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409 talent<br />

pareve<br />

sum<br />

~ of all things: summa summarum<br />

~ up: en résumé<br />

summarily: acervatim<br />

summary: précis; résumé<br />

summer: été<br />

in the height of ~: en plein<br />

it won't always be ~: non semper<br />

erit<br />

one swallow does not make a ~: une<br />

fois<br />

sumptuous: de luxe<br />

sun<br />

in the ~: au soleil<br />

~ after clouds: post nubila<br />

~ seen for the last time: je m'en<br />

vais voir<br />

~ shines on everybody: et sceleratis;<br />

sol lucet<br />

who dares call the ~ a liar: solem<br />

with undazzled eye to the ~: illaeso<br />

sunstroke: coup; un coup de soleil<br />

superfluous: übermassig<br />

superior must answer: respondeat<br />

superman: Übermensch<br />

superstition: Aberglaube<br />

supper: Abendessen; ceia; cena; petit;<br />

souper; úzhin<br />

supplement: Beiblatt<br />

supplementary: ripieno<br />

support: appui<br />

point of ~: point d'appui<br />

supported: appoggiato<br />

sure, I'm not: je ne sais trop<br />

surface<br />

on a level ~: in piano<br />

prepared ~: gesso<br />

surfeited: blasé<br />

surprise<br />

greatly ~d: tombé<br />

surprisingly: mirum<br />

surrender: baisser le pavillon; ergebet<br />

~ of goods: cessio<br />

surroundings: alentours<br />

survival<br />

I survived: j'ai vécu<br />

tossed by waves but does not sink:<br />

fluctuât<br />

survivors: hibakusha<br />

suspicion: soupçon<br />

sustained: continuato; portato; sostenuto;<br />

tenuto<br />

swamp: ciénaga; pantano<br />

swashbuckler: sabreur<br />

swear to the <strong>words</strong> of the master:<br />

iurare<br />

sweater: ch<strong>and</strong>ail; tricot<br />

sweep before one's own door: jeder<br />

fege<br />

sweeper: mehtar<br />

sweet: dolce<br />

what is useful is ~: dulce quod<br />

sweetbread: ris de<br />

sweetheart: bon ami; sudarka;<br />

Süsschen<br />

sweetly: amabile; soavemente<br />

sweetmeat, crisp: croque-en-bouche<br />

sweetness: douceur<br />

with ~: con dolcezza<br />

swimming: nage<br />

swindle: escroquerie<br />

swindler: chevalier d'industrie; fripon<br />

swindling: estafa<br />

swine: Schweinehund<br />

swish: frou-frou<br />

Swiss: suisse<br />

no money, no ~: kein Kreuzer<br />

sword: espada; estoque; katana;<br />

Schläger<br />

by the ~ seeks repose: ense petit<br />

~ <strong>and</strong> plow: ense et<br />

s<strong>words</strong>man: homme<br />

syllogism: modus<br />

symphony: sinfonia<br />

symptom: indicium<br />

synthetic: Ersatz<br />

syphilis: lues<br />

syrup: jarabe<br />

table: table<br />

tacitly: ex tacito<br />

tact: savoir-faire; Zartgefühl<br />

tactless: gauche<br />

tail: queue<br />

tailor: tailleur<br />

~ retailored: Sartor<br />

tainted: hasardé<br />

taint, slight: haut goût<br />

take<br />

~ whichever you prefer: utrum<br />

~ who can: capiat<br />

tale: conte; fabliau<br />

folk ~: Märchen<br />

old wives' ~: añiles; conte<br />

talent<br />

~ develops: es bildet

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