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The Harper Dictionary of Foreign Terms, 3e (1987) - Home

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quibbling 396<br />

begging the ~: petitío<br />

beside the ~: €ξω τον (éxo toû)<br />

disputed ~: vexata<br />

~ arises: quaeritur<br />

~ mark: Fragezeichen<br />

two sides to every ~: ogni medaglia<br />

vexed ~: quaestio<br />

quibbling: chicane<br />

quick: hurtig; schnell; tosto; vite<br />

less ~: meno<br />

—er: mosso; più<br />

~ly: presto; pronto; subito; vuelta<br />

rather ~er: <strong>and</strong>antino<br />

very ~: allegro; molto<br />

very ~ly: prestissimo<br />

quickening: affrett<strong>and</strong>o<br />

quicksilver: azogue<br />

quiet: calmato; schweigen; state<br />

quietly: commodo<br />

quilt, eiderdown: duvet<br />

quilted: matelassé<br />

quotation marks: Anführungszeichen;<br />

Gänsefüsschen; guillemet<br />

rabbit: lapin<br />

curried ~: lapin<br />

young ~: lapereau<br />

rabble: faex<br />

I hate the ~: odi profanum<br />

please the ~: ad capt<strong>and</strong>um<br />

wretched ~: miserabile vulgus<br />

race<br />

~ of poets: genus irritabile<br />

separation of ~s: apartheid<br />

slow <strong>and</strong> sure wins the ~: qui trop<br />

se<br />

rage: acharnement<br />

all the ~: on se<br />

pale with ~: pallidus<br />

~ for speaking: furor loquendi<br />

~ for writing: furor scribendi<br />

~ supplies arms: furor arma<br />

ragout: br<strong>and</strong>ade; civet; salmis<br />

raid: razzia<br />

rail: ferrocarril; por ferrocarril<br />

raillery: badinage; blague<br />

railroad: chemin de fer; Eisenbahn;<br />

ferrocarril; ferrovia<br />

~ car: vagón<br />

~ platform: muelle<br />

~ station: Bahnhof; estacäo; gare<br />

rain: lluvia; serein<br />

rainbow: arc-en-ciel<br />

raincoat: imperméable; Regenmantel<br />

raised: relevé<br />

ranch: rancho<br />

cattle ~: estancia<br />

ranchman: estanciero; ranchero<br />

r<strong>and</strong>om: alla ventura; à tort et; auf s<br />

Geratewohl<br />

rank<br />

dress ~s: rieht euch<br />

plebeian ~: roture<br />

~ imposes obligation: noblesse<br />

ransom: rançon<br />

rapid: sault<br />

rapidity, with great: veloce<br />

rapidly: con prestezza<br />

rapture: ravissement<br />

rare: saignant<br />

rarity: cygne; tulipe<br />

rascal: coquin<br />

rash: écervelé<br />

neither ~ly nor timorously: nee<br />

temere<br />

rather: plutôt<br />

rational: raisonné<br />

ration, emergency: vivres<br />

ravine: barranco; rambla<br />

raw: brut<br />

rawhide: parfleche<br />

reach<br />

out of ~: hors de prise; prise<br />

within ~: à la portée; a tiro<br />

read<br />

~ I pray you: lege<br />

we — that others may not: legimus<br />

reader<br />

gentle ~: lector<br />

to the gentle ~: lectori<br />

readiness, in: in procinctu; in<br />

promptu<br />

reading<br />

erroneous ~: falsa lectio<br />

variant ~: varia<br />

ready: à la main; bereit; fertig; prêt<br />

pour<br />

always ~: nunquam non; semper;<br />

toujours prêt<br />

I am ~: je suis<br />

~ to accomplish: prêt d'accomplir

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