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drown swamp subdue subjugate c
settle, do for; break the neck of, break the back of; capsize, sink, shipwreck, drown, swamp; subdue; subjugate &c. (subject) 749; reduce; make the enemy bite the dust; victimize, roll in the dust, trample under foot, put an extinguisher upon.
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget

deadlock Stillstand standstill Stillstandskosten cost
Steuerjahr tax year Steuerkasse tax collector's office Steuerklasse tax bracket Steuerklasse tax class Steuerlast tax burden Steuern erlassen; mindern to abate taxes Steuerparadies tax haven steuerpflichtig taxable Steuerpolitik fiscal policy Steuerprivileg tax privilege Steuerrückerstattung tax refund Steuersatz rate of taxes Steuersenkung tax cutting Steuertabelle tax table Steuerumgehung evasion of taxes Steuerveranlagung tax assessment Steuervorschriften tax regulations Steuerwohnsitz fiscal domicile Steuerzahler tax-payer Steuerzahler taxpayer Steuerzuschlag surtax Stewardess air hostess Stichprobe random sampling Stichprobe; Muster sample Stichprobenanteil sampling rate Stichprobenentnahme sampling Stichprobenerhebung sampling survey Stichprobenprüfer sampler Stichprobentheorie theory of sampling Stichprobenumfang sample size Stichprobenverfahren sampling Stichprobenverfahren durch Tätigkeitsauswahl work sampling Stichprobenverfahren für Tätigkeiten activity sampling Stichtag key date Stichtag; Gebührenverzeichnis test day stiften endow Stiftung endowment Stiftung; Grundlage foundation Stiftungsurkunde deed of foundation still silent stille Reserve inner reserve stille Reserven hidden assets stille Reserven hidden reserves stille Reserven secret reserves Stillegung closedown Stillegung eines Betriebs closing down of a factory stiller Teilhaber dormant partner stiller Teilhaber silent partner stiller Teilhaber sleeping partner stillschweigend tacit stillschweigend genehmigen to approve tacitly stillschweigend übereinstimmen agree tacitly stillschweigend übereinstimmen to agree tacitly stillschweigend unterstellt implicit stillschweigend zustimmen to consent tacitly stillschweigende Übereinkunft tacit consent stillschweigende Übereinstimmung tacit agreement stillschweigende Vereinbarung tacit agreement stillschweigende Vollmacht; implizierte implied authority stillschweigende Zusage implied engagement stillschweigende Zustimmung implicit consent stillschweigende Zustimmung silent consent stillschweigende Zustimmung tacit approval stillschweigende Zustimmung tacit consent Stillstand deadlock Stillstand standstill Stillstandskosten cost of idleness Stillstandszeit dead time Stillstandzeit time of nonuse Stimme voice stimmen; Stimme vote Stimmenabgabe casting of votes Stimmenwerbung; Kundenwerbung canvassing Stipendium grant Stohmann man of straw Stoppuhr stopwatch Stoppunkt; bedingter Stop breakpoint störanfällig accident sensitive stören interfere stornieren cancel Stornierung einer Buchung cancellation of an entry Stornierung; Annullierung cancellation Stornierungsgebühr cancellation fee Störung interference störungsfreier Betriebsablauf failure-free operation Störungssuche trouble shooting Störungssucher trouble shooter strafbare Handlung criminal offence strafbare Handlung penal offense Strafe penalty Strafgesetzbuch penal code Strandgut flotsam and jetsam
— from Mr. Honey's Medium Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig

dear S S2 S3 C2
dear, S, S2, S3, C2; see Leof .
— from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew

day soon she should cry
What business had he to be the only person, except Dr. Donaldson and Dixon, admitted to the awful secret, which she held shut up in the most dark and sacred recess of her heart—not daring to look at it, unless she invoked heavenly strength to bear the sight—that, some day soon, she should cry aloud for her mother, and no answer would come out of the blank, dumb darkness?
— from North and South by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

dare swear said St Clare
“Tom isn’t a bad hand, now, at explaining Scripture, I’ll dare swear,” said St. Clare.
— from Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe

dare swear said St Clare
“Good theology, Tom; better than Dr. B. preaches, I dare swear,” said St. Clare.
— from Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe

deeply she said she couldn
"The picnic as far as the pie, and other eating were concerned, was perfect, but Nan was a trial sometimes," said Ethelwyn, sighing deeply; "she said she couldn't possibly go home, 'count of her mother having a headache as usual, and she was as cross as a bear.
— from What Two Children Did by Charlotte E. (Charlotte Elizabeth) Chittenden

Daniel Smith Sene Smith Charles
This resignation was signed by Daniel Smith, Sene Smith, Charles Haviland, Jun., Laura S. Haviland, Ezekiel Webb, Sala Smith, and fourteen others.
— from A Woman's Life-Work — Labors and Experiences of Laura S. Haviland by Laura S. (Laura Smith) Haviland

D S Secretary Southern California
[Pg 48] E. L. TOWNSEND, D. D. S., Secretary, Southern California Odontological Society, 237 S. Spring street.
— from Jaros Hygienic Wear: The therapeutic and prophylactic application. by I. Jaros


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