bene


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bene-

(word root)
1. good
Examples: benefit
2. well
Examples: benediction
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bene

(biːn)
n
a blessing or prayer
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"Va bene, signore, va bene, va bene," crooned the driver, and whipped his horses up again.
And so, my Sancho, get you back to your house and explain my intentions to your Teresa, and if she likes and you like to be on reward with me, bene quidem; if not, we remain friends; for if the pigeon-house does not lack food, it will not lack pigeons; and bear in mind, my son, that a good hope is better than a bad holding, and a good grievance better than a bad compensation.
Howsoever he noteth it right, that seditious tumults, and seditious fames, differ no more but as brother and sister, masculine and feminine; especially if it come to that, that the best actions of a state, and the most plausible, and which ought to give greatest contentment, are taken in ill sense, and traduced: for that shows the envy great, as Tacitus saith; conflata magna invidia, seu bene seu male gesta premunt.
All I said, however, was, "You make my flesh creep." (NOTA BENE: Women like these little compliments.)
He said kindly, "Va bene, va bene." And then to them, "Come in, girls."
* Nota Bene. We by no means warrant the accuracy of this
May I come another day and just finish about the rendering of `Lungi dal caro bene'?"
Pune (Maharastra) [India] Jan 26 (ANI): As India celebrates its 70th Republic Day, the Bene Israeli community on Saturday hoisted the Indian national flag at its synagogue here.
"tale," as Bene defines it, emphasizing the literary quality
Madam Bene Ikegwuonu is said to be blessed with four boys and three girls, one of them sources said died in a fatal accident.
A member of this Synagogue, Abraham Reuben, became a councilor in the Karachi City Corporation in 1936.Young Man's Jewish Association founded in 1903 and whose aim was to encourage sports as well as religious and social activities of the Bene Israel in Karachi.
According to the company, Sanoma Media BeNe aims to restructure the sales and support functions in its Belgian organisation as a consequence of the divestment.