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

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talk 410<br />

~ for teaching: Lehrgabe<br />

talk: bát<br />

great flow of ~: copia f<strong>and</strong>i<br />

talker: causeur; diseur<br />

idle ~: diseur<br />

talking, insatiable need for: Studium<br />

tall: lamba<br />

tan: beige<br />

t<strong>and</strong>em: flèche<br />

tank: depósito; Panzer (weapon)<br />

tapping: tapotement<br />

tarragon: à l'estragon<br />

tart, crisp: croquante<br />

task: opus; ouvrage; tâche<br />

taste: ad gustum; fri<strong>and</strong>ise; goût<br />

bad ~: mauvais<br />

good ~: bon goût<br />

<strong>more</strong> —ful <strong>than</strong> costly: plus salis<br />

no accounting for ~: tutti i<br />

no disputing ~: al ta'am; de<br />

gustibus<br />

refined ~: goût<br />

~fully: con gusto; gustosamente<br />

taunt: coup<br />

tavern: bodega<br />

~ owner: cabaretier<br />

tax: Steuer<br />

tea: cha; maté<br />

afternoon ~: Vesperbrot<br />

teach<br />

learn through —ing: discere<br />

~ that you may learn: doce ut<br />

who ~es learns: qui docet<br />

you — old men: ante barbam<br />

teacher: Privatdozent; Sopherim<br />

religious ~: murshid<br />

tearful: larmoyant<br />

tearfully: lagrimoso<br />

tearless: δακρν (dákru')<br />

tears: fondre<br />

hence these ~: hinc illae<br />

sparkling eyes bedewed with ~:<br />

lacrimis<br />

~ for suffering: sunt lacrimae<br />

~ in one's eyes: les larmes<br />

~ of things: lacrimae<br />

telegram: petit-bleu<br />

tell<br />

~ before they ~: antes de<br />

~ it to your gr<strong>and</strong>mother: cuéntaselo;<br />

das kannst; raccontalo;<br />

raconte<br />

~ me: fac ut<br />

~ me in good faith: die bona<br />

telling<br />

~ as it was told to me: relata<br />

~ a thing incredible: io dirò<br />

temperature, room: chambré<br />

temper, control: compesce<br />

temple: devalaya; miya; tera;<br />

thakurdwara<br />

tempo<br />

slower ~: ritard<strong>and</strong>o<br />

with the ~: colla parte<br />

temporarily: pro tempore<br />

tenant<br />

~ farmer: fermier<br />

~ farming: fermage<br />

tender: zart<br />

made ~: mortifié<br />

~ly: affettuoso; teneramente<br />

—ness: carità; tenerezza<br />

tenor: tenore<br />

comic ~: tenore<br />

light ~: tenore<br />

tension<br />

~ followed by relaxation: neque<br />

— of strings: incordamento<br />

tent: kibitka; shamianah; tepee;<br />

tienda; toldo; yurt<br />

— walls: kanat<br />

terms<br />

I accept the ~: hac mercede<br />

in plain ~ : en bon<br />

terror everywhere: horror<br />

terseness is needed: est brevitate<br />

test, crucial: experimentum<br />

testing: essayage<br />

test tube: éprouvette<br />

text<br />

German ~: Fraktur<br />

received ~: textus<br />

<strong>than</strong>k<br />

give ~s: grateas agere<br />

many ~s: gr<strong>and</strong> merci<br />

~ you: arigato; blagodar'woo vas;<br />

danke; gracias; grazie; ich<br />

danke; laringrazio; mahalo;<br />

merci; obrigado; remerciement;<br />

salamat; spasiba; tack; tak; takk;<br />

toda; ukehé<br />

<strong>than</strong>kful: blagodarnee<br />

that<br />

~ depends: c'est selon; selon<br />

~ is: das ist; id est<br />

— is to say: c'est-à-dire; das heisst<br />

~'s all: cetera desunt; voilà<br />

~'s another thing: voilà

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