frailejon<br />

dock ~: canaigre<br />

forage ~: alfìlaria<br />

soap ~: amole<br />

plaster: emplastrum<br />

plate: assiette<br />

plateau: altiplano; páramo; puna<br />

small ~: mesilla<br />

platform: estrade; pantalan<br />

arrival ~: gare<br />

sleeping ~: kang<br />

speaker's ~: bema<br />

Plato is my friend: amicus Plato<br />

play: pièce<br />

~ fair: de bonne lutte<br />

~ is ended: acta est<br />

~ out of tune: détonner<br />

short ~: petite<br />

player, wind instrument: Blaser<br />

playful: folâtre; giochevole; giocondo<br />

plea<br />

declines ~: nihil<br />

~ denying a debt: nihil<br />

~ equivalent to "guilty": nolo<br />

contendere<br />

~ for the defense: plaidoyer<br />

pleasant on the great sea: suave<br />

please: bitte; dozho; pazhalsta; piacere;<br />

por favor; prego<br />

hard to ~: exigeant<br />

I shall ~: placebo<br />

it doesn't ~ me: non libet<br />

~ forward: a reexpedir; faire suivre<br />

pleasing: aimable; piacevole<br />

pleasingly: affabile<br />

pleasure: a beneplacito; ad libitum; al<br />

piacere; a piacere; khushi; piacere;<br />

si piace<br />

for ~: par plaisir

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