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405 Soviet, Supreme<br />

very ~ly: pianissimo<br />

~<br />

softening: ramollissement<br />

soil<br />

all ~ fatherl<strong>and</strong> to the brave: omne<br />

solum<br />

attached to the ~: glebae<br />

sojourn: séjour<br />

solace of my toils: laborum<br />

soldier: bashi-bazook; chasseur; gora;<br />

poilu; sepoy; soldado<br />

boastful ~: miles<br />

~ <strong>and</strong> water <strong>and</strong> fire make room for<br />

themselves: soldato<br />

~ employed as policeman: gendarme<br />

solemn: largo<br />

sombrero ornament: chapa<br />

somebody: quelqu'un; quidam<br />

~ a nobody: aliquis<br />

someplace else is always better: tarn<br />

charosho<br />

something: aliquid; quelque<br />

indescribable ~: je ne sais quoi<br />

~ foreknown: praecognitum<br />

~ in return: quid pro<br />

~ is better <strong>than</strong> nothing: besser ein;<br />

besser vas; meglio<br />

~ is rotten in Denmark: Etwas ist;<br />

hay un<br />

~ written by the way: obiter<br />

third ~: tertium<br />

somewhat: etwas<br />

~ faster: wenig<br />

~ hoarse: fiochetto<br />

~ loud, quick, slower: poco<br />

son: anac; figlio; filho; filius; fíls;<br />

hijo; sin<br />

illegitimate ~: fìlius; naturel; nullius<br />

filius<br />

~ of heroes: heroum<br />

thou, too, my ~: και σν (kaì sú)<br />

sonata, short: sonatina<br />

song: aria; aubade; canzone; carmagnole;<br />

carmen; chanson; chansonnette;<br />

chant; Lied; mattinata<br />

drinking ~: chanson; Trinklied<br />

folk ~: Volkslied<br />

pastoral ~: ranz<br />

~s without <strong>words</strong>: Lieder ohne<br />

spring ~: Frühlingslied<br />

swan ~: chant; le chant<br />

watchman's ~: Wächterlied<br />

son-in-law: beau-fils<br />

soon<br />

pretty -: poco tiempo<br />

as possible: auf s eheste;<br />

quamprimum<br />

~ enough: assez tôt<br />

~ enough if but well enough: sat<br />

cito<br />

~ ripe ~ rotten: cito; presto<br />

maturo<br />

sooner: plus tôt<br />

soothing: lusing<strong>and</strong>o<br />

sorcerer: mumbo<br />

sorrel: oseille<br />

sorrowful: lament<strong>and</strong>o<br />

sorrowfully: affanato<br />

sorrow, path of: per viam<br />

sort: genre<br />

all this ~: hoc genus<br />

sorting: triage<br />

so-so: comme ci; couci-couci<br />

soul: anima; atman<br />

base ~: âme de boue<br />

divine ~: anima<br />

feeds his ~: animum<br />

great ~s suffer in silence: grosse<br />

Seelen<br />

human ~: anima<br />

lost ~: âme damnée<br />

pray for the ~: orate pro anima<br />

the ~ shudders: animus meminisse<br />

welfare of the ~: pro salute<br />

sound: Klang<br />

rattling ~: râle<br />

softened in ~: mouillé<br />

—ing alike: idem<br />

— quality: Klangfarbe<br />

~ without sense: vox<br />

soup: Bauernsuppe; borshch; bouillabaisse;<br />

consommé; garbure;<br />

gras; julienne; maigre; minestrone;<br />

potage; purée; soupe<br />

clear ~: julienne; potage<br />

meat ~: gras; potage; soupe<br />

mulligatawny ~: soupe<br />

onion ~: purée<br />

ox-tail ~: potage<br />

pea ~: purée<br />

turtle ~: tortue<br />

vegetable ~: soupe<br />

source: provenance<br />

~ <strong>and</strong> origin: fons et<br />

South America: la América del Sur<br />

sovereignty<br />

before the sovereign: coram<br />

— within a ~: imperium in<br />

Soviet, Supreme: verchovnoi

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