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 ben trovato. [It.] Well invented.

bête noire. [F.] Black beast; object of abhorrence.

bibere venenum in auro. [L.] To drink poison from a cup of gold.

biennium. [L.] A period of two years.

bienvenu. [F.] Welcome.

billet d'amour. [F.] Love-letter, billet-doux.

bis dat qui cito dat. [L.] He gives twice who gives promptly.

bis peccare in bello non licet. [L.] To blunder twice in war is not permitted.

bis pueri senes. [L.] Old men are children twice.

bizarre. [F.] Fantastic; odd.

blasé. [F.] Sated with pleasure; wearied by dissipation.

bona fide. [L.] In good faith.

bon ami. [F.] Good friend.

bon avocat, mauvais voisin. [F.] A good lawyer makes a bad neighbor.

bon diable. [F.] Good-natured fellow.

bon gré, mal gré. [F.] With good grace or with ill grace; willy-nilly.

bonis avibus. [L.] Under good auspices.

bon jour. [F.] Good day; good morning.

bonne et belle assez. [F.] Good and pretty enough.

bonne foi. [F.] Good faith.

bonne renommée vaut mieux que ceinture dorée. [F.] A good name is worth more than a girdle of gold.

bon soir. [F.] Good evening.

bon voyage. [F.] Prosperous voyage to you!

Borgen macht Sorgen. [G.] Borrowing makes sorrowing.

boutez en avant. [F.] Push forward.

brevet d'invention. [F.] A patent.

breveté. [F.] Patented.

brevi manu. [L.] With a short hand; offhand.

briller par son absence. [F.] To be conspicuous by one's absence.

brûler la chandelle par les deux bouts. [F.] To burn the candle at both ends (i.e., to expend extravagantly).

brutum fulmen. [L.] Ineffectual thunderbolt.

buona mano. [It.] Small gratuity.

cacœthes scribendi. [L.] A passion for scribbling.

cæca invidia est. [L.] Envy is blind.

cælitus mihi vires. [L.] My strength is from heaven.

cambio non è furto. [It.] "Exchange is no robbery."

campus Martius. [L.] Field of Mars (for military drill).

candida pax. [L.] White-robed peace.

candide et caute. [L.] With candor and caution.

capitulum or caput. [L.] Section; chapter.

captatio benevolentiæ. [L.] Propitiation.

caput mortuum. [L.] A worthless residue, as of distillation.

cara sposa. [It.] Dear wife.

caret initio et fine. [L.] It lacks beginning and end.

carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero. [L.] Enjoy the present moment, trusting the least possible to the future.

carpere et colligere. [L.] To pluck and gather.

carte de visite. [F.] A visiting-card; a photograph mounted on a small card, originally used as a visiting-card.

cassis tutissima virtus. [L.] The safest helmet is virtue [valor].

casus belli. [L.] That which leads to, or justifies, war.

casus conscientiæ. [L.] Case of conscience.

causa sine quâ non. [L.] Indispensable condition.

cause célèbre. [F.] Celebrated case (in law).

caveat emptor. [L.] Let the buyer beware.

cave canem. [L.] Beware of the dog.

cavendo tutus. [L.] Safe by taking heed.

cave quid dicis, quando, et cui. [L.] Beware what you say, when, and to whom.

cede deo. [L.] Yield to the divinity.