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collective or distributive explaining
Agreement , of subst., 1077-1081 ; of mobile substs., 1078 ; explaining two or more substs., 1079 ; collective or distributive, explaining plur., 1080 ; in apposition with thought or clause, 1081 .
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane

collection of debts Einziehung
Einzelfall individual case Einzelfertigung jobbing production Einzelfertigung jobbing work Einzelfirma sole proprietorship Einzelhandel retail Einzelhandel retail trade Einzelhandelsabgabepreis retail selling price Einzelhandelsgeschäft retail outlet Einzelhandelsgeschäft retail shop Einzelhandelsgeschäft (US) retail store Einzelhandelskette retail store chain Einzelhandelskostenindex index of retail prices Einzelhandelskunde retail customer Einzelhandelspreisindex retail price index Einzelhandelsrabatt retail discount Einzelhandelsspanne retail margin Einzelhandelsumsatz retail sales Einzelhandelsumsatz retail turnover Einzelhandelsunternehmen retail business Einzelhandelsunternehmen retail establishment Einzelhändler retail dealer Einzelhändler retailer Einzelheit detail Einzelheiten particulars Einzelkaufmann sole prprietor Einzelkosten individual costs Einzellohnverhandlung individual bargaining einzeln individual einzeln single einzeln aufführen specify einzeln oder insgesamt any or all of which einzelner Verbraucher individual consumer Einzelposten single item Einzelspalte single column Einzelstück; Einzelposten individual item Einzelstückfertigung; Einzelfertigung piece production Einzelteil component Einzelverträge individual contracts Einzelzeit subtracted time Einzelzeitmessung flyback timing Einzelzeitverfahren flyback timing method Einzelzeitverfahren snap-back timing method Einziehung von Außenständen collection of outstanding debts Einziehung von Forderungen collection of debts Einziehung von Schulden collection of debts einzige Beschwerde sole complaint einziger Absatzweg exclusive outlet Einzug eines Schecks collection of a cheque Einzug von Außenständen collection of outstanding amounts Einzugskosten encashment charges einzuschiebendes Arbeitselement intermittent element Eisenbahn railway Eisenbahnbehörde railway authority Eisenbahnfahrkarte railway ticket Eisenbahngesellschaft railroad company Eisenbahnknotenpunkt railway junction Eisenbahnnetz network of railroads Eisenbahnnetz railroad network Eisenbahnnetz railway network Eisenbahntransport rail transport Eisenbahnunglück railway disaster
— from Mr. Honey's Medium Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig

claims of different ends
The impulses or principles from which the different methods take their rise, the different claims of different ends to be rational, are admitted, to some extent, by all minds: and as along with these claims is felt the need of harmonising them—since it is, as was said, a postulate of the Practical Reason, that two conflicting rules of action cannot both be reasonable—the result is ordinarily either a confused blending, or a forced and premature reconciliation, of different principles and methods.
— from The Methods of Ethics by Henry Sidgwick

composed of discordant elements
On the other hand, it was truly glorious for Numa that he was a stranger and sent for by the Romans to be their king; that he effected all his reforms without violence, and ruled a city composed of discordant elements without any armed force such as Lykurgus had to assist him, winning over all men and reducing them to order by his wisdom and justice.
— from Plutarch's Lives, Volume 1 (of 4) by Plutarch

Come on D easy
"Come on, D, easy now.
— from Little Brother by Cory Doctorow

collection of documentary evidence
"I am a good deal occupied as a magistrate, and in the collection of documentary evidence, but I regard my time as being at the disposal of the public—and, in short, my friends have convinced me that a chaplain with a salary—a salary, you know—is a very good thing, and I am happy to be able to come here and vote for the appointment of Mr. Tyke, who, I understand, is an unexceptionable man, apostolic and eloquent and everything of that kind—and I am the last man to withhold my vote—under the circumstances, you know.
— from Middlemarch by George Eliot

connect or disconnect electricity
plangka n service switch, the switch on a service box used to connect or disconnect electricity to a house.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

consciousness of deserving every
Mrs. Vernon's consciousness of deserving every sort of revenge that it can be in my power to inflict for her ill-offices could alone enable her to perceive that I am actuated by any design in behaviour so gentle and unpretending.
— from Lady Susan by Jane Austen

couple of days even
But all that will take time, and she is eighty-seven years old: she might be dead in a week, in a couple of days even!...
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

clay our dungy earth
Kingdoms are clay; our dungy earth alike Feeds beast as man.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

children of disobedience Eph
bid man walk "according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience" (Eph 2:2).
— from Works of John Bunyan — Complete by John Bunyan

class of disappointments exceedingly
He pointed out to me that these were a class of disappointments exceedingly common to the lot of young men; it was the way of the world.
— from In the Valley by Harold Frederic

chest of drawers every
A large armchair, [Pg 39] smooth and rather treacherous, a small mahogany chest of drawers, every drawer of which took a minute to pull out, some chairs of no importance, completed her furniture.
— from A Bed of Roses by Walter Lionel George

clouds of dust enveloped
Desolation where the crow is! Desert where the eagle flies, Paddocks where the luny bullock starts and stares with reddened eyes; Where, in clouds of dust enveloped, roasted bullock-drivers creep Slowly past the sun-dried shepherd dragged behind his crawling sheep.
— from In the Days When the World Was Wide, and Other Verses by Henry Lawson

cried one dame excitedly
"Are you not Jean L'as?" cried one dame, excitedly, waving in his face a handful of the paper shares of the latest issue in the Company of the Indies.
— from The Mississippi Bubble How the Star of Good Fortune Rose and Set and Rose Again, by a Woman's Grace, for One John Law of Lauriston by Emerson Hough

conversion of defense expenditures
Military expenditures - dollar figure: 176 million rubles (1994); note - conversion of defense expenditures into US dollars using the prevailing exchange rate could produce misleading results Military expenditures - percent of GDP: 3% to 5% (1994) Transnational Issues Disputes - international: based on the 1920 Treaty of Riga, Latvia had claimed the Abrene/Pytalovo section of border ceded by the Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic to Russia in 1944; disputes maritime border with Lithuania (primary concern is oil exploration rights)
— from The 1997 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

Chapter on Dreams etc
In the meantime much work was accomplished, the most important being a series of twelve articles written by Mr. Stevenson for Scribner's Magazine , including some of his best-known essays— The Lantern Bearers , A Chapter on Dreams , etc.
— from The Life of Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson by Nellie Van de Grift Sanchez

crowd of dark earnest
It was very pleasant to listen to the beautiful hymns, and look from the crowd of dark, earnest faces within, upon the grove of noble oaks without.
— from The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 79, May, 1864 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics by Various

cry of delight escaped
No cry of delight escaped my lips as I pushed open the door.
— from At Close Range by Francis Hopkinson Smith

cada oficial dauan el
[860] After describing the robing of drunkards and others, Gomara says: 'Y finalmente a cada oficial dauan el traje del idolo de aquel oficio,' which certainly indicates that a drowned or besotted artisan would wear the mantle due to his position in life as well as that due to his manner of death.
— from The Native Races [of the Pacific states], Volume 2, Civilized Nations The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Volume 2 by Hubert Howe Bancroft


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