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Corn or rosting Ears raised
Some Signs of hunters near this place & the Plains being on fire near their towns induce a belief that they this nation have returned to get Some Green Corn or rosting Ears) raised a flag Staff Sund & Dryed our provisions &c. I commence
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

credit on real estate Reallohn
Einsparung economization Rationalisierungsbemühungen rationalization efforts Rationalisierungsfachmann efficiency expert Rationalisierungsvorhaben scheme of rationalization rationiert rationed Rationierung rationing Ratsversammlung council Raubbau exhaustive cultivation Raubbau robber economy Räumung eines Gebäudes vacation of a building Räumungsausverkauf closing-down sale Razzia razzia reagieren react Reaktion reaction Reaktion response real real reale Vermögenswerte tangible assets Realeinkommen real earnings Realeinkommen real income realer Wert real value realer Wert; Sachwert; effektiver Wert real value realisierbar; verwertbar realizable Realisierbarkeitsstudie feasibility study Realkosten real costs Realkredit credit on landed property Realkredit credit on real estate Reallohn real wage Rechenfehler miscalculation Rechenmaschine calculator Rechenschaftsbericht statement of accounts rechenschaftspflichtig accountable rechenschaftspflichtig liable to account Rechenschieber sliderule Rechenzeit calculating time Rechenzeit computing time rechnen count rechnen reckon Rechner calculator Rechner; Rechenmaschine calculator Rechnung bill Rechnung invoice Rechnung (US);
— from Mr. Honey's Medium Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig

castillos o ruedas ellos repitieron
Pero cuantas veces se quemaron castillos o ruedas, ellos repitieron aquella expresiva pantomima.
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson

caedibus omnia repleverunt et regnum
l. 1. hoc ferali bello et caedibus omnia repleverunt, et regnum amplissimum a fundamentis pene everterunt, plebis tot myriades gladio, bello, fame miserabiliter perierunt.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

charm of romantic environment rank
The imaginative richness, the marvellous ingenuity of plot, and the charm of romantic environment, rank this novel among the great creations. GROSSET & DUNLAP, PUBLISHERS 52 DUANE STREET :: NEW YORK
— from The Sherrods by George Barr McCutcheon

committee of relief ever ready
Philadelphia has long been an example to other cities, in that it has had a permanent committee of relief, ever ready with men and means to answer the call of some unusual distress.
— from Great Disasters and Horrors in the World's History by Allen Howard Godbey

consolations of religion educated Romans
When skepticism had destroyed their faith in the gods, and had robbed them of the consolations of religion, educated Romans sought refuge and solace in Greek philosophy.
— from The Trial of Jesus from a Lawyer's Standpoint, Vol. 2 (of 2) The Roman Trial by Walter M. (Walter Marion) Chandler

case of rain en route
Carry your poncho to be used in case of rain en route.
— from Camping For Boys by H. W. (Henry William) Gibson

cause of righteousness ever recruits
From the ranks of its enemies the cause of righteousness ever recruits its most valiant fighters.
— from Victory out of Ruin by Norman Maclean

capture of Romney etc required
The recent activity of the enemy, the capture of Romney, etc., required that he should have for prompt service a body of Confederate troops to coöperate with the militia of that district.
— from The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Volume 1 by Jefferson Davis

contrary of revolt every revolution
Revolution is precisely the contrary of revolt; every revolution, being a normal accomplishment, contains its legitimacy within itself, which false revolutionists sometimes dishonor, but which endures even when sullied, and survives even when bleeding.
— from Les Misérables, v. 4/5: The Idyll and the Epic by Victor Hugo

crash of routed echoes roars
Soon from height to height Steals a red finger of mysterious light, And lion-footed through the forests creep Strange mutterings; till suddenly, with sweep And shattering thunder of resistless flight And crash of routed echoes, roars to view, Down the long mountain gorge the Night Express Freighted with fears and tears and happiness....
— from The Book of the Native by Roberts, Charles G. D., Sir


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