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43 blagodar'yoo vas!
bien perdu, bien connu [Fr], lit., well lost, well known; once lost, then
prized.
bien predica quien bien vive [Sp], he preaches best who lives best.
bienséance [Fr], decorum; propriety; good manners.
bien trouvé [Fr], lit., well found; cleverly thought of. Cf. BEN TROVATO.
bien vengas, mal, si vienes solo [Sp], welcome, misfortune, if thou
comest alone: Cervantes.
bienvenue [Fr], welcome.
Bier [Ger], beer. —Bierbruder, drinking companion; fellow toper.
—Bierhaus [pi. Bierhäuser], beerhouse; alehouse; tavern. —Bierstube
[pi. Bierstuben], barroom.
bière [Fr], beer.
biffé [Fr], canceled; crossed off; erased; deleted.
bifteck [Fr], beefsteak.
bijou [Fr; pi. bijoux], jewel; trinket; any person or thing that is diminutive
and attractive; pretty child; darling.
bijouterie [Fr], jewelry; trinkets.
bik'é hojoni [Nav], the trail of beauty.
bilia vera [LL], true bill: law.
billet [Fr], note; letter; handbill; ticket. —billet de banque, bank note.
billet-doux [Fr; pi. billets-doux], love letter.
billi [Hind], cat: India.
Bindestrich [Ger], hyphen: typog.
bis [L], twice; to be repeated: music.
bis! [Fr & It], twice! again! encore!
bisagre [Am Sp], a spiny cactus, sometimes sliced and candied for
eating: Mexico &f southwestern U.S.
bis dat qui cito dat [L], he gives twice who gives quickly.
bise [Fr], a cold north wind of southern Europe.
bismillah! [Ar], in the name of Allah!
bisnaga or biznaga [Sp], any of several large cactaceous plants, the
spines of which are used as toothpicks by some Mexicans: Mexico &
southwestern U.S.
bis peccare in bello non licet [L], it is not permitted to blunder twice
in war.
bis pueri senes [L], old men are twice children.
bis vincit qui se vincit in victoria [L], he conquers twice who conquers
himself in victory: Publilius Syrus.
bis vi vit qui bene [L], he lives twice who lives well.
bitte [Ger], please; don't mention it (in answer to thanks); I beg your
pardon {a request for repetition or as a polite contradiction).
bizarre [Fr], strange, exotic, unusual.
bizarrerie [Fr], caprice; whim; eccentricity.
blagodarnee [Russ], thankful.
blagodar'yoo vas! [Russ], thank you.