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en el espejo para
La niña contestó: —Padre, yo miro todos los días en el espejo para ver a mi querida madre y hablar con ella.
— from A First Spanish Reader by Erwin W. (Erwin William) Roessler

establecidas en este país
[1] que Ud. hiciera un primer ensayo por medio de alguna de las casas comisionistas de exportación establecidas en este país.
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson

escrito en este papel
A esto don Luis se arrojó, This, Don Luis undertook, y escrito en este papel and written on this sheet está lo que consiguió, is what he made of his luck
— from Don Juan Tenorio by José Zorrilla

ease efficiency economy promptness
A trained person is one who can do the chief things which it is important for him to do better than he could without training: "better" signifying greater ease, efficiency, economy, promptness, etc.
— from Democracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Education by John Dewey

ex equis et pugnam
Tum ad equites dictator advolat obtestans, ut fesso iam pedite descendant ex equis et pugnam capessant.
— from Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Edmund Luce

entre ellos ese pájaro
Entonces vaga entre ellos ese pájaro que llaman crepuscular , porque sale a cazar insectos a la hora en que el lucero de la tarde
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson

extra extra extra primera
They grade them as excelso (excellent), fantasia ( excelso and extra ), extra (extra), primera , (first), segundo (second), caracol (peaberry), monstruo (large and deformed), consumo (defective), and casilla (siftings).
— from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers

exercēre exercuī exercitus practice
lacubus, m., lake manus, -ūs , f., hand; band, force (manual) portus, -ūs , m., harbor (port) post , prep, with acc., behind, after (post-mortem) cremō, cremāre, cremāvī, cremātus , burn (cremate) exerceō, exercēre, exercuī, exercitus , practice, drill, train (exercise)
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

encuentran en este país
Se encuentran en este país descendientes de muchas antiguas
— from A First Spanish Reader by Erwin W. (Erwin William) Roessler

Eternal everlasting endless perpetual
2. Eternal, everlasting, endless, perpetual, ceaseless, never-ending.
— from A Dictionary of English Synonymes and Synonymous or Parallel Expressions Designed as a Practical Guide to Aptness and Variety of Phraseology by Richard Soule

Esperanto every Esperantist page119
In the case of any idea which cannot be conveniently expressed by means of that material which is contained in the Fundamento de Esperanto , every Esperantist page119 has the right to express it in such manner as he considers most fitting, just as is done in the case of every other language.
— from International Language, Past, Present & Future With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar by Walter John Clark

Ejercito ESTRADA elected president
Cabinet appointed by the president with the consent of the Commission of Appointments elections: president and vice president elected on separate tickets by popular vote for six-year terms; election last held 11 May 1998 (next to be held 16 May 2004) election results: results of the last presidential election - Joseph Ejercito ESTRADA elected president; percent of vote - approximately 40%; Gloria MACAPAGAL-ARROYO elected vice president; percent of vote - NA%; note - on 20 January 2001, Vice President Gloria
— from The 2001 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

eodem et etiam possidenda
Notum facimus quod nos libere et pie concedimus et donamus Egidio clerico, inquisitori de heresi in partibus Tholose de cujus servitio nos laudamus, intuitu pietatis, centum solidos Tholosanos {583} annui redditus, in terra Raimundi de Vaure, militis, diocesis tholosane, sita in territorio Sancti Felicis et in feodo, que terra devenit ad nos incursa pro crimine heretice pravitatis, tenenda ab eodem et etiam possidenda quamdiu vixerit pacifice et quiete ita tamen quod post ejus decessum ad nos seu successores nostros libere revertatur, et si inveniretur quod plus valeret tempore date presentium litterarum, illud non intelligimus concessisse nec donasse, ita tamen quod illam terram vel redditum alienare non possit sine nostra licentia speciali.
— from A History of the Inquisition of the Middle Ages; volume I by Henry Charles Lea

eagerly eyeing every person
But there was one who belonged to neither of those classes, who had been seen, night and day, constantly wandering in every direction, gazing at every female corpse he passed, and eagerly eyeing every person he encountered, fearless of danger from the burning edifices, and disregarding the menaces of the vile wretches he often interrupted in their lawless pursuits.
— from The Prime Minister by William Henry Giles Kingston

ever eaten except perhaps
The wine, of which the Zante passengers had boasted, was very good, and the oranges, solid, juicy, sweet, the best I have ever eaten, except, perhaps, some grown in a fortunate year in Florida.
— from In the Levant Twenty Fifth Impression by Charles Dudley Warner

e escrit en papier
e oii devaunt nous e devaunt le people, solom le respouns e le langage que fust dit devaunt vous, e escrit en papier.
— from The History of the Knights Templars, the Temple Church, and the Temple by C. G. (Charles Greenstreet) Addison

en el estrago pasado
[V-17] 'Porque fué una de las que ménos padecieron en el estrago pasado.'
— from The Native Races [of the Pacific states], Volume 5, Primitive History The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Volume 5 by Hubert Howe Bancroft

electrical equipment Exports partners
Exports - commodities: clothing, semi-finished goods and textiles, agricultural products, mechanical goods, phosphates and chemicals, hydrocarbons, electrical equipment Exports - partners: France 28.3%, Italy 17.9%, Germany 9.6%, Libya 5.8%, Spain 5% (2008)
— from The 2009 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency


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