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Those who consult the present pages will perhaps need occasionally to remember that a phrase required may be entered here in an alphabetic place not answering to that which the form of the phrase as encountered by them in reading would regularly demand. Foreign expressions, as found quoted by different authors, not infrequently vary in the order of their words. Persons disappointed in their first attempt to find a given phrase will do well to try a second or even a third time, by some different word as being possibly the true initial one, in the form adopted here.

. [F.] Down with: opposed to vive, long live.

à beau jeu, beau retour. [F.] "Tit for tat."

. [It.] At pleasure; at one's will.

. [L.] Off; from; away. —. From without. —. From the bottom of the heart. —. From the inconvenience involved. —ab incunabulis. From the cradle. —. From the beginning. —. From within. —. From the origin. —. From the egg; from the origin. —. From egg to apples (as in Roman banquets); from beginning to end of a feast.

abends wird der Faule fleissig. [G.] In the evening the lazy man becomes diligent.

abeunt studia in mores. [L.] Pursuits influence character.

à bis ou à blanc. [F.] In one way or another; "by hook or by crook"; at all hazards.

à bon droit. [F.] With justice. (Right.)

à bon marché. [F.] At a good bargain; cheap.

. [F.] Subscription.

a bove majori discit arare minor. [L.] From the older ox the younger learns to plow.

. [F.] With open arms.

absence d'esprit. [F.] Absent-mindedness.

. [L.] In the absence of the defendant.

. [L.] No offense intended.

. [L.] May there be no [ill] omen (e.g., in the word one has just used).

. [L.] Without. —absque hoc. Without this.

ab uno disce omnes. [L.] From one learn all.

. [L.] From the building of the city (Rome).

abusus non tollit usum. [L.] Abuse does not do away with use (i.e., that a thing is sometimes abused is no reason for giving up its legitimate use).

a capite ad calcem. [L.] From head to heel.

accusare nemo se debet. [L.] No one is bound to criminate himself.

. [L.] By heaps; in heaps.

à chaque saint sa chandelle. [F.] To every saint his candle (i.e., let every one have his due honor).

. [F.] Furious; bloodthirsty.

. [F.] On horseback.

à compte. [F.] On account; in part payment.