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cost of development Entwicklungskosten developent
Entwicklungsbank development bank entwicklungsfähig capable of development entwicklungsfähiger Markt potential market Entwicklungsgebiet development area Entwicklungsgebiet development areas Entwicklungshilfe development aid Entwicklungskosten cost of development Entwicklungskosten developent expenses Entwicklungskosten development costs Entwicklungsland developing country Entwicklungsmöglichkeiten development potentialities Entwicklungsstufe level of development Entwurf; Gestaltung design Epoche era er hat seine Verpflichtungen erfüllt
— from Mr. Honey's Medium Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig

called on Don Emmanuel de
I called on Don Emmanuel de Roda, who was a man of letters, a ‘rara avis’ in Spain.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

case of dog eat dog
It's a case of dog eat dog in this game and this particular situation and it's up to us to save ourselves against everybody or go down together, and that's just what I'm here to tell you.
— from The Financier: A Novel by Theodore Dreiser

Cf Oberländer Die Eingeborenen der
Cf. Oberländer, ‘Die Eingeborenen der Kolonie Victoria,’ in Globus , iv.
— from The Origin and Development of the Moral Ideas by Edward Westermarck

company on duty each day
The four companies took turns at being hosts; the company on duty each day being supplied with horses on which to transport the game brought down.
— from Military Roads of the Mississippi Basin by Archer Butler Hulbert

couple of days extra drill
"You'll have to fall in next, and TOMMY will inspect you, and give you a couple of days' extra drill for not having cleaned your rifle!"
— from Punch, or the London Charivari The Christmas Number, 1890 by Various

composed of delegates elected directly
We shall never comprehend the later developments in Russia, especially the phenomenon of Bolshevism, unless we have a sympathetic understanding of these Soviets—autonomous, non-political units of working-class self-government, composed of delegates elected directly by the workers.
— from Bolshevism: The Enemy of Political and Industrial Democracy by John Spargo

case of dog eat dog
It was case of dog eat dog, and failures, with their unavoidable accompaniment of unemployed labor, were all too frequent.
— from United States Steel: A Corporation with a Soul by Arundel Cotter

clayey or dry earth descend
Next, if the veins which are composed partly of quartz, partly of clayey or dry earth, descend one and all into the depths of the earth together, with their stringers, there is good hope of metal being found; but if the stringers afterward do not appear, or little metallic material is met with, the digging should not be given up until there is nothing remaining.
— from De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Georg Agricola

consists of deputies elected directly
—The lower legislative chamber consists of deputies elected directly by the voters of the kingdom.
— from The Governments of Europe by Frederic Austin Ogg


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