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Amid the snowdrifts which surround A stream, by winter's ice unbound, Impetuously clove its way With boiling torrent dark and gray; Two poles together glued by ice, A fragile bridge and insecure, Spanned the unbridled torrent o'er; Beside the thundering abyss Tattiana in despair unfeigned Rooted unto the spot remained.
— from Eugene Oneguine [Onegin] A Romance of Russian Life in Verse by Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin
Fishy , doubtful, unsound, rotten; used to denote a suspicion of a “screw [163] being loose,” or “something rotten in the state of Denmark,” in referring to any proposed speculation.
— from The Slang Dictionary: Etymological, Historical and Andecdotal by John Camden Hotten
ūp ābroden drawn up, raised up : start up, awake .
— from A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary For the Use of Students by J. R. Clark (John R. Clark) Hall
ANT: Sour, bitter, unsweet, fetid, offensive, nauseous, olid, stinking, nasty, inharmonious, discordant, unlovely, repulsive, unwholesome, putrid, tainted, ungentle, unamiable.
— from A Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms or, Synonyms and Words of Opposite Meaning by Samuel Fallows
Ware handling of goods umschlagen transact Umschlagsdauer time of turnover Umschlagsgeschwindigkeit rate of turnover Umschlagskapazität handling capacity umschulden convert a debt Umschuldung conversion of a debt Umschuldung coversion of debts umschulen retrain Umschulung retraining Umschulungszentrum retraining centre Umsicht; Behutsamkeit cautiousness umsichtig cautious Umstände circumstances umständehalber owing to circumstances umstellen reorganize Umstellungszeit; Umrüstzeit changeover time umstoßen; aufheben overrule Umtausch von Wertpapieren switching Umtausch; Wechsel exchange umtauschen exchange Umtauschkosten cost of exchange Umtauschsätze currency rates umverteilen redistribute Umverteilung redistribution Umverteilung des Einkommens redistribution of income umwandelbar convertible Umwandelbarkeit convertability Umwandelbarkeit convertibility umwandeln; einlösen convert umwandeln; umrechnen convert Umwandlung conversion Umwandlung einer Anleihe conversion of a loan Umwandlung einer Schuld funding Umwandlung in bare Münze realization Umwandlung von Schulden conversion of debts Umwandlung; Umrechnung conversion Umwandlungsdifferenz conversion difference Umwandlungskurs conversion rate Umwelt; Umgegend; Umgebung environment umziehen remove Umzug removal Umzugsgeld moving allowance Umzugskosten moving expenses Umzugskosten removal expenses unabhängig independent unabhängig von der Transportart irrespective of the mode of transport unabhängige Beobachtungen independent observations unabhängige Tätigkeit independent activity unabhängiger Handel independent trade unabhängiges Einkommen independent means Unabhängigkeit independency unangemessen unreasonable unangemessen; unzulänglich inadequate unangemessene Härte unreasonable hardship unangemessene Verzögerung undue delay Unangemessenheit; Unzulänglichkeit inadequacy unannehmbar unacceptable unauffindbar untraceable unaufgeforderte Schenkung gratuitous grant unausgefüllt lassen leave void unbeabsichtigt unintentional unbeantwortet unanswered unbeaufsichtigt uncontrolled unbeaufsichtigt; unbeschränkt uncontrolled unbedacht; gedankenlos thoughtless unbedingte Annahme general acceptance unbedingte Anweisung unconditional order unbeeinflussbare Arbeit controlled work unbeeinflussbare Arbeit restricted work unbefriedigte Nachfrage unsatisfied demand unbegrenzt unlimited unbegrenzt; ohne vorgegebenes Ende open-end unbeg
— from Mr. Honey's Medium Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig
* Note: Compare Engel Geschichte des Ungrischen Reichs und seiner Neben lander, Halle, 1797, and Mailath, Geschichte der Magyaren, Wien, 1828.
— 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
in the opinion of, in the eyes of; me judice[Lat]; meseems[obs3], methinks; to the best of one's belief; I dare say, I doubt not, I have no doubt, I am sure; sure enough &c. (certainty) 474; depend upon, rely upon it; be assured, rest assured; I'll warrant you &c. (affirmation) 535.
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget
If a man stands for something worth while, compels recognition for himself alone, on account of his real worth, he is not dependent upon recommendations; upon fine clothes, a fine house, or a pull.
— from Pushing to the Front by Orison Swett Marden
The more bigoted Roman Catholics of the South hailed their return as the precursors of renewed persecution: and they raised the cry of "Un Dieu, un Roi, une Foi."
— from The Huguenots in France by Samuel Smiles
The myriads of raindrops stood out at first like silver beads on grass and leaves, and then dried up rapidly under the brilliant rays of the sun.
— from The Eyes of the Woods: A Story of the Ancient Wilderness by Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander) Altsheler
On June 15, 1864, Confederate General Beauregard held the forces under Grant back for three days until reenforcements under Lee arrived.
— from Hallowed Heritage: The Life of Virginia by Dorothy Margaret Torpey
Away we pulled with the white-topped seas dancing up round us and the dangerous Goodwin Sands to leeward, towards which the frigate was driving fast.
— from The Grateful Indian, and Other Stories by William Henry Giles Kingston
At first they depend upon reason, upon calling the attention of the educated and powerful to the miseries of the poor.
— from The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 08 (of 12) Dresden Edition—Interviews by Robert Green Ingersoll
[8] "Über die Urbewohner Rätiens und ihren Zusammenhang mit den Etruskern."
— from Tyrol and Its People by Clive Holland
The expansion of the conception of ideal literature so as to embrace these other aspects, in addition to that of rational knowledge which has thus far been exclusively dwelt upon, requires us to examine its nature in the regions of beauty, joy, and conscience, in which, though generalization remains its intellectual method, it does not make its direct appeal to the mind.
— from Heart of Man by George Edward Woodberry
Do coming events truly cast their shadows before them, and do their shadows disturb us, rob us of our sleep?
— from The Silent Alarm by Roy J. (Roy Judson) Snell
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