battuta (It.), beating [time].
bavardage (Fr.), idle talk.
Bayard, a gentleman of perfect courage and spotless honour, from the Chevalier Bayard (1476-1524), sans peur et sans reproche.
bayer aux corneilles (Fr.), to gape at the crows, to stare vacantly.
beatæ memoriæ (L.), of blessed memory.
beati pacifici (L.), blessed are the peacemakers.
beatus ille qui procul negotiis ... paterna rura bobus exercet suis (L.), happy he who, far removed from city cares, ... tills with his own oxen the fields that were his father's.
beau garçon (Fr.), a handsome man.
beau jour (Fr.), fine day, good times.
beau sabreur (Fr.), a dashing cavalry soldier.