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death duties Erbschaftssteuer
weigerte sich auszusagen he declined to answer questions er wird die Messe eröffnen he will open the fair er würde normalerweise tragen müssen he would normally be called upon erbauen construct Erbe heir erben inherit Erbengemeinschaft community of heirs Erbin heiress erbitten solicit Erblasser bequeather erbpachtrechtliche Überlassung building lease Erbschaft inheritance Erbschaft legacy Erbschaftssteuer death duties Erbschaftssteuer inheritance tax Erbschaftssteuer succession duty Erbschein certificate of inheritance Erdbeben earthquake Ereignis event Ereignis incidence Erfahrung expert knowledge Erfahrung know-how Erfahrung sammeln to gain experience Erfahrung; Kenntnisse know-how Erfassung acquisition Erfassung der Fakten finding of facts Erfassung von Daten acquisition of data Erfassung von Daten collection of data erfinden invent Erfinder inventor Erfindung invention Erfolg versprechend promising erfolgreiches Experiment successful experiment Erfolgschancen chances of success Erfolgsentlohnung payment by results Erfolgskontrolle measurement of results Erfolgskontrolle result checking Erfolgsrechnung income statement erforderlich as may be necessary erforderlich necessary erforderlich; um ihm zu ermöglichen necessary to enable him erforderliche Genauigkeit required accuracy erforderliche oder übliche Vorgänge necessary or customary operations erforderliche Schritte steps to be taken erforderliche Vorbildung educational requirements erforderlicher Geldbetrag requisite money erforderliches Kapital capital required erforschen; Forschung research erforschen; untersuchen investigate Erforschung der Einstellung zu einer Sache attitude survey Erforschung der Verbrauchsmotive consumer motivation research erfüllen comply with erfüllen fulfil Erfüllung compliance Erfüllung fulfilment Erfüllung der Pflicht performance of duty Erfüllung eines Vertrags performance of a contract Erfüllung Zug um Zug contemporaneous performance Erfüllungsgarantie performance bond Erfüllungsort place of performance ergänzen complement ergänzende Bestimmungen supplementary provisions Ergänzung supplement Ergänzung eines Urteils amendment of judgement Ergänzungen amendments Ergebnis outcome Ergebnisse findings Ergebnisse results
— from Mr. Honey's Medium Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig

defeudalized democratic era
Upper Canada had, in little, its primæval and barbaric but heroic era, its mediæval and high-prerogative era, and then, after a revolutionary period of a few weeks, its modern, defeudalized, democratic era.
— from Toronto of Old Collections and recollections illustrative of the early settlement and social life of the capital of Ontario by Henry Scadding

des données et
Quand j'ai fait connaissance avec ce mot (utilisé par Jean-Claude Guédon et Nicholas Négroponte), il m'avait d'abord laissé l'illusion d'un espace extra-terrestre où les ordinateurs et leurs utilisateurs se transportaient pour échanger des données et communiquer.
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert

de divinatione et
Lib. de divinatione et magicis praestigiis in Mopso.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

de daemonibus et
In nulla re major fuit altercatio, major obscuritas, minor opinionum concordia, quam de daemonibus et substantiis separatis.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

drag draw ex
Cf. fâma simul atque , conj., as soon as suscipiô, suscipere, suscêpî, susceptus , undertake trahô, trahere, trâxî, trâctus , drag, draw (ex-tract) valeô, valêre, valuî, valitûrus , be strong ; plûrimum valêre, to be most powerful, have great influence (value).
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

dissipate duel ecstasy
WORDS OFTEN MISSPELLED accidentally advice affect believe benefit challenge coarse course criticize deceive definite describe despise develop disappoint dissipate duel ecstasy effect embarrass existence fascinate fiery formerly humorous hypocrisy immediately impostor incident incidentally latter led lose marriage mischief murmur necessary occurred opportunity parallel Philip playwright preceding prejudice principal principle privilege pursue repetition rhyme rhythm ridiculous sacrilegious seize separate shepherd siege similar simile too tragedy tries undoubtedly until villain Note that a single consonant (other than v ) preceded by a stressed short vowel is doubled before -ed and -ing : planned , letting , beginning .
— from The Elements of Style by William Strunk

debet dolor esse
Ponamus nimios gemitus; flagrantior æquo / 20 Non debet dolor esse viri, nec vulnere major —Let us dismiss excessive laments; a man's grief should not be immoderate, nor greater than the wound received.
— from Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them by Wood, James, Rev.

duty devoirs egards
homage, fealty, obeisance, genuflection, kneeling prostration; obsequiousness &c. 886; salaam, kowtow, bow, presenting arms, salute. respects, regards, duty, devoirs, egards.
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget

Diocletian despised even
The successors of Diocletian despised even the flattery of the senate: their royal officers at Rome, and in the provinces, assumed the sole direction of the mint; and the same prerogative was inherited by the Gothic kings of Italy, and the long series of the Greek, the French, and the German dynasties.
— 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

did damage estimated
A flood in March of 1865 submerged Oil City, floated off hundreds of oil-tanks and small buildings and did damage estimated at four-millions of dollars.
— from Sketches in Crude-oil Some accidents and incidents of the petroleum development in all parts of the globe by John J. (John James) McLaurin

do drive em
If H2 cows straggle across an' yo're right handy to 'em an' ain't got nothing pressing to do, drive 'em back; but don't look for 'em particularly.
— from Hopalong Cassidy by Clarence Edward Mulford

dangerous disorders even
Yet did this war afford disturbances and dangerous disorders even in places very far remote from Judea; for still it came to pass that many Jews were slain at Alexandria in Egypt; for as many of the Sicarii as were able to fly thither, out of the seditious wars in Judea, were not content to have saved themselves, but must needs be undertaking to make new disturbances, and persuaded many of those that entertained them to assert their liberty, to esteem the Romans to be no better than themselves, and to look upon God as their only Lord and Master.
— from The Wars of the Jews; Or, The History of the Destruction of Jerusalem by Flavius Josephus

du décret et
La réception du décret et sa publication, que demandait M. de Sussy, n'entraient pas, d'ailleurs,
— from My Memoirs, Vol. IV, 1830 to 1831 by Alexandre Dumas

deep dark eyes
But there was more sentiment in the Scottish poet than in the English painter; and the deep dark eyes of the Scot had more of fervor and less of sarcasm in their brightness.
— from The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2, May, 1851 by Various

Dom Diego especially
All had many personal friends, Dom Diego especially among the Jesuits, to whose order he belonged; Francis d'Almeida among those of his own order, the Dominicans, and among the ordinary clergy of the province, headed by the noble Archbishop; and in his sweet sister every lady in Goa was interested.
— from A Noble Queen: A Romance of Indian History (Volume 3 of 3) by Meadows Taylor

Dr Dill expended
THE DOCTOR'S DAUGHTER Whether it was that Dr. Dill expended all the benevolence of his disposition in the course of his practice, and came home utterly exhausted, but so it was, that his family never saw him in those moods of blandness which he invariably appeared in to his patients.
— from Barrington. Volume 1 (of 2) by Charles James Lever

dort dine et
“They say in my province, Monsieur de Blenau,” said the Officer, placing a seat for the prisoner near the fire, “ Qui dort dine, et qui fait l’amour soupe .
— from Richelieu: A Tale of France, v. 3/3 by G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James


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