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 à l'improviste. [F.] On a sudden; unawares.

alis volat propriis. [L.] She flies with her own wings. (Motto of Oregon.)

all' alba. [It.] At daybreak.

alla vostra salute. [It.] To your health.

allez-vous-en! [F.] Go! off with you! begone!

allons. [F.] Let us go; come (in familiar discourse).

alma mater. [L.] Fostering [bountiful] mother [applied to the institution in which one was educated].

à l'ordinaire. [F.] As usual; in the ordinary manner.

alter ego. [L.] My other self; bosom friend.

alter idem. [L.] Another self.

alter ipse amicus. [L.] A friend is a second self.

alterum tantum. [L.] As much again.

alto-rilievo. [It.] High relief.

à main armée. [F.] By force of arms.

amende honorable. [F.] Public reparation or apology.

a mensa et t(h)oro. [L.] From bed and board: applied to legal separation of husband and wife without divorce.

à merveille. [F.] To the point of miracle; wonderfully.

amici probantur rebus adversis. [F.] Friends are tested by adversity.

amicus curiæ. [L.] A friend of the court.

amor nummi. [L.] Love of the dollar.

amoroso. [It.] 1. A lover. 2. Tenderly.

amor patriæ. [L.] Love of country.

amour fait beaucoup, mais argent fait tout. [F.] Love is mighty, but money is almighty.

amour propre. [F.] Self-love; self-esteem.

ancien régime. [F.] Ancient order of things.

anguillam caudâ tenes. [L.] It is an eel you hold by the tail.

anguis in herbâ. [L.] Snake in the grass.

animis opibusque parati. [L.] Ready in soul and resource. (Part of the twofold motto of South Carolina.)

anno ætatis suæ. [L.] In the year of his [or her] age.

anno Christi. [L.] In the year of Christ.

anno Domini (A.D.). [L.] In the year of our Lord; in the Christian era.

anno mundi. [L.] In the year of the world (i.e., when the creation is taken to be 4004 B.C.).

anno urbis conditæ (A.U.C.). [L.] In [such or such a] year [reckoned] from the founding of the city (i.e., Rome).

annus mirabilis. [L.] Wonderful year; year of wonders.

à nouvelles affaires, nouveaux conseils. [F.] For new occasions, new counsels.

ante. [L.] Before.

ante bellum. [L.] Before the war.

ante meridiem. [L.] Before noon.

à outrance. [F.] To the bitter end; to the last extremity.

à pas de géant. [F.] With giant stride.

à peu pres. [F.] Nearly.

à point. [F.] To a nicety; exactly; just enough.

a posse ad esse. [L.] From possibility to actuality.

a posteriori. [L.] From that which follows; from effect to cause.

apparatus belli. [L.] Materials of war.

appartement. [F.] Two or more rooms en suite; a "flat."

appui. [F.] Support; prop.

a prima vista. [It.] At first sight.

a priori. [L.] From what is before; from cause to effect.

a propos de rien. [F.] Apropos of nothing.

aqua vitæ. [L.] Literally, water of life; brandy; alcohol.

arbiter bibendi. [L.] Toast-master.

arcana cælestia. [L.] Celestial mysteries.

arcana imperii. [L.] State secrets.

arcanum (pl. arcana). [L.] A secret.

arc-en-ciel. [F.] Rainbow.

à rez de chaussé. [F.] On the ground floor.

argumentum ad crumenam. [L.] Argument to the purse.

argumentam ad hominem. [L.] An argument to the man [addressed] (i.e., founded on the principles or practises of an opponent himself).

a rivederci. [It.] Until we meet again; adieu.

arrectis auribus. [L.] With erect ears; attentively.