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day elapse before
Yet, though Bazarov had said "No matter," he let the whole of the rest of the day elapse before he could make up his mind to acquaint Vasili Ivanitch with his intention.
— from Fathers and Sons by Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev

Death exposed by
My hold of this new kingdom all depends, Through Sin to Death exposed by my exploit.
— from Paradise Lost by John Milton

disorder except by
Both in politics and in art Plato seems to have seen no way of bringing order out of disorder, except by taking a step backwards.
— from Laws by Plato

der Erfüllung by
Druck pressure Druck auf den Geldmarkt pressure on the money market drücken sqeeze down drucken; Druck print drückende Hypothek burden of a mortgage drückende Last heavy burden drückende Schulden burden of debts drückende Steuern burden of taxes Druckerei print shop Druckerei printers' shop Druckerei printing plant Druckerei printing shop druckfertig printable Druckort place of printing druckreif ready for press Drucksache printed matter Dubiose bad debt Dubiose bad debts Dubiose doubtful accounts Dubiose dubious debts Dubiose uncollectible receivables dubiose Außenstände doubtful debts Dubiosekonto delinquent account Dumping; Preisschleuderei dumping Dumping; Unterbietung dumping Dünndruckausgabe der Zeitung air edition Duplikat; zweifach duplicate durch by the use of durch Abstammung erworbene Staatsbürgerschaft nationality by descent durch Akzeptleistung by acceptance durch Angabe by indicating durch automatische Datenverarbeitung by automatic data processing durch automatische Datenverarbeitung by methods of automated data processing durch das Löschen by reason of the unloading durch den Vertrag bedingt involved in the contract durch die avisierende Bank through the advising bank durch die Benennung einer Bank by nominating a bank durch die bisherigen Richtlinien by existing rules durch die Einfuhr by reason of the importing durch die Hintertür through the back-door durch die Zulassung der Negoziierung by allowing for negotiation durch diese Grenze getrennt separated by that frontier durch Dokumente belegt documentary durch eigene Arbeit verdientes Einkommen earned income durch ein drittes Land through another country durch ein oder mehrere Drittländer through one or more countries durch ein Telekommunikationsmittel beauftragen instruct by any teletransmission durch eine andere Bank through another bank durch eine Hypothek abdecken cover by a mortgage durch einen bevollmächtigten Beauftragten by a duly accredited agent durch einen einzigen Schiedsrichter by a sole arbitrator durch einen Hinweis in dem Kredit by wording in the credit durch einen Schiedsrichter by one arbitrator durch einen Zusatz by adding words to this effect durch einfache Übergabe by simple delivery durch elektronische Datenverarbeitung by methods of electronic data processing durch Erfüllung by performance durch Ermächtigung einer Bank zu handeln by authorizing a bank to act durch Ersuchen einer Bank zu handeln by requesting a bank to act durch Frachtführer by public carrier durch Geburt erworbene Staatsbürgerschaft nationality by birth durch Handschlag by handshake durch Handzeichen show of hands durch hinausgeschobene Zahlung by deferred payment durch Indossament begeben; übertragen negotiate by endorsement durch Indossament oder auf anderem Wege by endorsement or otherwise durch Indossament sicherstellen providing by endorsement durch Indossierung by endorsement durch irgendeine Bank by any bank durch mehrere Schiedsrichter by more arbitrators durch Negoziierung by negotiation durch nichtbegebbare Dokumente by non-negotiable instruments durch Sichtzahlung by sight payment durch Testament by will durch unerlaubte Mittel; auf unerlaubte Weise by unfair means durch Unfall verursacht accidental durch Unmöglichkeit der Erfüllung by impossibility durch Vereinbarung by agreement durch
— from Mr. Honey's Medium Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig

discernible echo beyond
Their lives have no discernible echo beyond the neighbourhood where they dwelt, but you are almost sure to find there some good piece of road, some building, some application of mineral produce, some improvement in farming practice, some reform of parish abuses, with which their names are associated by one or two generations after them.
— from Adam Bede by George Eliot

deceased elder but
And among these were some of the oldest monks, strictest in their devotion, genuine ascetics, who had kept silent during the life of the deceased elder, but now suddenly unsealed their lips.
— from The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

deaf ear being
Several parties spoke to him on the subject; but to all such inquiries he turned a deaf ear, being entirely absorbed in the terrifying reflections on his own awful position.
— from Roughing It by Mark Twain

disputes enough both
Yesterday we had wrangling and disputes enough, both at the time of the hunt and during the banquet.
— from Pan Tadeusz Or, the Last Foray in Lithuania; a Story of Life Among Polish Gentlefolk in the Years 1811 and 1812 by Adam Mickiewicz

detached employments be
‘12th, How can the demands for European officers for staff and detached employments be best provided for, without injuring the efficiency of regiments?
— from The History of the Indian Revolt and of the Expeditions to Persia, China and Japan, 1856-7-8 by George Dodd

day each by
For our father perished miserably, having first put out his own eyes; and our mother hanged herself with her own hands; and our two brothers fell in one day, each by the other’s spear; and now we two only are left.
— from Stories of the Old World by Alfred John Church

due exception being
Most of the time spent by the teacher in demonstrating why a foreign sentence is constructed in a particular way is time wasted; it is generally enough for the student to learn to do things without learning why he must do them (due exception being made in special cases, notably that of corrective courses).
— from The Principles of Language-Study by Harold E. Palmer

duties except by
“I sha’n’t hurt myself,” Benny replied with a laugh, determined not to be prevented from attending 207 to his regular duties, except by a positive command from Keeper Downey.
— from The Life Savers: A story of the United States life-saving service by James Otis

dissertation entitled Beiträge
Thus Klein's short dissertation, entitled Beiträge zur Lehre von der morganatischen Ehe (Erlangen, 1897), traces the practice back to ancient Frankish law.
— from A History of Matrimonial Institutions, Vol. 1 of 3 by George Elliott Howard

dank earth begins
When the dank earth begins to thaw and yield The early clover, didst thou never pass Some balmy noon from field to sunny field And press thy feet against the tufted grass?
— from Poems by George Santayana

dark eyes brimming
Stafford turned his head, and found fixed upon him a pair of large, dark eyes, brimming over with mingled contrition and admiration.
— from Father Stafford by Anthony Hope

do every body
I want to do every body good.
— from The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous, Vol. 2 Who was a sailor, a soldier, a merchant, a spy, a slave among the moors... by George Augustus Sala


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