LANGUAGE 



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Sturm und Drang (Ger.), Storm and stress. 



table d'hote, Table according to the hostess. 



tdche sans tache, A work without a stain. 



tant mieux. So much the better. 



tant pis. So much the worse. 



tel maitre, tel valet. Like master, like man. 



ttte-<i-tete, A conversation between two parties 



lien* a la verite. Maintain the truth. 



tien* tafoi. Keep thy faith. 



toujours perdrix. Always partridges; the same thing 



over and over again. 

 toujours prH, Always ready. 

 tour de force, A feat of strength or skill. 

 tourner cosaque. To turn one's coat; to change sides. 

 tout-ii-fait. Wholly, entirely. 

 tout-a-Vheure, Instantly. 

 tout au contraire. On the contrary. 

 tout-h-vous. Entirely yours. 

 tout bien ou rien, All or nothing. 

 tout-de-suite. Immediately. 

 tout ensemble. The whole. 

 tout le monde est sage apres coup, Everybody i- \\i-c 



after the event. 



traduUori, traditori (It.), Translators are traitors. 

 trousseau. Wedding outfit. 

 tutte le strode conducono a Roma (It.), All roads lead to 



Rome. 

 Uebung macht den Meister (Ger.), Practice makes perfect. 



un bienfait est jamais perdu, A kindness is never lost. 



un sot & triple etage, A consummate fool. 



un " tiens " vaut mieux que deux " tu I'auras," One " take 



it" is worth two "you shall have it"; A bird in the 



hand is worth two in the bush. 

 valet de chambre. An attendant. 



vedi Napoli e poi muori (It.), See Naples and then die. 

 verite sans peur. Truth without fear. 

 Viele Hand'machen bald ein End 1 (Ger.), Many hands 



make quick work. 



vi et arm i*. By force of arms; by violence. 

 vigueur de dessus. Strength from on high. 

 vino dentro, senno furore (It.). When the wine is in, the 



wit is out. 



tn* a vis. Face to face. 

 viye le bagatelle. Success to trifles. 

 vive le roi. Long live the king. 

 voila. See there: there is, there are. 

 voila tout. That's all. 



voila une autre chose. That's quite another thing. 

 voir les dessous des cartes. To see the face of the cards; 



to be in the secret. 

 vous u perdrez vos pas. You will have your walk for 



nothing; you will lose your labor over it. 

 Wasfehlt Ihnenf (Ger.), What is the matter with you? 

 Wie die Arbeit, so den Lohn (Ger.), As the labor, so the 



reward . 

 Zeitgeist (Ger.), The spirit of the age. 



WORDS OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED 



It is in the delicate but firm utterance of the unaccented vowels with correct sound that the cultured 

 person is most surely distinguished from the uncultured. Richard Grant White. 



KEY TO THE VOWEL SOUNDS 



a, as in farm, father ; d, as in ask, fast ; d, as in at, fat ; a, as in day, fate ; d, as in care, fare ; 

 2, as in met, set; e, as in me, see; 2, as in her, ermine; I, as in pin, sin; t, as in pine, line; 6, as in 

 not, got; d, as in note, old; <5, as in for, fought; 6, as in sole, only; d, as in fog, orange; d, sound 

 cannot be exactly represented in English. The English sound of u in burn and burnt is perhaps 

 the nearest equivalent to d; 06, as in cook, look; do, as in coon, moon; u, as in cup, duck; u, as 

 in use, amuse; u, as in fur, urge; u sound cannot be exactly represented in English. The English 

 sound of u in hike and duke resembles the original sound. 



abdomen, 8b-dd'-m%n, not Sb f -dd-m$n. 



Abercromby, db'-Zr-krum-bl. 



Aberdeen, 6b-2r-den r . 



abstemious, db-ste'-ml-us, not &b-sVhn'-\-us. 



abstractly, W-str&kt-U. 



Acadia, d-kd'-dl-d. 



acclimate, &k-kll'-mat, not &k'-kttm-at. 



accompaniment, &k-kum'-p&n-lm-$nt, not 



kump'-nlm-$nt. 



accouchement, dk-kdosh-maw' . 

 accouter, &k-kocf-t$r, not dk- 

 accrue, &k-kru', not &k-krotf. 

 acetylene, d-stf-U 

 Achiran, d-k#-&n. 

 acoustic, d-kow'-sttk or d-htf-stlk. 

 across, d-krds', not d-krtotf. 

 acts, &kts, not &ks. 

 address (n.), fid-drta*. 

 a.Mress (vb.), Qd-drW. 

 adjectively, &d'-jtk-t\v-tl. 

 admirative, &d*ml' -rd-tlv . 

 \i"nis, d-dtf-ril8 t not &-ddn'-l8. 

 a<lult. d-,liilt'. not M'-nlt. 

 adventure, &d-vtntf->< 

 adverse, tiid'-vtrs. 

 aerometer, fl-Sr-dm'-S-ttr. 

 -fischylus, g^-fcU-fi*, not I 

 Afghanistan, aj-g&n-^tnn' . nut 

 Africanus, &f-rlk-&'-nu8. 

 agile, ay-T/, not aj'- 

 Agincourt, 

 Agricola, 

 Alda, a-e'-dii. 



ailnx-nt, Ql'-m&nt, not d/'-mfin/. 

 . U. 



&k- 



Aix-la-Chapelle, Oks-ld-shd-ptl' , not &-ld-*k6-p?l'. 



Alabama, &l-d-bd'-md t not dZ-d-fcdm'-d. 



a 1'Anglaise, d Idx-glciz'. 



Alcott, 6V-kut, not Ol'-kut. 



Aleutian (Islands), d-Ju'-sM-dn, not d-lu'-shtin. 



algebra, &l'-je-brd, not &l'-je-bra. 



algebraist, dl'-je-br&-lst. 



Algernon, itt'-jtr-nun. 



Algonquin, Hl-gftn'-kufln. 



alien, dl'-ytn, not d'-ft-*n. 



allopathist, M-ldp'-dthrlst, not d^'-to-pd/A-W. 



allusion, ttl-lu'-zhun, not U-ltf-thiin. 



alma mater, d^'-md m&'-ter, not d/'-md md'-tfr. 



almond, d'-mt7nd. 



alpaca, &l-p&k'-d, not dJ-d-pdJf-d. 



Altai (Mountains), a/-/!', not d/'-/i. 



alternately, d/-<^r / -nd(-ft, not d/'-ter-ml/-/). 



ameliorate, d-m^'-y<J-rd/, not d-m^-rt-d-rd/. 



amenable, d-mc'-nb-bl, not d-mtn'-d-bl. 



ament, dm'-^n/. 



Ainherst. dm'^rst, not dm'-A*r. 



The /i is silrnt. 

 Ampere, dN-pdr'. 



nfm'-lk, notd-n#-mlk. 

 anchor, &ng t -k9r. 

 Andromache, &n-dr8m'-d-k9. 

 Angelus, dn'-jf-lus. 

 animalcule, dn-Tm-d/'-fcfl/, not 



ic, &nt-<irk? -ttk, not drtf-drMM:. 

 Antilles, an-nr-t* or dN-<*/'. 



Ann /i'-a-fcfl*, not dn-H-^-Ot. 



Antipater, dn-flp'-d-dr. 

 anxiety, dn0-*f-*-tt, not dnyfc-r-^-. 

 anxious, dw/fc'-*/ilii, not dn^-a^Os. 

 pd'-cM. 



