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29 au pis aller
audendo magnus tegitur timor [L], great fear is (often) concealed by
a show of daring: Lucan.
audentes (or audaces) fortuna iuvat [L], fortune favors the bold.
au dépourvu [Fr], unawares.
au dernier les os [Fr], for the last, the bones.
aude sapere [L], dare to be wise.
au désespoir [Fr], in utter despair.
audi alteram partem [L], hear the other side.
audiatur et altera pars [L], let the other side also be heard.
audita querela [L], the complaint having been heard; a commonlaw
writ giving the defendant permission to appeal: law.
auf! or aufstehen! [Ger], stand up!
au fait [Fr], conversant; proficient; well-instructed.
auf den Bergen ist Freiheit [Ger], on the mountains is freedom: Schiller.
Auffassung [Ger], comprehension; grasp.
aufgeschoben ist nicht aufgehoben [Ger], deferred is not abandoned;
forbearance is not acquittance; deferred is not denied.
Aufklärung [Ger], enlightenment; an empirical movement of the 18th
century: philos.
Auflage [Ger; pi. Auflagen], edition (of a book): abbr. Aufl.
au fond [Fr], at bottom; in the main; fundamentally.
au frais [Fr], in the cool of the evening.
auf s beste [Ger], in the best possible way.
aufs eheste [Ger], as soon as possible.
aufs Geratewohl [Ger], at random.
auf Wiedersehen [Ger], till we meet again; goodbye.
Augen rechts (or links), richt(et) euch! [Ger], eyes right (or left), dress!:
mil.
Auge um Auge, Zahn um Zahn [Ger], eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth.
au grand sérieux [Fr], in all seriousness.
au gratin [Fr], with the burned scrapings from the pan; with a brown
crust or crisp surface of buttered crumbs and, sometimes, grated
cheese; as, cauliflower au gratin: cookery.
au jour [Fr], by daylight.
aujourd'hui roi, demain rien [Fr], today king, tomorrow nothing.
au jour le jour [Fr], from day to day; from hand to mouth.
au jus [Fr], with the natural juice or gravy, given off by the meat in
cooking: cookery.
au lait [Fr], with milk.
au levant [Fr], to the East; eastward.
au mieux [Fr], at best; for the best; on the best of terms.
aumônier [Fr; fern, aumonière], almoner.
au naturel [Fr], naturally; to the life; cookery, (cooked) simply or plainly.
au pied de la lettre [Fr], lit., to the foot of the letter; literally; exactly.
au pis aller [Fr], at worst; if worse comes to worst; as a last resort.