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discharging very copiously
Before I went to shift myself, I inquired about the rest of the family—I found Mrs Tabitha still delirious from her fright, discharging very copiously the water she had swallowed.
— from The Expedition of Humphry Clinker by T. (Tobias) Smollett

den Verbraucher consumer
im Ruhestand retired population Bevölkerung ohne festen Wohnsitz migrant population Bevölkerungsbewegung population movement Bevölkerungsdichte density of population Bevölkerungsgruppe population group Bevölkerungspyramide population pyramid Bevölkerungsschicht population stratum Bevölkerungsschicht; Bevölkerungsklasse class of population Bevölkerungsstatistik demography Bevölkerungsstatistik vital statistics Bevölkerungstheorie von Malthus Malthusian theory of population Bevölkerungsüberschuss surplus population Bevölkerungsverschiebung movement of population Bevölkerungsverteilung distribution of population Bevölkerungswachstum growth of population Bevölkerungszunahme growth of population bevollmächtigen authorize bevollmächtigen empower bevollmächtigt authorized Bevollmächtigter duly authorized person Bevollmächtigter für ein Rechtsgeschäft special agent Bevollmächtigung authorization bevorrechtigte Forderung preferential claim bevorrechtigte Forderung privileged claim bevorrechtigte Schuld preferential debt bevorrechtigter Gläubiger creditor by priority bevorrechtigter Gläubiger preferential creditor Bevorschussung von Versanddokumenten advance against shipping documents bevorzugen prefer bevorzugt preferential bevorzugt; bevorrechtigt preferred bevorzugte Platzierung; bevorzugte Stelle preferred position bevorzugte Stellung; bevorzugte Platzierung preferred position Bevorzugung durch den Verbraucher consumer preference Bevorzugung; Vorrang; Vorzugsrecht preference bewachter Bahnübergang manned crossing bewaffnete Auseinandersetzung armed conflict bewahren; konservieren preserve bewährte Wertpapiere seasoned securities bewegen move bewegende Kraft; Motivation motive force beweglich flexible beweglich mobile beweglich; fahrbar mobile bewegliche Güter movables bewegliche Sachen chattels beweglicher Plan; gleitender Plan rolling schedule bewegliches Gut chattel bewegliches Gut movable goos Beweglichkeit mobility Beweglichkeit mobility of labour Beweglichkeit der Arbeitskräfte mobility of labour Beweglichkeit des Kapitals mobility of capital Bewegung motion Bewegung movement Bewegung nach oben upward movement Bewegung nach unten downward movement Bewegung; Antrag bei einer Sitzung motion Bewegungselement element of motion Bewegungselement motion element Bewegungsform; Form des Bewegungsverlaufs movement pattern Bewegungsgeschwindigkeit motion speed Bewegungsgeschwindigkeit speed of motions Bewegungsgeschwindigkeit speed of movements Bewegungskategorie class of movement
— from Mr. Honey's Medium Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig

details vide Chap
For further details, vide Chap.
— from Malay Magic Being an introduction to the folklore and popular religion of the Malay Peninsula by Walter William Skeat

discern very clearly
She was not theologically instructed enough to discern very clearly the relation between the sacred documents of the past which she opened without method, and her own obscure, simple life; but the spirit of rectitude, and the sense of responsibility for the effect of her conduct on others, which were strong elements in Nancy's character, had made it a habit with her to scrutinize her past feelings and actions with self-questioning solicitude.
— from Silas Marner by George Eliot

De Vaudreuil commanding
The van ships had not yet come into position (B, a), and the remainder were so far from having reached their places that De Vaudreuil, commanding the rear division and last engaged, states that the line was formed under the fire of musketry.
— from The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783 by A. T. (Alfred Thayer) Mahan

different values contend
[Pg 22] decomposes, and the different values contend with one another: Disintegration, then everything which is relieving, which heals, becalms, or stupefies, steps into the foreground under the cover of various disguises, either religious, moral, political or æsthetic, etc. 24.
— from The Will to Power: An Attempted Transvaluation of All Values. Book I and II by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

deep voice came
Unyà mibálik ang lalum nga tíngug sa kawaláan, Then a deep voice came again from the void.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

de venta commercial
[58] objeto de venta , commercial article .
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson

down very clearly
The Law of the Jungle lays down very clearly that any wolf may, when he marries, withdraw from the Pack he belongs to.
— from The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling

dismayed viscount Come
DE GUICHE (trying to draw away the dismayed viscount): Come away, Viscount!
— from Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand

Doctor Van Cott
pronounced Doctor Van Cott, debating which of the Misses Mapes a prosperous practitioner would be most fortunate in finding.
— from On the Lightship by Herman Knickerbocker Vielé

different village called
Though the action of Miss Lulu Bett takes place in a different village, called Warbleton, it might as well have been in Friendship—in Friendship seen during a mood when its creator had grown weary of the eternal saccharine.
— from Contemporary American Novelists (1900-1920) by Carl Van Doren

display vigorous currents
“Several of them, however,” says Mr. Gosse, “if viewed with a lens under water while in a living state, display vigorous currents constantly pouring forth from certain orifices, and we necessarily infer that the water thus ejected must be constantly taken in through some other channel.
— from The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 4 by Frederick Whymper

dressed very curiously
At supper we were commanding Aristio's cook, who, amongst other dishes that he had dressed very curiously, brought a cock to table just killed as a sacrifice to Hercules, as tender as though it had been killed a day or two before.
— from Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies by Plutarch

Dutch vessels continued
Dutch vessels continued to sail through the capes in defiance of England and to carry off the planters' tobacco.
— from Virginia under the Stuarts 1607-1688 by Thomas Jefferson Wertenbaker

de Ville carrying
Processions were also organized, and men, women and children, with banners unfurled, marched along to music to the Hotel de Ville, carrying baskets decorated with ribbons and flowers.
— from George Sand: Some Aspects of Her Life and Writings by René Doumic

died violently convulsed
In short, upon this the Patient found himself very much indisposed, he lost his Appetite, was attended with Shiverings, became feverish, and at length died violently convulsed.
— from A Collection of Chirurgical Tracts by William Beckett

de Villicatà came
On the 1st of July, 1769—a day forever memorable in the annals of California—a small party of men, worn out by the fatigues and hardships of their long and perilous journey from San Fernandez de Villicatà, came in sight of the beautiful Bay of San Diego.
— from The Famous Missions of California by William Henry Hudson

decisive voice Clive
Not caring to take part in an expedition in which his own voice would not be the decisive voice, Clive was anxious to proceed to take up his government at Fort St. David, when, on his arrival, he learned the death of Colonel Scott.
— from Rulers of India: Lord Clive by G. B. (George Bruce) Malleson


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