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 arrière-pensée. [F.] A mental reservation.

ars est celare artem. [L.] Art consists in hiding art.

ars longa, vita brevis. [L.] Art is long; life is short.

artium baccalaureus. [L.] Master of Arts (A.M.).

à tâtons. [F.] Groping.

a tempo, a tempo giusto. [It.] In equal or just time.

à tort et à travers. [F.] Blindly; hit or miss.

à toute force. [F.] With all one's might.

à tout prix. [F.] At any price; whatever the cost.

at spes non fracta. [L.] But hope [is] not broken.

au contraire. [F.] On the contrary.

au courant. [F.] Literally, with the stream; well informed about current affairs.

audaces fortuna juvat. [L.] Fortune favors the bold.

au désepoir. [F.] In despair.

audi alteram partem. [L.] Hear the other side.

au fait. [F.] To the act or fact; skilled; expert.

aufgeschoben ist nicht aufgehoben. [G.] Put off is not given up; later on is not forgone.

au fond. [F.] At bottom, fundamentally.

auf Wiedersehen. [G.] Till we meet again; good-by.

Augustana Confessio. [L.] The Augsburg Confession.

au levant. [F.] Toward the east.

au plaisir de vous revoir. [F.] Till I have the pleasure of seeing you again; adieu.

au revoir. [F.] Till we meet again; an expression used at parting.

auri sacra fames. [L.] Accursed greed of gold.

au royaume des aveugles les borgues sont rois. [F.] In the kingdom of the blind the one-eyed are kings.

auspicum melioris ævi. [L.] Augury of a happier time.

aussitôt dit, aussitôt fait. [F.] "No sooner said than done."

aut Cæsar aut nihil. [L.] Either Cæsar or nothing.

auto da fé. [Pg.] An act of faith.

autre temps, autres mœurs. [F.] Change of times, change of manners.

au troisième. [F.] On the third floor; in the third story.

aut vincere aut mori. [L.] Either to conquer or to die.

aux armes! [F.] To arms!

auxilium ab alto. [L.] Help from on high.

avant-coureur. [F.] Forerunner.

avant propos. [F.] Preliminary matter; preface.

avec plaisir. [F.] With pleasure.

a verbis ad verbera. [L.] From words to blows.

à vieux comptes nouvelles disputes. [F.] Old accounts breed new disputes.

a vinculo matrimonii. [L.] From the marriage bond.

avise la fin. [F.] Weigh well the end.

a vostro beneplacito. [It.] At your pleasure; as you will.

à votre santé. [F.] a vuestra salud. [Sp.] To your health.

bacio di bocca spesso cuor non tocca. [It.] Oft heart is missed where mouth is kissed.

banco regis. [L.] On the king's bench.

bas-bleu. [F.] A literary woman; bluestocking.

basis virtutum constantia. [L.] Constancy [is] the basis of virtues.

battre la campagne. [F.] To scour the country.

beau monde. [F.] The fashionable world.

beaux yeux. [F.] Pretty eyes (i.e., a handsome woman).

'''bella! horrida bella!''' [L.] Wars! horrid wars!

bellum lethale. [L.] Deadly war.

beltà e follia vanno spesso in compagnia. [It.] Beauty and folly often go together.

beneficium accipere libertatem est vendere. [L.] To accept a favor is to sell your liberty.

beneplacito. [It.] By [your] leave.

benigno numine. [L.] With favoring providence.