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poultry 394<br />

poultry: volaille<br />

pouting: bouderie; faire la moue<br />

poverty<br />

one that cannot endure ~: indocilis<br />

~ has no shame: a pobreza<br />

~ is not a shame: la pobreza<br />

power<br />

according to my ~: à ma puissance<br />

beyond one's ~: supra; ultra<br />

comic ~: vis<br />

healing ~: vis<br />

nature's healing ~: médecine; vis<br />

preservative ~: vis<br />

within the ~: intra vires<br />

practice makes perfect: exercitatio;<br />

Übung<br />

praise<br />

~d by a man ~d: laudali<br />

~ married life <strong>and</strong> stay single:<br />

lauda<br />

~r of times past: laudator<br />

self-— is base: laus propria<br />

with great ~: magna cum<br />

with highest ~: summa cum<br />

prance: caracoler<br />

prank: fredaine<br />

pray<br />

~ <strong>and</strong> work: ora et<br />

~ brothers: orate fratres<br />

~ed well, strived well: bene orasse<br />

~ for us: ora pro<br />

to learn to ~, put to sea: se queres<br />

watch <strong>and</strong> ~: vigilate<br />

who labors ~s: qui laborat<br />

prayer: preghiera<br />

abject ~s: precibus<br />

~ <strong>and</strong> toil: or<strong>and</strong>o<br />

precaution, by way of: par précaution<br />

precedence: pas<br />

have ~: avoir le pas<br />

precedent<br />

bad ~: mali exempli<br />

let it become ~: transeat<br />

preciosity: marivaudage<br />

precious: précieuse<br />

precipice: pari<br />

precipitately: tête<br />

precisely: preciso<br />

preeminence: le pas<br />

preeminently: κατ' Εξοχήν (kat' exokhén);<br />

par excellence<br />

preface: avant-propos; Vorrede;<br />

Vorwort<br />

pregnant: enceinte<br />

prejudice<br />

excite ~: in invidiam<br />

to ~: ad invidiam<br />

without ~: salvo iure<br />

prelude: intrada; ritornello<br />

preparation<br />

without ~: à livre; ex abrupto<br />

prepared: ad utrumque; animis; in omnia;<br />

in utrumque; ut quocunque<br />

~ plainly: à la maître<br />

presence: prestance<br />

in the ~ of : coram<br />

present: actuel; adsum; ex dono<br />

enjoy the ~: carpe<br />

for the ~: de praesenti<br />

presently: tout à l'heure<br />

presents, wedding: corbeille<br />

preservation: maintien<br />

preserves: confiture<br />

with ~: aux confitures<br />

pretense: simagrée<br />

pretensions<br />

lower one's ~: mettre de<br />

make ~: die Saiten<br />

pretty: chouette; hübsch; joli<br />

prevention better <strong>than</strong> cure: venienti<br />

price<br />

fixed ~: prix<br />

marriage ~: pretium<br />

reasonable ~: honnête; prix<br />

pride<br />

glow with ~: kvell<br />

too much humility is ~: zu viel<br />

priest: abbé; bosan; curé; imam; kannushi;<br />

khatib; padre; pujari; purohit;<br />

shaman; tohunga<br />

prima donna: diva<br />

prime, past one's: passé<br />

prince: der Fürst; maharaja; nawab;<br />

nizam; principe; rajah; rana;<br />

shereef<br />

crown ~: dauphin<br />

princely: en prince<br />

princess: maharani<br />

principle<br />

on ~: par principe<br />

general ~s: generalia<br />

~s not men: principia<br />

print: estampe<br />

printed <strong>and</strong> published by: Druck<br />

printer: Buchdrucker<br />

printing: ars artium; Buchdruck;<br />

Druck

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