Yet she did wish that Sir James could know what had passed between her and her husband about Will Ladislaw's moral claim on the property: it would then, she thought, be apparent to him as it was to her, that her husband's strange indelicate proviso had been chiefly urged by his bitter resistance to that idea of claim, and not merely by personal feelings more difficult to talk about.
— from Middlemarch by George Eliot

If the promise were construed to mean that the clothes should be paid for provided they were such as ought to satisfy the promisor, /3/ and thus to make the jury the arbiter, there would be a contract, because the promisor gives up control over the event, but it would be subject to a condition in the sense of the present analysis.
— from The Common Law by Oliver Wendell Holmes

He recommended it for all the children, but particularly for the weakness in little Bella's throat,—both sea air and bathing.”
— from Emma by Jane Austen

The purport of it may be proved from its being uniformly adapted to the same object.
— from A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume I. by Jacob Bryant

In the first place it is hard to understand where the profundity and genius of this movement lay, for not much mental effort was needed to see that the best position for an army when it is not being attacked is where there are most provisions; and even a dull boy of thirteen could have guessed that the best position for an army after its retreat from Moscow in 1812 was on the Kalúga road.
— from War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

The moral will be perfectly fair.
— from Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

These things we have proved, not from our own conjectures, but partly from recent memory, because we ourselves have seen such things celebrated, and to such deities, partly from the writings of those who have left these things on record to posterity, not as if in reproach, but as in honour of their own gods.
— from The City of God, Volume I by Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo

Aufsichtsratsposten directorship Aufsichtsratsvergütung directors' remuneration Aufstand insurrection aufsteigen rise Aufstellung einer Maschine installation of a machine Aufstellung; Plan schedule Aufstellungsplan; Anlageplan layout chart auftauchen emerge Aufteilung split Aufteilung der Absatzmärkte division of markets Auftrag order Auftrag purchase order Auftrag nur für diesen Tag day order Auftrag von einem alten Kunden order from an old customer Aufträge ausführen to fill orders Aufträge zu Änderungen instructions for any amendments Aufträge zur Akkreditiv-Eröffnung instructions for the issuance of credits Aufträge zur umgehenden Ausführung short-term orders Auftragsannahmeabteilung canvassing department Auftragsausführung execution of an order Auftragsbestand goods on order Auftragsbestand orders in hand Auftragsbestätigung achnowledgement of order Auftragsbestätigung acknowledgement of order Auftragsbestätigung sales confirmation Auftragsbuch order book Auftragseingang receipt of order Auftragserteilung placing of orders Auftragsformblatt order form Auftragsformblatt; Bestellformular order form auftragsgemäß; den Weisungen folgend according to orders Auftragsgröße; Auftragsumfang size of order Auftragskarte job order card Auftragskostensammelblatt job cost sheet Auftragsnummer order number Auftragsrückstand back order Aufwand expenditure Aufwand; Auslagen outlay Aufwand; Mühe effort Aufwärtstrend upswing Aufwärtstrend uptrend Aufwendung disbursement aufwerten revalue Aufwertung revaluation Aufwertung einer Währung revaluation aufzeichnen record aufzeichnen; Aufzeichnung; Rekord record Aufzeichnung record Aufzeichnung recording Aufzeichnungen records Aufzeichnungen machen keep a record Aufzeichnungen machen keep records Aufzeichnungen; Akten records aufzeigen; hinweisen point out Augenbeanspruchung eyestrain aus Anlass der Ausfuhr by reason of exportation aus Anlass der Einfuhr by reason of the importation aus dem Ausland from abroad aus dem gegenwärtigen Vertrag in connection with the present contract aus dem Gesichtswinkel von from the point of view of aus dem Gleichgewicht out of balance aus dem Gleichgewicht out of equilibrium aus dem sich ergibt; daß indicating that aus dem Verkehr gezogen laid up aus der Messe at the fair aus der Not heraus handeln to act from necessity aus der Tasche out of pocket aus diesem Grund on this account aus einem anderen Grund for some other reason aus einem Vertrag entlassen werden to be discharged from a contract aus einer Verpflichtung entlassen sein to be relieved from an obligation aus erster Hand first-hand aus Gefahr retten to save from danger aus Gerüchten; vom Hörensagen her from hearsay aus Gewohnheit by habit aus Gründen der Genauigkeit for the sake of clarity aus irgendeinem Grund for any reason aus irgendeinem Grunde verhindert sein to be prevented for any reason aus rechtlichen Gründen on legal grounds aus Tabelle abgeleitete Zeitnorm predetermined time aus Verlangen on demand aus zweiter Hand secondhand Ausarbeitung elaboration ausbessern to make corrections ausbeuten exploit Ausbeutung exploitation Ausbeutung der Arbeitskräfte exploitation of labour Ausbeutungsrechte exploitation rights ausbezahlte Dividende paid dividend Ausbilder trainer Ausbilder training supervisor Ausbildung am Arbeitsplatz in-service training Ausbildung am Arbeitsplatz on-the-job training Ausbildung am Arbeitsplatz training within industry Ausbildung für den Vertrieb marketing training Ausbildung während der Dienstzeit in-service education Ausbildungsbescheinigung certificate of training Ausbildungseinrichtungen training facilities Ausbildungskosten training costs Ausbildungsmöglichkeiten training opportunities Ausbildungsplan training schedule Ausbildungsvertrag articles of traineeship Ausbildungszentrum training centre ausblenden fade out ausbreiten spread Ausbringung; betriebliche Leistung production Ausddrucksform form of expression ausdehnen expand ausdehnen extend ausdehnen; verlängern extend Ausdehnung expansion Ausdehnung extension ausdrücken express ausdrücklich angeben to state explicitly ausdrücklich erklärende expresssly declaring ausdrücklich verbieten to prohibit specifically ausdrückliche Bedingungen express conditions ausdrückliche Vollmacht express authority ausdrückliche Zustimmung explicit consent ausdrückliches Vermächtnis einer bestimmten Sache specific legacy auseinandernehmen disassemble auseinandernehmen dismantle auseinandernehmen to take apart auseinandernehmen to take to pieces auseinandersetzen; Auseinandersetzung dispute Ausfallbürgschaft deficit guarantee Ausfallbürgschaft letter of indemnity Ausfallmuster; Stoffmuster pattern Ausfallmusterkarte pattern card Ausfallrate failure rate Ausfallsrate failure rate Ausfallversicherung bad debts insurance
— from Mr. Honey's Medium Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig

He loved his dog, his comrades, the French, and Pierre who was his neighbor, but Pierre felt that in spite of Karatáev’s affectionate tenderness for him (by which he unconsciously gave Pierre’s spiritual life its due) he would not have grieved for a moment at parting from him.
— from War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

He knew that he was being punished for his disobedience.
— from Little Philippe of Belgium by Madeline Brandeis

Both plants flourish in the tropical forests of West Africa, extending from Soudan to the Congo, and embracing large areas in Liberia, Gold Coast, Southern Nigeria, and the Cameroons.
— from Rubber by Edith A. Browne

Radiocarbon dates from this zone are 8920 ±400 and 9640 ±450 B. P. Four examples were recovered from Stratum III (Cambron and Hulse, 1960a) at the Quad Site in association with Dalton, Lerma, Big Sandy I, and other points and were listed as Type P-11.
— from Handbook of Alabama Archaeology: Part I, Point Types by James W. Cambron

If he had been in the business for the last two years, he knew that he would now have been in a far better position for carrying out the plans, which more than anything else had brought him back to Gershom; and it was toward the forming of such a company—or, rather, it was toward the commencing and carrying on of the work which such a company might be expected to do, that all his plans now pointed.
— from David Fleming's Forgiveness by Margaret M. (Margaret Murray) Robertson

If now we imagine our escape wheel to be pressed forward in the direction of the arrow j , the tooth D would press on the arc l and be held.
— from Watch and Clock Escapements A Complete Study in Theory and Practice of the Lever, Cylinder and Chronometer Escapements, Together with a Brief Account of the Origin and Evolution of the Escapement in Horology by Anonymous

They now approach the dangerous defile, and some of the younger ones fly over the traps; others, more prudent, turn back; but the main body hold a council of war, when the staff officers having decided that these Thermopylæ must be passed, first one woodcock and then another taking heart proceeds, and the sportsman hugs himself in his success on perceiving the whole troop making towards the baits he has spread for them.
— from Le Morvan, [A District of France,] Its Wild Sports, Vineyards and Forests; with Legends, Antiquities, Rural and Local Sketches by Henri de Crignelle

Lift up the front extremities of a quadruped, keep them asunder at their origins by bony props, fit them with freer motions and stronger muscles, and cover them with feathers, and they become wings in every essential particular.
— from Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 437 Volume 17, New Series, May 15, 1852 by Various

Till an equally efficient instrument can be produced for £5 I shall not consider the price practical.
— from Scientific American Supplement, No. 794, March 21, 1891 by Various

And would it have been possible for a woman of such notorious profligacy to ascend the throne without a protest from patriarch or bishop or senators or populace?
— from Women of Early Christianity by Mitchell Carroll