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corporation US Spareinlagenbuch passbook
System der Ausbeutung der Mieter Rachmanism (hier:) gegebenenfalls if any (id est) das heißt i.e. (in Werbeagentur) Kundenkontobetreuer account executive (öffentliche Ausschreibung) Kostenvoranschlag tender (US) Anschlagtafel billboard (US) ärztliche Hilfe für alte Leute medicaid (US) Benzinpreis gasoline price (US) Diskontsatz prime rate (US) einheitliches Handelsgesetz Uniform Commercial Code (US) Girokonto checking account (US) Handelsministerium Department of Commerce (US) Immobilienmakler realtor (US) Importhafen port of entry (US) Leiter einer Vertretung chief of an agency (US) Mahnung dunning (US) Postspardienst postal saving (US) Rechtsanwalt attorney (US) Rechtsanwalt attorney-at-law (US) Scheck check (US) Scheckbuch check book (US) Schrägstrich slash (US) soviel wie AG; GmbH corporation (US) Spareinlagenbuch passbook Nummer 10 Prozent über dem Betrag 10 per cent more than the amount 10 Prozent unter dem Betrag 10 per cent less than the amount 1000 Liter kilolitre A a Konto on account ab Fabrik ex factory ab Fabrik (INCOTERM)
— from Mr. Honey's Medium Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig

creeds utroque symbolo pro
Note 4 ( return ) [ Before the shrine of St. Peter he placed two shields of the weight of 94 1/2 pounds of pure silver; on which he inscribed the text of both creeds, (utroque symbolo,) pro amore et cautelâ orthodoxæ fidei, (Anastas. in Leon.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

charm unless some purely
But the first condition of such aid must be a real, direct, aesthetic charm in the thing itself; unless it has that charm, unless some purely artistic quality went to its original making, no merely antiquarian effort can ever give it an aesthetic value, or make it a proper subject of aesthetic criticism.
— from The Renaissance: Studies in Art and Poetry by Walter Pater

cada uno su propia
A veces los agricultores de un distrito, no pudiendo tener cada uno su propia
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson

comment upon St Paul
I have exhausted my strength in constant exercises; I comment upon St. Paul; I dispute with Aristotle; in short, I do all I used to do before I loved you, but all in vain; nothing can be successful that opposes you.
— from Letters of Abelard and Heloise To which is prefix'd a particular account of their lives, amours, and misfortunes by Héloïse

certain United States patents
In the latter year, David Fraser, who came to the United States from Glasgow in 1886, established the Hungerford Co., succeeding the business of the Hungerfords, and later being granted certain United States patents, already mentioned.
— from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers

corps under Sheridan pursuing
The flying troops were pursued in different directions, the cavalry and 5th corps under Sheridan pursuing the larger body which moved north-west.
— from Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Complete by Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) Grant

catching us systematic picking
So soon as they’ve settled all our guns and ships, and smashed our railways, and done all the things they are doing over there, they will begin catching us systematic, picking the best and storing us in cages and things.
— from The War of the Worlds by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

cave using special plastic
From there, they were to run a pipe line up into the cave, using special plastic tubing which hooked together in a jiffy.
— from Tom Swift and The Visitor from Planet X by Appleton, Victor, II

conjured up some painful
Evidently the allusion to the Hotel Petersburg mentioned by Lechmere conjured up some painful and none too creditable associations.
— from The Weight of the Crown by Fred M. (Fred Merrick) White

Calci um Sul phate
um Car- bon- ate Calci- um Sul- phate Mag- ne- sium Sili- cate Bari- um Sul- phate Silica Blanc Fixe CHALKING CHECKING GENERAL CONDITION REMARKS % % % % % % % % % % 1 30 70 — — — — — — — — Slight None Good Slight scaling; fairly white surface 2 2 50 50 — — — — — — — — Medium Very slight Fair Panels quite dark and some scaling 4 3 20 50 20 — 10 — — — — — Considerable
— from Paint Technology and Tests by Henry A. (Henry Alfred) Gardner

climb up St Peter
Eric, alone, might be softly whistling, or writing an invitation to Miss Hopkins to climb up St. Peter’s dome with him, or to visit the tomb of Cecilia Metella, or the Corso, as the case might be, while here— As Mae reached this point in her musings, the Italians were forming for a dance, so she sprang up to join them.
— from Mae Madden by Mary Murdoch Mason

castle until Sir Piers
So I beg you, my lord Kenric -- and you also, Allan -- rest you here in our castle until Sir Piers returns."
— from The Thirsty Sword: A Story of the Norse Invasion of Scotland (1262-1263) by Robert Leighton


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