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eply requested 398<br />

stale ~s: crambe<br />

reply requested: répondez; um<br />

Antwort<br />

report<br />

evil <strong>and</strong> good ~: δια δνσφημιας<br />

(dià dusphemías)<br />

official ~: compte rendu<br />

~ nies: fama volât<br />

repose, nor content with calm: nee<br />

placida<br />

reprim<strong>and</strong>: laver<br />

reprisal: représaille<br />

republic<br />

long live the ~: vivat respublica;<br />

vive la<br />

~ of letters: l'empire des<br />

reputation<br />

acquire a good ~: acquista buona<br />

reputable rather <strong>than</strong> showy: honesta<br />

quam<br />

~ is a cloak: buena fama<br />

request of king is a comm<strong>and</strong>: ruego<br />

required, when: pro re nata<br />

resentment: pique<br />

reservation, mental: arrière-pensée<br />

reservoir: aljibar<br />

resident, Hawaiian: kamaina<br />

residue: caput<br />

sugar cane ~: bagasse<br />

resolute in action, gentle in manner:<br />

fortiter in re<br />

resort: ridotto<br />

resources, <strong>from</strong> one's: ex propriis<br />

respect: hommage<br />

in all ~: sous tous<br />

in ~: intuitu<br />

~ due a child: maxima<br />

show ~: kursi<br />

whose h<strong>and</strong>s I kiss: cuyos<br />

responsibilities, without: sine<br />

rest<br />

good night's ~: bonsoir<br />

over all the heights is ~: über<br />

~ can rust: wer rastet<br />

restfully: riposatamente<br />

~ house: serai<br />

~ in peace: en paz; requiescat;<br />

requiescit<br />

restless: remuant; unruhig<br />

~ makes rust: Rast<br />

restaurant: café; trattoria<br />

~ owner: restaurateur<br />

restraint in jests: adhibenda<br />

result: Facit<br />

retaliation, in: en revanche<br />

retire: aller planter<br />

retirement title: emeritus<br />

retreat: reculade; réduit<br />

retrospect: ex post; Rückblick<br />

return<br />

happy ~: felice<br />

I shall not ~ unavenged: non<br />

revertar<br />

let us ~ to our subject: revenons<br />

revelation: exposé<br />

revel, midnight: réveillon<br />

revenge: revanche<br />

revenues are sinews of the state:<br />

vectigalia<br />

review: revue<br />

revise: incudi<br />

revival: Risorgimento<br />

revolution: revolutsya<br />

revolutionary: revolutsyaner; sansculotte<br />

reward<br />

~ after battle: post proelia<br />

~ for labors: pretium<br />

~ of the valor of my ancestors: virtutis<br />

avorum<br />

Rhine, watch on the: die Wacht<br />

rhymes: bout-rimés<br />

rhyme, triple: terza<br />

rhythm: rhythmus<br />

ribbon, blue: cordon bleu<br />

rice: arroz; pilau; riz<br />

fried ~: chow fan<br />

rich<br />

newly ~: nouveau<br />

oh ~es secure: O senza<br />

~ here, poor hereafter: mucho en<br />

~ in l<strong>and</strong>s, ~ in money: dives<br />

aegris<br />

small gains bring ~es: klein gewin<br />

ridge: arête; cuesta<br />

riffraff: canaille<br />

rifle: jezail<br />

right: iure<br />

divine ~: iure<br />

dress ~: à droit, alignement<br />

husb<strong>and</strong>'s ~: iure; ius<br />

just ~: au bon<br />

maintain the ~: maintiens le<br />

may ~ prevail: το δ' ev (tò d' eu)<br />

not without ~: non sans<br />

of his own ~: proprio iure

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