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en effet beaucoup de
» Quelle opinion Molière avait-il de la profession de médecin?--Y avait-il en effet beaucoup de charlatanisme au XVII e
— from French Conversation and Composition by Harry Vincent Wann

eyes encircled by dark
The weary, and at the same time passionate, glance of those eyes, encircled by dark rings, impressed one by its perfect sincerity.
— from Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

every evening before dusk
They all go away to the other side of the ocean every morning in search of provisions; and they all return every evening before dusk.
— from Folk-Tales of Bengal by Lal Behari Day

entre el blanquecino de
—El caucho de Cartagena que se exporta en panes grandes de cincuenta kilogramos; el de las Antillas (que comprende el de la América Central) que se exporta igualmente en panes; el de Guayaquil, que es de tipo poco uniforme y cuyo color varía entre el blanquecino de las clases superiores, y el oscuro pardo de las más impuras.
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson

Endbescheid endgültiger Bescheid definite
Empfänger bezahlt die Fracht (Br.); 'unfrei' freight forward Empfänger bezahlt die Fracht (US); 'unfrei' freight collect Empfänger einer Lizenz; Lizenznehmer licensee Empfänger einer Pension holder of a pension Empfänger eines Stipendiums holder of a scholarship Empfänger unbekannt addressee unknown Empfangsanzeige advice of arrival Empfangsanzeige advice of receipt Empfangsbescheinigung receipt voucher Empfangsbestätigung acknowledgement Empfangsbestätigung acknowledgement of receipt Empfangsdame receptionist Empfangsquittung receipt of delivery empfehlen commend empfehlen recommend Empfehlung letter of recommendation Empfehlung recommendation Empfehlungen regards Empfehlungsschreiben commendatory letter Empfehlungsschreiben testimonial Empfehlungsschreiben; Einführungsschreiben recommendatory letter empfindlich sensitive empfohlen recommended empfohlener Einzelhandelsabgabepreis recommended retail selling price empfohlener Preis recommended price empirische Untersuchung empirical study empor schnellen; plötzlicher Anstieg jump en detail by retail en gros verkaufen to sell wholesale Endabrechnung final invoice Endalter age at expiry endbearbeiten finish Endbearbeitung finishing operation Endbescheid; endgültiger Bescheid definite decision Endbestand final stock Endbetrag final amount Ende April end of April Ende; beenden finish endgültig sein to be final endgültig; letzte final endgültiger Bestimmungsort place of final destination endgültiger Entwurf final draft Endkontrolle final inspection endlos endless Endmontage final assembly Endprodukt end product Endprodukt end-product Endprodukt final product Endprüfung final insprection Endstation terminal Endsumme final total Endurteil final judgement Endverbrauch final consumption Endverbraucher end-consumer Endverbraucher final consumer Endverbraucher ultimate consumer Endwert final value Endzweck end in itself Energieeinsparung saving of energy eng; knapp tight Engagement; Beschäftigung engagement enge Auslegung narrow interpretation enge Spanne narrow margin enger Markt narrow market enger Markt; geringer Umsatz narrow market engerer Bereich narrower range Engpass bottleneck engstirnig narrow-minded enorme Nachfrage nach Aktien run on stocks entbehrlich dispensable entbinden absolve entehren; nichtachten; nicht einlösen dishonour enteignen dispossess Enteignung dispossession entfernen; sich entfernen; umziehen remove entfernter Verwandter remote relative entflechten decartelize Entflechtung decartelization Entfremdungskoeffizient alientation coefficient Entführung abduction entgangener Gewinn loss of profit entgangener Gewinn lost profit Entgegenkommen accommodation entgegenkommen accommodate Entgelt money consideration entgelten recompense entgeltliche
— from Mr. Honey's Medium Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig

ever enjoy better discourse
Burns's Schoolmaster came afterwards to London, learnt what good society was; but declares that in no meeting of men did he ever enjoy better discourse than at the hearth of this peasant.
— from On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History by Thomas Carlyle

every earthly blessing drown
Shower upon him every earthly blessing, drown him in a sea of happiness, so that nothing but bubbles of bliss can be seen on the surface; give him economic prosperity, such that he should have nothing else to do but sleep, eat cakes and busy himself with the continuation of his species, and even then out of sheer ingratitude, sheer spite, man would play you some nasty trick.
— from Notes from the Underground by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Eat eat but don
After the birth, the man set out on a table two cakes, one of them broken and the other one whole, and said to the nurse: “Eat, eat; but don’t eat of the cake which is broken nor of the cake which is whole.”
— from The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries by W. Y. (Walter Yeeling) Evans-Wentz

early escorted by Dorothy
And when Mrs. Challoner complained of fatigue and retired early, escorted by Dorothy, who was dying for a chat with her mistress, the three girls went out in the garden, and walked, after their old fashion, arm in arm up and down the lawn, with Nan in the middle; though Dulce pouted and pretended that the lawn was too narrow, and that Phillis was pushing her on the gravel path.
— from Not Like Other Girls by Rosa Nouchette Carey

eminent English botanist died
John Wilson , an eminent English botanist, died.
— from The Every Day Book of History and Chronology Embracing the Anniversaries of Memorable Persons and Events in Every Period and State of the World, from the Creation to the Present Time by Joel Munsell

eyes encircled by deep
" "Yégof the madman—Yégof," said Jérome, whose gray eyes, encircled by deep wrinkles and thick white eyebrows, seemed to sparkle in the darkness.
— from The Invasion of France in 1814 by Erckmann-Chatrian

earnestness even brought down
Billy Grimes in his earnestness even brought down the top-rail with him.
— from The Knights of the White Shield Up-the-Ladder Club Series, Round One Play by Edward A. (Edward Augustus) Rand

excellently edited by Dr
Recently the treatise has been excellently edited by Dr. F. Weihrich in the Vienna “ Corpus script.
— from A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. II. by Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener

experiment each being drawn
We can readily conceive that the earth is made up of weights essentially like that used in the experiment, each being drawn toward the centre by the gravitative stress, which is like that applied to the weight by the cord.
— from Outlines of the Earth's History: A Popular Study in Physiography by Nathaniel Southgate Shaler

enormous evil but doubts
D. thinks slavery an enormous evil, but doubts whether something as bad would not arise in its stead.
— from Society in America, Volume 1 (of 2) by Harriet Martineau

exclaimed Emma but do
“What a wonderful and awful thought!” exclaimed Emma; “but do you mean to say that all will be there, without any exception?” “All!—all!” replied the aged lady, “from Adam to the last inhabitant of the world.
— from The Little Child's Book of Divinity or Grandmamma's Stories about Bible Doctrines by John R. (John Ross) Macduff


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