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cessez le feu! 62
cessez le feu! [Fr], cease fire!: mil.
cessio bonorum [L], a surrender of goods: law.
c'est-à-dire [Fr], that is to say; namely: abbr. c.-à-d.
c'est à vous à donner [Fr], it is your turn to deal.
c'est à vous à parler [Fr], it is your turn to speak.
c'est bien ça [Fr], that's just it.
c'est égal [Fr], lit., it is equal; it is all one; it's all the same.
c'est la guerre [Fr], that is war; it's according to the customs of war.
c'est là le diable [Fr], there is the devil; there's the rub.
c'est la mer à boire [Fr], lit., it is the sea to drink; it is an endless task;
an impossibility.
c'est le commencement de la fin [Fr], it's the beginning of the end.
c'est le premier pas qui coûte [Fr], it is the first step that costs {or is
difficult).
c'est magnifique mais ce n'est pas la guerre [Fr], it is magnificent, but
it is not war: comment of a French general on the charge of the
Light Brigade at Balaklava.
c'est mon affaire [Fr], that is my affair; leave that to me.
c'est plus qu'un crime, c'est une faute [Fr], it is more than a crime,
it is a blunder.
c'est selon [Fr], that depends.
c'est tout autre chose [Fr], that's quite another matter.
c'est tout dire [Fr], that is stating the whole case; that's the whole thing.
cestui [OF], he; the one. —cestui que trust, lit., he who trusts; the
beneficiary of a trust. —cestui que use, lit., he who uses; the person
for whose benefit real estate is granted in trust to another: both law.
c'est une vraie aubaine [Fr], it is a real godsend.
c'est un fin matois [Fr], he is a sly one.
c'est un sot à vingt-quatre carats [Fr], he is a twenty-four-carat fool;
he is a fool of the first water.
c'est un zéro en chiffres [Fr], he is a mere cipher.
c'est vraiment incroyable [Fr], that is really incredible.
cetera desunt [L], the rest are lacking (i.e., these are all).
ceteris paribus [L], other things being equal.
cha [Chin], tea.
chabuk or chabouk [Hind], a whip; horsewhip: India.
chachem [Yiddish], a learned, wise, or clever person.
chacun a sa marotte [Fr], everyone has his hobby.
chacun à son goût [Fr], everyone to his taste.
chacun est l'artisan de sa fortune [Fr], everyone is the architect of his
own fortune.
chacun pour soi et Dieu pour tous [Fr], everyone for himself and God
for all.
chacun tire de son côté [Fr], everyone pulls for his own side.
chagrin [Fr], sorrow; grief.