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

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403 singer<br />

well shod: bien chaussé<br />

wooden ~: sabot<br />

shoemaker: zapatero<br />

~'s son: à fils de<br />

—'s wife: zapatera<br />

shoots, pine: bourgeon<br />

shop: boutique; dukan<br />

—girl: midinette<br />

—keeper: banya<br />

tailor ~: sastrería<br />

wine ~: Weinstube<br />

shortcut: atajo<br />

~ is the roundabout way:<br />

compendia<br />

short, in: ad summam; bref; kurzum<br />

shortwave: onda<br />

shot, big: cane grosse<br />

shoulder: épaule<br />

cold — : chasse-cousins<br />

show<br />

fine ~ <strong>and</strong> small return: belle<br />

montre<br />

only for ~: nur zur<br />

~ horse: concours<br />

~ off: frou-frou<br />

shower, many drops make a: ψεκαδίς<br />

(psekádes)<br />

shrill: criard<br />

shrimp: camarón; crevette; scampi;<br />

tempura<br />

shrine: châsse; stupa; tope<br />

shrub<br />

caper ~: câpre<br />

chamiso — : chamisal<br />

shudder to relate it: horresco<br />

shut in: claquemuré<br />

sick: malade<br />

sickness: mal; maladie<br />

side: parti<br />

change ~s: casaque; tourner<br />

on either ~: ex utraque<br />

—step: louvoyer<br />

—walk: acera; trottoir<br />

split one's —s: crever<br />

sigh: soupir<br />

— <strong>from</strong> the depths: suspiria<br />

—ing: sospir<strong>and</strong>o<br />

sight: à vue<br />

out of —, out of mind: absens; aus<br />

den Augen; cuan<br />

sign: segno<br />

<strong>from</strong> the — : dal segno<br />

in this — thou shalt conquer: in hoc<br />

signo vinces<br />

lucky — : omen faustum<br />

to the ~: sino<br />

under bad —s: malis avibus<br />

under favorable — s: bonis avibus<br />

under this ~ thou shalt conquer:<br />

sub hoc<br />

signal for surrender: chamade<br />

signature: firma<br />

silence: chup; chut; favete; tace; tacet;<br />

tais toi<br />

deep — : silentium altum<br />

— gives consent: chi tace acconsente;<br />

quien calla; qui tacet<br />

— is golden for the wise: yafa<br />

— is praise enough: tacent<br />

— speaks louder <strong>than</strong> <strong>words</strong>: cum<br />

tacent<br />

silliness: badauderie<br />

silly: niais<br />

silver: plata<br />

silverware: gin-zaiku<br />

simmer: mijoter<br />

simple: einfach<br />

simpleton: benêt; bêta; fantoccino;<br />

gobe-mouches; nigaud<br />

simplicity<br />

0 sacred — : O sancta<br />

with — : con semplicità<br />

simply: semplice<br />

sin: peccato<br />

1 have —ned: peccavi<br />

unwitting — : si peccavi<br />

sincere: innig<br />

sincerely: ex animo<br />

sincerity gives wings: c<strong>and</strong>or<br />

sinew of things: nervus rerum<br />

sing<br />

—ing: Gesang<br />

— of loftier things: paulo<br />

— unto the Lord: cantate<br />

sung by the cantorial side: cantoris<br />

sung by the decanal side: decani<br />

traditional Italian —ing: bel canto<br />

who — s chases away troubles: quem<br />

canta; quien canta<br />

singed: flambé<br />

singer: cantante; chanteuse<br />

ballad ~: Bänkelsänger<br />

chief male — : primo<br />

female — : cantatrice<br />

male — : cantatore<br />

principal female — : prima

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