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a regular equal kindly
In the warmth of true contrition, she would call upon her the very next morning, and it should be the beginning, on her side, of a regular, equal, kindly intercourse.
— from Emma by Jane Austen

a rage either kicked
At a subsequent period he in a rage either kicked or threw his wife down stairs when she was pregnant, and so killed her, being wrought
— from The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers by Diogenes Laertius

Abgaben remission Ermäßigung Kürzung
Erleichterungen sind eingeschlossen facilities are included Erlös proceeds Erlös abtreten to assign proceeds Erlös aus einer Erfindung benefit of an invention erloschen extinct erlöschen expire Erlöschen eines Patents expiration of a patent Erlöskonto account of proceeds ermächtigen authorize ermächtigen empower ermächtigt empowered ermächtigt eine andere Bank authorizes another bank ermächtigter Angestellter authorized clerk Ermächtigung power of authority ermäßigte Satz; ermäßigter Preis reduced rate ermäßigte Steuer reduced tax ermäßigter Preis reduced price Ermäßigung für Schüler und Studenten reduction for students Ermäßigung von Abgaben remission Ermäßigung; Kürzung; Rabatt reduction Ermäßigung; Nachlass abatement Ermessen discretionary power Ermessensfrage matter of discretion Ermessensfreiheit power of discretion Ermessensmissbrauch abuse of discretion ermöglichen enable Ermüdung fatigue Ermüdungskurve fatigue curve ermutigen encourage Ermutigung encouragement ernannt appointed ernennbar qualified for appointment Ernennung auf Lebenszeit appointment for life Ernennungsurkunde certificate of appointment Ernennungsurkunde letter of appointment erneuern renew erneuern; verlängern renew Erneuerung renewal Erneuerung; Verlängerung renewal Erneuerungsschein certificate of renewal erneut in Betracht ziehen reconsider erneute Kauflust fresh demand eröffnende Bank opening bank Eröffnung eines Kontos opening of an account Eröffnungsbilanz opening balance sheet Eröffnungskurs beginning rate Eröffnungskurs opening price Eröffnungskurs opening rate Eröffnungsnotierungen opening quotations Eröffnungstermin opening date Erpressung blackmail errechnen compute Errechnung computation Errechnung des Erlöäses calculation of the proceeds Errichtung construction Errichtung formation Ersatz replacement Ersatzbedarf replacement demand Ersatzkosten opportunity cost Ersatzteile spare parts Ersatzwert alternative costs erscheinen to appear Erscheinungsform form of appearance Erscheinungsort place of publication erschöpfen exhaust erschöpft exhausted erschwerende Umstände aggravating circumstances Erschwerung des Absatzes hardening of the market ersetzen replace ersetzen die bestehenden Richtlinien replace the existing rules ersetzen; Ersatz substitute Ersparnisse savings Ersparnisse aufbrauchen eat up savings Erstauftrag initial order
— from Mr. Honey's Medium Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig

a rather elevated knoll
The third station, the one adopted at seven o’clock in the evening, between La Belle-Alliance and La Haie-Sainte, is formidable; it is a rather elevated knoll, which still exists, and behind which the guard was massed on a slope of the plain.
— from Les Misérables by Victor Hugo

another rarely exchange kisses
Their blood was of a genuine New England course; and people of that kind, though they would die for one another, rarely exchange kisses.
— from The Letter of Credit by Susan Warner

air raids England knew
Norah exclaimed, “Why, there we were, only a few miles from the fighting—you could hear the guns on a still day, when a big action was going on; and except for the people who came directly in the way of air raids, England knew little or nothing of war: I mean, war as the people of Belgium and Northern France knew it.
— from Back to Billabong by Mary Grant Bruce

a radical empiricism knowledge
For a radical empiricism, knowledge would consist of descriptive generalizations based upon the summation of instances.
— from The Approach to Philosophy by Ralph Barton Perry

and remarkable events kept
The "Black Book of Paisley." —I should be glad if any of your correspondents could favour me with any information relative to the "Black Book of Paisley," so often quoted by Scottish historical writers as the Chronicon Clugniense, being a chronicle of the public affairs and remarkable events kept by the monks of that monastery, and if the same or any part thereof has been reprinted by any of our societies or clubs.
— from Notes and Queries, Vol. V, Number 122, February 28, 1852 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various


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