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
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
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
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
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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