Afterwards, when Nadyezhda Fyodorovna came to Petersburg, he would have to resort to a regular series of deceptions, little and big, in order to get free of her; and again there would be tears, boredom, a disgusting existence, remorse, and so there would be no new life.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

lower the bank rate den Empfang bestätigen acknowledge den erforderlichen Raum reservieren reserve the necessary space den ersten zuerst bedienen first come; first served den ganzen Tag arbeiten operate all day den Gewinn teilen pool the profits den Gewinn kassieren collect the proceeds den Goldstandard verlassen abandon the gold standard den Großhändler ausschließen to elimininate the wholesaler den Haushalt führen keep house den Käufer benachrichtigen give notice to the buyer den Käufer benachrichtigen give the buyer notice den Käufer benachrichtigen notify the buyer den Kosten nachgehen keep track of costs den Kredit zur Verfügung stellen to make the credit available den Kunden zum Kauf veranlassen to induce the customer to order den Lebenshaltungskosten angepasste Obligation indexed bond den Lebenshaltungskosten angepasste Rente indexed pension den letzten zuerst bedienen last come; first served den Markt beeinflussen to affect the market den Markt beherrschen to rule the market den Markt beliefern to supply the market den Markt manipulieren to manipulate the market den Markt pflegen to cultivate the market den Markt überschwemmen to overstock the market den Namen des Schiffes rechtzeitig nennen to name the vessel in time den Ort auswählen; der ihm am besten liegt select the point which suits him best den Parteien wird empfohlen parties are recommended den Preis einer
— from Mr. Honey's Medium Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig

BUTTARELLI: A dar el reló comienza The chimes are beginning to strike los cuartos para las ocho.
— from Don Juan Tenorio by José Zorrilla

Y en virtud de esta cavilación sacó del bolsillo avíos de escribir, redactó una carta, púsole el sobre, pególo con un poco de pan mascado, y echóse a reír de una manera diabólica.
— from Novelas Cortas by Pedro Antonio de Alarcón

If daily extra waste naturally brings about daily extra repair only to an equivalent extent, the mean state of the organ should remain constant.
— from The Principles of Biology, Volume 1 (of 2) by Herbert Spencer

Just then there came a vivid flash of lightning, followed, in a few seconds, by a deep, echoing roll of thunder.
— from Dick Prescott's Second Year at West Point Or, Finding the Glory of the Soldier's Life by H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock

By none of at least the higher naturalists has there been a doubt entertained respecting its herbivorous character; and the discovery of late years of the stomach of an individual charged with decayed herbage and fragments of the succulent branches of trees, some of them of existing species, has demonstrated the solidity of the reasonings founded on its general structure and aspect.
— from The Testimony of the Rocks or, Geology in Its Bearings on the Two Theologies, Natural and Revealed by Hugh Miller

Pushing on stubbornly, camping where they could find shelter and wood, since they could hardly have survived a night spent without a fire in the open, they had made, by calculation, two hundred miles, and Blake believed they might by a determined effort reach the Hudson's Bay post about nightfall.
— from Blake's Burden by Harold Bindloss

When, the next moment, Pemberton found himself alone with Mrs. Moreen it was to hear her say “I see, I see”—stroking the roundness of her chin and looking as if she were only hesitating between a dozen easy remedies.
— from The Pupil by Henry James

The indians were repulsed by Don Garcia Hurtado de Mendoza, and it was rebuilt; but a dreadful earthquake ruined it in 1730, when the sea was driven up to the city and inundated the surrounding country.
— from Historical and Descriptive Narrative of Twenty Years' Residence in South America (Vol 1 of 3) Containing travels in Arauco, Chile, Peru, and Colombia; with an account of the revolution, its rise, progress, and results by Stevenson, William Bennet, active 1803-1825

XXXIII At noon of day, descending from a mount, She in a streight and ill declivity, Led by a dwarf, encountered Rodomont, Who was afoot and harnessed cap-a-pee.
— from Orlando Furioso by Lodovico Ariosto

Occasionally there would be another sound, like the drone of a great beetle, followed by a dull echoing roar and a bigger cloud of dust.
— from No Man's Land by H. C. (Herman Cyril) McNeile

October 5 the Tai-wen Kun, now sixty-eight years old, but fresh as a man of forty and able as ever to be a disturbing element, returned from China and re-entered Seoul 429 under a guard of Chinese warriors and many thousands of Coreans.
— from The War in the East: Japan, China, and Corea by Trumbull White