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

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sirloin 404<br />

sirloin: aloyau<br />

sister: frangine; hermana; sestra<br />

sisterhood in the Netherl<strong>and</strong>s: béguine<br />

sister-in-law: belle-soeur<br />

skepticism, I detest: incredulus<br />

sketch: croquis; esquisse; schizzo<br />

—book: cahier; croquis<br />

skewer: brochette<br />

~ed: en brochette<br />

skiff: sampan<br />

skiing, zigzag: slalom<br />

skill: Fertigkeit<br />

skim: effleurer<br />

skinñint: il tondrait<br />

skirmish: échauffourée; escarmouche;<br />

mêlée<br />

skullcap: berrettina; calotte; yarmulke<br />

sky, under the cold: sub love<br />

slackening: allent<strong>and</strong>o; rallent<strong>and</strong>o<br />

sl<strong>and</strong>er: coup<br />

slang: langue<br />

slashed: fendu<br />

slate, clean: tabula<br />

slaughter: battue<br />

slaughterhouse: matadero<br />

slave: servus<br />

~ recently set free: hesterni<br />

slayer of infidels: ghazi<br />

sled: luge; pulka<br />

sleep<br />

~ing <strong>and</strong> waking: ovotp (ónar)<br />

—ing is as good as eating: qui dort<br />

— on it: in nocte<br />

— out: découcher<br />

sup well <strong>and</strong> — well: chi ben<br />

twilight — : Dämmerschlaf<br />

sleight of h<strong>and</strong>: tour<br />

slender: svelte<br />

slice of fish: darne<br />

slip<br />

— of the pen or tongue: lapsus<br />

— twixt cup <strong>and</strong> lip: πολλά μ€ταξν<br />

(polla metaxù)<br />

slipper: chinela; pantoufle; zapatilla<br />

slippery: glissant<br />

slob: sagouin; shlump<br />

slow: adagio; ahista; langsam<br />

rather — : adagietto<br />

—er: più<br />

—ing: tent<strong>and</strong>o<br />

—ly: larghetto; lentamente; lento;<br />

tardamente<br />

very — : grave; larghissimo; lento<br />

sluice: abito<br />

slur: coulé; legatura<br />

slut: salaud<br />

sly one: c'est un fin<br />

small things befit the small: parvum<br />

smelt: éperlan<br />

smiles (of the waves): ανηριθμον<br />

(anêrithmon)<br />

smoke: humo<br />

in — : in fumo<br />

no — without fire: kein Rauch<br />

no smoking: défense de fumer<br />

—d: sfumato<br />

where there's —, there's fire: fiamma<br />

smooth: glacé; spianato<br />

smoothly: equabilmente; legato<br />

very — : legatissimo<br />

smuggler: contrab<strong>and</strong>ista<br />

snack: dim sum; goûter<br />

snail: escargot<br />

snake<br />

— in one's bosom: colubrem<br />

— in the grass: an guis; latet<br />

worse <strong>than</strong> a — : cane peius<br />

snarls at everybody: il aboie<br />

sneering at everything: suspendens<br />

snipe: bécassine<br />

snows of yesteryear: où sont<br />

snuffbox: tabatière<br />

so<br />

everywhere — : sic passim<br />

— far as: quoad<br />

— I order: sic iubeo<br />

— much: tanto<br />

— much for this: sed haec<br />

— much the better: tant mieux; um<br />

so<br />

— much the worse: tant pis<br />

so-called: sogenannt<br />

society: le monde; monde<br />

choral — : Liederkranz; Liedertafel<br />

fashionable — : beau monde; bon<br />

ton; die schöne Welt; élégant;<br />

gens; le beau<br />

high — : gr<strong>and</strong> monde; haut monde<br />

music — : Musikverein<br />

well-bred — : bonne compagnie<br />

sock: tabi<br />

sofa: canapé<br />

soft<br />

increasing —ness: raddolcendo<br />

moderately — : mezzo<br />

—ly: dolcemente; doucement; mollemente;<br />

piano; sordamente

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