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407 stream<br />

qui stat<br />

stanza<br />

last ~: envoi<br />

~ of eight lines <strong>and</strong> three rhymes:<br />

ottava rima<br />

star: estrella; étoile<br />

~ of the north: étoile; l'étoile<br />

~s my camp, God my light: astra<br />

castra<br />

to the ~s: ad astra<br />

under the ~s: à la belle<br />

starfish: étoile<br />

starts: élan; par élans<br />

state: estado; respublica<br />

I am the ~: l'état<br />

most corrupt ~ has most laws:<br />

corruptissima<br />

same ~ as before: in statu quo<br />

statement: communiqué<br />

I withdraw this ~: hoc indictum<br />

statesman: homme<br />

station<br />

emergency ~: poste de<br />

police ~: chauki<br />

~ master: chef de gare; gare<br />

stationer: papetier<br />

stationery, box of: papeterie<br />

steadfast<br />

~ <strong>and</strong> faithful: tenax et<br />

we'll carry on: nous maintiendrons<br />

steak: entrecôte<br />

steal<br />

~ the pig, give away the feet: hurtar<br />

el<br />

~ to give to God: hurtar para<br />

stealthily: à la dérobée; à l'échappée<br />

steamship: Dampfboot; kisen; paquebot;<br />

stoomboot<br />

step<br />

dangerous ~: glissant<br />

first ~: le premier pas<br />

first ~ costs: c'est le premier; ce<br />

n'est que; il n'y a que<br />

not with equal —s: non passibus<br />

~ by ~: per gradus<br />

~ by ~ goes far: pas; paso a<br />

~ to Parnassus: gradus ad<br />

unequal ~s: haud passibus<br />

stern: raide<br />

stew: daube; étuvée; miroton; pot-aufeu<br />

fish ~: matelote<br />

lamb ~: navarin<br />

rabbit ~: gibelotte; Hasenpfeffer<br />

steward, head: maître<br />

stick: bâton<br />

heavy ~: lathi<br />

stiff: empesé; guindé<br />

stiffening of body after death: rigor<br />

mortis<br />

stirrup<br />

~ guard: tapadera<br />

~ strap: legadero<br />

stitched: broché<br />

stockholder: rentier<br />

stock market, bull: haussier<br />

stomach when empty seldom scorns<br />

food: ieiunus<br />

stone: lapis; piedra<br />

leave no ~ unturned: KIVCIV (kineîn);<br />

omne movere<br />

mosaic ~: pietra dura<br />

philosophers' ~: lapis; le gr<strong>and</strong><br />

oeuvre<br />

precious ~: cabochon<br />

rolling ~ gathers no moss: pietra<br />

mossa<br />

split a ~: à pierre<br />

stop: arrêtez; fermatevi; gemach;<br />

halte-là; parada<br />

~ thief: au voleur<br />

~ traveler: siste; sta, viator<br />

stoppage: relaxe<br />

store: estanco; magasin<br />

department ~: magasin<br />

grocery ~: bodega<br />

pork ~: charcuterie<br />

~house: étape<br />

tobacco ~: estanco<br />

storm <strong>and</strong> stress: Sturm<br />

story: étage<br />

an old ~: connu<br />

improper ~: grivois<br />

~teller: raconteur<br />

tell stories: conter<br />

the ~ applies to you: de te fabula;<br />

mutato nomine de; quid rides<br />

stove: poêle<br />

straggler: traînard<br />

straightforward: détour; sans<br />

straight on: gerade<br />

strait: stretto<br />

stranger: Fremd; Fremmed; hospes<br />

strap, saddle: látigo<br />

strawberry: fraise<br />

straw, not worth a: ciò non<br />

stream<br />

troubled ~ is fisherman's gain: fiume

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