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adjourn a meeting eine solche
Schuld ablösen discharge a debt eine Schuld anerkennen to admit a debt eine Schuld begleichen settle a debt eine Schuld eintreiben to collect a debt eine Schuld eintreiben to recover a debt eine Schuld übernehmen assume a debt eine schwierige Aufgabe; Tätigkeit a difficult job eine Seite überfliegen to run oer a page eine Sicherheit bereitstellen; hinterlegen to provide a security eine Sicherheit hinterlegen deposit a security eine Sicherheit hinterlegen to furnish a security eine Sicherheit stellen deposit as a security eine Sitzung vertagen adjourn a meeting eine solche Benachrichtigung any such notice eine solche Benachrichtigung kann erfolgen such notice may be served eine solche Garantie such indemnity eine solche Zahlung ausführen to effect such payment eine Spanne lassen leave a margin eine ständig steigende Zahl an ever increasing number eine Stelle bekleiden to hold an appointment eine Stelle besetzen to fill a vacancy eine Stelle finden to find employment eine Stelle frei machen vacate a position eine Stelle suchen to seek employment eine Stellung aufgeben vacate a position eine Stellung räumen vacate a position eine Stellung suchen look for a job eine Stellungnahme an item of written comment eine Steuer auferlegen impose a tax eine Steuer umgehen dodge a tax eine Tabelle aufschlagen to lookup a table eine Telefonnummer anwählen dial eine unbedingt maßgebende Regel an absolutely definite ruling eine unbedingte Zinsklausel
— from Mr. Honey's Medium Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig

as a movement entirely staged
For although the danger of Bolshevism in Germany has been doubtless greatly exaggerated in order to prevent the Allies from pressing their demands for disarmament and reparations, nevertheless Bolshevism under its illuminated name of Spartacism cannot be regarded as a movement entirely staged for the deception of Europe.
— from Secret Societies And Subversive Movements by Nesta Helen Webster

and a most enthusiastic sportsman
“Here is the story: “I was then about thirty-five years of age, and a most enthusiastic sportsman.
— from Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant

and a mighty exultation showed
However, he casually informed me, presently, that he was a member of the Walnut Street theater company—and he tried to say it with indifference, but the indifference was thin, and a mighty exultation showed through it.
— from Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain

ad Africam missis eodem scilicet
Macarianae persecutionis murmur increpuit, et duabus bestiis ad Africam missis, eodem scilicet Macario et Paulo, execrandum prorsus
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

as a most extravagant supposition
My allegation on the contrary, that it met with such approbation as to leave no doubt of our being able to raise two thousand pounds by voluntary donations, they considered as a most extravagant supposition, and utterly impossible.
— from Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin

across a morass enabled succours
Accordingly, after taking two towers projecting on the side of Nisaea, by engines from the sea, and clearing the entrance into the channel between the island and the shore, he next proceeded to cut off all communication by building a wall on the mainland at the point where a bridge across a morass enabled succours to be thrown into the island, which was not far off from the continent.
— from The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides

all against my efforts she
I tried vainly to stop her; good humour, vivacity, curiosity, and zeal were all against my efforts; she went, and to my great surprise returned escorted by Mr. Saumarez himself.
— from The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay — Volume 3 by Fanny Burney

as a more exquisite sensation
From these reflections it would appear, that animals have a more certain, as well as a more exquisite sensation of feeling than men.
— from Buffon's Natural History. Volume 05 (of 10) Containing a Theory of the Earth, a General History of Man, of the Brute Creation, and of Vegetables, Minerals, &c. &c by Buffon, Georges Louis Leclerc, comte de

act as my escort so
Filomena can act as my escort, so it won’t be necessary for you—” She paused, anticipating rebellion.
— from Over the Border: A Novel by Herman Whitaker

as a mighty eagle swooping
of the Asa as he returned to Asgard, and that was soon lost in the whirr-r-r of wings as a mighty eagle, swooping down upon her, fixed his talons in her girdle and rose with her into the air.
— from Told by the Northmen: Stories from the Eddas and Sagas by E. M. (Ethel Mary) Wilmot-Buxton

all at my expense such
Two more women came to her assistance, catching hold of my other arm, and they would have dragged me out of the grasp of the quarter-master, had he not called out for more help on his side, upon which two of the seamen laid hold of my other leg, and there was such a tussle (all at my expense), such pulling and hauling; sometimes the women gained an inch or two of me, then the sailors got it back again.
— from Peter Simple; and, The Three Cutters, Vol. 1-2 by Frederick Marryat

Artigny although my eyes sought
I had no glimpse of De Artigny, although my eyes sought him among the others.
— from Beyond the Frontier: A Romance of Early Days in the Middle West by Randall Parrish

and a more enlightened system
Through the rapid strides in social improvements, and a more enlightened system of government, this power had become very great in comparison with what it had been.
— from The Reality of War: A Companion to Clausewitz by Stewart Lygon Murray


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