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condamné 74<br />

condamné [Fr; fern, condamnée], condemned person; convict.<br />

conde [Sp], count; earl; also, chief of gypsies.<br />

condesa [Sp], countess.<br />

con diligenza [It], with diligence.<br />

condiscipulus [L], schoolfellow; fellow student; classmate.<br />

conditio sine qua non [L], indispensable condition.<br />

con dolcezza [It], with sweetness: music.<br />

con dolore [It], with grief; sadly; mournfully: music.<br />

condottiere [It; pi. condottieri], leader of a b<strong>and</strong> of mercenaries.<br />

con espressione [It], with expression: music.<br />

confer [L], compare: abbr. cf.<br />

conférence [Fr], conference; lecture; recital.<br />

confido et conquiesco [L], I trust <strong>and</strong> am at rest.<br />

confiteor [L], lit., I confess; a prayer of public confession: R.C.Ch.<br />

confiture [Fr], jam; preserves.<br />

con forza [It], with force: music.<br />

confrère [Fr], colleague; fellow member.<br />

con fuoco [It], with fire; spiritedly: music.<br />

congé [Fr], permission; unceremonious dismissal; discharge; also, a<br />

kind of molding; mil., furlough; leave, —congé d'accorder, permission<br />

to agree, —congé d'aller, permission to depart. —congé d'appel,<br />

permission to appeal, —congé d'élire, permission to elect; royal<br />

permission to elect a bishop, —en congé, on leave; on furlough.<br />

—jour de congé, holiday.<br />

con grazia [It], with grace; gracefully: music.<br />

con gusto [It], with taste; tastefully: music.<br />

con impeto [It], with impetuosity: music.<br />

coniunctis viribus [L], with united powers.<br />

con latín, rocín y florín <strong>and</strong>arás el mundo [Sp], with Latin, a nag<br />

(horse), <strong>and</strong> money, you can travel all over the world.<br />

con más miedo que vergüenza [Sp], with <strong>more</strong> fear <strong>than</strong> shame.<br />

con molto passione [It], with much passion: music.<br />

con moto [It], with movement; with animation: music.<br />

con mucho gusto [Sp], with great pleasure; willingly.<br />

connaisseur [Fr; fern, connaisseuse], connoisseur; critical judge.<br />

connaître [Fr], to know; be acquainted with, —connaître à fond, to<br />

know thoroughly, —connaître le dessous des cartes, to know the<br />

underside of the cards; know the secret. —connaître son monde, to<br />

know one's world; know one's associates or customers.<br />

connu! [Fr], known! that's an old story.<br />

conocido [Sp',fem. conocida], acquaintance. —conocidos muchos, amigos<br />

pocos, many acquaintances, few friends.<br />

con pazienza, [It], with patience; patiently.<br />

con permesso [It], by your leave.<br />

con piacere [It], with pleasure.

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