flüssige Güter wet goods flüssige Mittel liquid assets flüssige Mittel liquid resources flüssige Mittel quick assets flüssige Mittel; greifbare Mittel liquid funds Flüssigkeit des Geldes ease of money Flüssigladung liquid cargo Flussverschmutzung pollution of rivers Flüsterpropaganda whispering campaign Flut flood FOB Flughafen fob airport Folge der Ereignisse order of events Folgekosten consequential costs folgen follow Folgen aus Verlusten consequences arising out of loss Folgen die sich ergeben aus consequences arising out of Folgen von Verzögerungen consequences arising out of delay folgern; schließen conclude Folgeschaden consequential damage Folgewidrigkeit inconsequence Folgezeitmethode differential timing folienbeschichtet foil-coated Fond endowment fund Fond fund Fonds fund Förderband conveyer band Förderband conveyer belt fördern promote Förderung von Kapitalanlagen promotion of investments Forderungen accounts receivable Forderungen receivables Förderwesen materials handling Förderzeit handling time Förderzeit materials handling time
— from Mr. Honey's Medium Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig

(Showing emotion) ¡Ay! ¿Qué filtro envenenado Ah, what a deadly venom me dan en este papel, has been given me with this paper que el corazón desgarrado for I feel my heart ripped open me estoy sintiendo con él? on reading his letter.
— from Don Juan Tenorio by José Zorrilla

[77] admissibility of it: from such a wrong inference does Schopenhauer first come to his fantastic consequent of the so called discretionary freedom (intelligibeln Freiheit).
— from Human, All Too Human: A Book for Free Spirits by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

I'll go up to bed before he arrives, and I expect it will be a long time before I'm able to come down, for I feel sure I am going to be ill—and little wonder!"
— from In Brief Authority by F. Anstey

[45] "If any one will lay the portrait of Lord Bristol (in Mr. Gage Rokewode's Thingoe Hundred ) by the side of the sepulchral brass of the Abbess of Elstow (from whom he is collaterally descended) figured in Fisher's Bedfordshire Antiquities , he cannot but be struck by the strong likeness between the two faces.
— from Stones of the Temple; Or, Lessons from the Fabric and Furniture of the Church by Walter Field

This was all I could do; for I found no disposition on the part of the Intendente or of any other officials at [Pg 202] San Carlos to back me in my protest.
— from The Sufferings and Escape of Capt. Chas. H. Brown From an Awful Imprisonment by Chilian Convicts by Brown, Charles H., captain of the bark Florida

The eagle uttered a hoarse cry, drawn from its frightened throat, and followed the owl.
— from The Eyes of the Woods: A Story of the Ancient Wilderness by Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander) Altsheler

[32] (2) 109 92 92 established - 15 December 1950 aim - to promote international cooperation in customs matters members - (145) Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, The Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Bermuda, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burma, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, The Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea, Guyana, Haiti, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, South Korea, Kuwait, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macau, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, NZ, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine, UAE, UK, US, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe _________________________________________________________________ developed countries (DCs) the top group in the hierarchy of developed countries (DCs), former USSR/Eastern Europe (former USSR/EE), and less developed countries (LDCs); includes the market-oriented economies of the mainly democratic nations in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Bermuda, Israel, South Africa, and the European ministates; also known as the First World, high-income countries, the North, industrial countries; generally have a per capita GDP in excess of $10,000 although four OECD countries and South Africa have figures well under $10,000 and two of the excluded OPEC countries have figures of more than $10,000; the 35 DCs are: Andorra, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bermuda, Canada, Denmark, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Holy See, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Mexico, Monaco, Netherlands, NZ, Norway, Portugal, San Marino, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, UK, US; note - similar to the new International Monetary Fund (IMF) term "advanced economies" which adds Hong Kong, South Korea, Singapore, and Taiwan but drops Malta, Mexico, South Africa, and Turkey _________________________________________________________________ developing countries a new term used by the International Monetary FUND (IMF) for the bottom group in its hierarchy of advanced economies, countries in transition, and developing countries; recently published IMF statistics include the following 126 developing countries: Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Aruba, The Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Burma, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Cyprus, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, The Gambia, Ghana, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kuwait, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Federated States of Micronesia, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Qatar, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Syria, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, UAE, Uganda, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe; note - this category would presumably also cover the following 46 other countries that are traditionally included in the more comprehensive group of "less developed countries": American Samoa, Anguilla, British Virgin Islands, Brunei, Cayman Islands, Christmas Island, Cocos Islands, Cook Islands, Cuba, Eritrea, Falkland Islands, French Guiana, French Polynesia, Gaza Strip, Gibraltar, Greenland, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guam, Guernsey, Jersey, North Korea, Macau, Isle of Man, Mar
— from The 2000 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

I had frequent attacks of hysteria, and was completely discouraged, for I found no medicine did me any good.
— from The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser in Plain English or, Medicine Simplified, 54th ed., One Million, Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand by Ray Vaughn Pierce

, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, South Korea, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Morocco, Mozambique, Nepal, Netherlands, NZ, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Tanzania, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, UAE, UK, US, Uruguay, Yugoslavia, Zaire, Zambia, Zimbabwe ————————————————————————————————————- _#_developed countries (DCs)—the top group in the comprehensive but mutually exclusive hierarchy of developed countries (DCs), USSR/Eastern Europe (USSR/EE), and less developed countries (LDCs); includes the market-oriented economies of the mainly democratic nations in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Bermuda, Israel, South Africa, and the European ministates; also known as the First World, high-income countries, the North, industrial countries; generally have a per capita GNP/GDP in excess of $10,000 although some OECD countries and South Africa have figures well under $10,000 and three of the excluded OPEC countries have figures of $10,000 or more; the 34 DCs are—Andorra, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bermuda, Canada, Denmark, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Netherlands, NZ, Norway, Portugal, San Marino, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, UK, US, Vatican City ————————————————————————————————————- _# developing countries—an imprecise term for the less developed countries with growing economies; see less developed countries (LDCs) ————————————————————————————————————- #_East African Development Bank (EADB) established—6 June 1967, effective 1 December 1967; aim—to promote economic development; members—(3) Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda ————————————————————————————————————- _#_Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) established—28 March 1947 as Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East (ECAFE); aim—to promote economic development as a regional commission for the UN's ECOSOC; members—(38) Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, China, Fiji, France, India, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, South Korea, Laos, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands, NZ, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Tonga, Tuvalu, UK, US, USSR, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Western Samoa; associate members—(9) Cook Islands, Guam, Hong Kong, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Niue, Northern Mariana Islands, Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (Palau) ————————————————————————————————————- _#_Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) established—9 August 1973 as Economic Commission for Western Asia (ECWA); aim—to promote economic development as a regional commission for the UN's ECOSOC; members—(12) Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, UAE, Yemen ————————————————————————————————————- _#_Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) established—26 June 1945, effective 24 October 1945; aim—to coordinate the economic and social work of the UN; includes five regional commissions (see Economic Commission for Africa, Economic Commission for Europe, Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia) and six functional commissions (see Commission for Social Development, Commission on Human Rights, Commission on Narcotic Drugs, Commission on the Status of Women, Population Commission, and Statistical Commission); members—(54) selected on a rotating basis from all regions ————————————————————————————————————- _#_Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) established—29 April 1958; aim—to promote economic development as a regional commission of the UN's ECOSOC; members—(51) Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zaire, Zambia, Zimbabwe; associate members—(3) France, Namibia, UK ————————————————————————————————————- _# Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East (ECAFE)—see Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) ————————————————————————————————————- #_Economic Commission for Europe (ECE) established—28 March 1947; aim—to promote economic development as a regional commission of the UN's ECOSOC; members—(33) Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic, Canada, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, UK, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, US, USSR, Yugoslavia ————————————————————————————————————- _# Economic Commission for Latin America (ECLA)—see Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) ————————————————————————————————————- #_Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) established—25 February 1948 as Economic Commission for Latin America (ECLA); aim—to promote economic development as a regional commission of the UN's ECOSOC; members—(41) Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, France, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Spain, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, UK, US, Uruguay, Venezuela; associate members—(5) Aruba, British Virgin Islands, Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles, Virgin Islands ————————————————————————————————————- _# Economic Commission for Western Asia (ECWA)—see Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) ————————————————————————————————————- #_Economic Community of Central African States (CEEAC)—acronym from Communaute Economique des Etats de l'Afrique Centrale; established—18 October 1983; aim—to promote regional economic cooperation and establish a Central African Common Market; members—(10) Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Zaire; observer—(1) Angola ————————————————————————————————————- _#_Economic Community of the Great Lakes Countries (CEPGL)—acronym from Communaute Economique des Pays des Grands Lacs; established—26 September 1976; aim—to promote regional economic cooperation and integration; members—(3) Burundi, Rwanda, Zaire ————————————————————————————————————- _#_Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) established—28 May 1975; aim—to promote regional economic cooperation; members—(16) Benin, Burkina, Cape Verde, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo ————————————————————————————————————- _#_European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) established—15 April 1991; aim—to facilitate the transition of seven centrally planned economies in Europe (Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland, Romania, USSR, and Yugoslavia) to market economies by committing 60% of its loans to privatization; members—(34) Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Cyprus, Denmark, European Community (EC), Egypt, European Investment Bank (EIB), Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, NZ, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, UK, US; note—includes all 12 members of the EC as individual countries and the EC itself as an institution ————————————————————————————————————- _#_European Community (EC) established—8 April 1965, effective 1 July 1967; aim—a fusing of the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom), the European Coal and Steel Community (ESC), and the European Economic Community (EEC or Common Market); the EC plans to establish a completely integrated common market in 1992 and an eventual federation of Europe; members—(12) Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, UK ————————————————————————————————————- _#_European Free Trade Association (EFTA) established—4 January 1960, effective 3 May 1960; aim—to promote expansion of free trade; members—(7) Austria, Finland, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland ————————————————————————————————————- _#_European Investment Bank (EIB) established—25 March 1957, effective 1 January 1958; aim—to promote economic development of the EC; members—(12) Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, UK ————————————————————————————————————- _#_European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)—acronym retained from the predecessor organization Conseil Europeen pour la Recherche Nucleaire; established—1 July 1953, effective 29 September 1954; aim—to foster nuclear research for peaceful purposes only; members—(14) Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK; observers—(3) Poland (scheduled to become a member 1 July 1991), Turkey, Yugoslavia ————————————————————————————————————- _#_European Space Agency (ESA) established—31 July 1973, effective 1 May 1975; aim—to promote peaceful cooperation in space research and technology; members—(13) Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK; associate member—(1) Finland ————————————————————————————————————- _# First World—another term for countries with advanced, industrialized economies; see developed countries (DCs) ————————————————————————————————————- #_Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) established—16 October 1945; aim—UN specialized agency to raise living standards and increase availability of agricultural products; members—(157) all UN members except Brunei, Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic, Liechtenstein, Singapore, South Africa, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, USSR; other members are Cook Islands, North Korea, South Korea, Switzerland, Tonga ————————————————————————————————————- _#
— from The 1991 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

Whereas the latter is chiefly distinguished for its formality and general uncomfortableness, these “poverty socials” are delightfully free and easy; indeed, the people attending them are actually fined if their clothes are considered at all stylish or savouring of ostentation, the idea, of course, being that everyone—rich and poor alike—shall feel entirely at their ease.
— from The Wide World Magazine, Vol. 22, No. 129, December, 1908 by Various