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419 will<br />

weaving: tessitura<br />

wedge drives wedge: cuneus<br />

weeds do not perish: Unkraut<br />

week: septimana<br />

~ <strong>from</strong> today: d'aujourd'hui en huit<br />

weight: arroba; peso<br />

net ~: peso<br />

~ not number: pondere<br />

welcome: accueil; ben venuto; bienvenue;<br />

faire accueil; salve<br />

~ home: ben tornato<br />

~ misfortune if you come alone:<br />

bien vengas<br />

welfare of the people is the supreme<br />

law: salus populi<br />

well: bien; pozo; wohl<br />

get ~: gute Besserung<br />

may it go ~ with thee: prosit<br />

pretty ~: assez bien<br />

really ~: allons<br />

very ~: à la bonne; benissimo; bien;<br />

bravissimo<br />

~ <strong>and</strong> good: baste<br />

well-being: bene esse<br />

well-bred: de bon genre<br />

werewolf: loup-garou<br />

wharf: embarcadero<br />

what<br />

he knows ~'s ~: er hat<br />

not who but ~: non quis<br />

~ do you want: qué quiere; que<br />

voulez-vous; que vous<br />

~ever is done for good men: bonis<br />

quod<br />

~ God hath joined together: o ovv o<br />

(ho oun ho)<br />

~ I can't praise I don't discuss: was<br />

ich<br />

~ I've said I st<strong>and</strong> by: lo dicho<br />

~ I've written, I've written: quid<br />

scripsi<br />

~'s going on: qué pasa<br />

~'s not necessary is dear at a penny:<br />

quod non<br />

~'s put off is not lost: ce qui est<br />

~'s that for: wozu das<br />

~'s that to me: que m'importe<br />

~'s the news: nouvelle; quelles; quid<br />

novi<br />

~'s this: qu'est-ce que<br />

~'s to be done: que faire; quid<br />

faciendum<br />

~ will be will be: che sarà<br />

where: kidhar<br />

~ are those who lived before us: ubi<br />

sunt<br />

~ have I fallen, what have I done:<br />

ubi lapsus<br />

whetstone for the wits: cos<br />

whey: petit-lait<br />

which<br />

<strong>from</strong> ~: a quo<br />

of ~: cuius<br />

~ is: quod est<br />

~ is to be noted: quod bene<br />

~ see: quae vide; quod vide<br />

~ was to be demonstrated: quod<br />

erat demonstr<strong>and</strong>um<br />

~ was to be done: quod erat<br />

faciendum<br />

whim: boutade; ghiribizzo<br />

whimsical: ghiribizzoso<br />

whip: azote; chabuk; chicote; knout;<br />

sjambok<br />

whippoorwill: bois<br />

whisper: vox<br />

—ing: sussurr<strong>and</strong>o<br />

whither: wohin<br />

~ thou goest: quo vadis<br />

whitish: blanchâtre<br />

who<br />

~ as well: qui tarn<br />

~ benefits by it: cui bono<br />

~ is it: quién es<br />

whole: totum<br />

for the ~: in solidum<br />

on the ~: à tout prendre; au bout<br />

du compte<br />

wholesale: en bloc<br />

why: kis-waste; pourquoi; warum<br />

~ not: warum<br />

widow: veuve; viuda; Witwe<br />

merry ~: die lustige<br />

rich ~ weeps with one eye, signals<br />

with other: viuva<br />

widower: veuf; Witwer<br />

wife: esposa; Frau; moglie; zhená<br />

dear ~: cara sposa<br />

~ of the doge: dogaressa<br />

wig: perruque<br />

wild: cerrero; farouche<br />

will: a capriccio; ad arbitrium; à discrétion;<br />

à volonté; volonté<br />

free ~: liberum<br />

let ~ st<strong>and</strong> as a reason: hoc volo; sit<br />

pro; stet pro<br />

no ill ~: absit invidia<br />

nothing without divine ~: nil sine

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