The refusal of some Mussulman merchants, on a certain occasion at Court, to eat of the dishes sent them by the Emperor, gave great offence, and led to the revival of an order of Chinghiz, which prohibited, under pain of death, the slaughter of animals by cutting their throats.
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Rustichello of Pisa

It was no earthly good going out.
— from The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale by Joseph Conrad

Cosette, who made it her law to please her father, and to whom, moreover, all spectacles were a novelty, accepted this diversion with the light and easy good grace of youth, and did not pout too disdainfully at that flutter of enjoyment called a public fête; so that Jean Valjean was able to believe that he had succeeded, and that no trace of that hideous vision remained.
— from Les Misérables by Victor Hugo

of exanimō , put out of breath ( anima )], adj. out of breath, tired; lifeless ex-cipiō, -ere, -cēpī, -ceptus [ ex , out , + capiō , take ], welcome, receive exemplum, -ī , n. example, model ex-eō,-īre,-iī,-itūrus [ ex , out , + eō , go ], go out, go forth ( § 413 ) ex-erceō, -ēre, -uī, -itus [ ex , out , + arceō , shut ], (shut out), employ, train, exercise, use exercitus, -us , m. [ exerceō , train ], army ex-īstimō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus [ ex , out , + aestimō , reckon ], estimate; think, judge ( § 420. c ).
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

Ware free goods zollfreier Bereich; Freihandelszone free zone zollfreier Laden duty-free shop Zollfreigabebescheinigung clearance certificate Zollgebiet customs area Zollgrenze customs boundary Zollhintergehung defraudation of customs Zollkontrolle customs control Zollkontrolle customs examination Zollkontrolle customs inspection Zollmakler customs broker Zollmauern tariff walls Zollpapiere customs documents zollpflichtig; abgabenpflichtig dutiable Zollpolitik tariff policy Zollpräferenzen tariff preferences Zollregelung tariff regulation Zollsatz rate of duty Zollsätze tariff rates Zollschranken customs barriers Zollschranken tariff wall Zollschuppen customs shed Zollschutz tariff protection Zollsenkungen tariff cuts Zollsiegel customs seal Zollsystem tariff system Zolltarif tariff Zollunion customs union Zollunion tariff union Zollverein tariff union Zollvereinbarung customs convention Zollverhandlungen tariff negotiations Zollverschlusslager bonded warehouse Zollverschlussware bonded goods Zollverschlußware goods in bond Zolschranken customs barriers zonal; auf die Zone bezogen; zonenartig zonal Zone zone Zone; Gebiet zone Zonentarif zone tariff zu dem vereinbarten Termin at the date zu dem vereinbarten Zeitpunkt at the date stipulated zu der Zeit at the time zu diesem Ort to that place zu diesem Zeitpunkt at that time zu diesem Zweck for these purposes zu diesem Zweck to this end zu einem bestimmten Satz at a fixed rate zu einem Festpreis at a fixed price zu einem genau festgelegten Preis at a specified price zu einem günstigen Zinssatz to borrow money at a worthwhile rate of interest zu einem höheren Satz verleihen to lend money at a higher rate of interest zu einem niedrigen Zinssatz borgen to borrow money at a low rate of interest zu einem späteren Zeitpunkt at a later date zu einer Entscheidung kommen to reach a decision zu einer Versammlung sprechen address a meeting zu Ende gehen going out zu Geld machen convert into money zu getreuen Händen überlassen entrust to one's safekeeping zu gleichen Bedingungen similar in terms zu günstigen Bedingungen on easy terms zu herabgesetztem Preis offered down zu
— from Mr. Honey's Medium Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig

V. wonder, marvel, admire; be surprised &c. adj.; start; stare; open one's eyes, rub one's eyes, turn up one's eyes; gloar|; gape, open one's mouth, hold one's breath; look aghast, stand aghast, stand agog; look blank &c. (disappointment) 509; tombe des nues[Fr]; not believe one's eyes, not believe one's ears, not believe one's senses.
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget

of exanimô , put out of breath ( anima )], adj. out of breath, tired; lifeless ex-cipiô, -ere, -cêpî, -ceptus [ ex , out , + capiô , take ], welcome, receive exemplum, -î , n. example, model ex-eô,-îre,-iî,-itûrus [ ex , out , + eô , go ], go out, go forth ( § 413 ) ex-erceô, -êre, -uî, -itus [ ex , out , + arceô , shut ], (shut out), employ, train, exercise, use exercitus, -us , m. [ exerceô , train ], army ex-îstimô, -âre, -âvî, -âtus [ ex , out , + aestimô , reckon ], estimate; think, judge ( § 420. c ).
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

The eminently gay genius of the Provencals had by then passed through the Christian religion, without being altered by it.
— from On Love by Stendhal

exclaimed Gisquette; “God on the cross, and the two thieves on the right and the left.”
— from Notre-Dame de Paris by Victor Hugo

Another rendering is:— Every good goose ought to lay On Candlemas Day.
— from Welsh Folk-Lore a Collection of the Folk-Tales and Legends of North Wales by Elias Owen

The Prince of Wales (now King George V.) came next, and, with that extraordinary genial gift of recognition, apparently inherited from his father, he stopped as he passed through the suite of rooms to shake hands with the people he knew.
— from Thirteen Years of a Busy Woman's Life by Mrs. (Ethel) Alec-Tweedie

At times, indeed, the alluring complexity and bewildering activity of this inner subjective world spread before him like an endless valley of untrodden twilight, shot through with some emotional golden glory of retrospection.
— from The Silver Poppy by Arthur Stringer

The grandmamma had an equally generous gift, only she had no longer any voice: only every second word was audible, like one of those barrel-organs, in which an occasional note, instead of sounding, merely blows.
— from Debts of Honor by Mór Jókai

The National Theatre , under its present management, is second to none in the United States in the varied talent and efficiency of its acting company, in scenic effect, general good order, the attraction and excellence of its entertainments, and the number and respectability of its audiences.
— from The Knickerbocker, Vol. 10, No. 6, December 1837 by Various

Oddly enough the two English girls got on with her better than the rest.
— from In the Days of the Guild by Louise Lamprey

The white [Pg 257] pollen of early grasses growing on the edge was dusted from them each time the hawthorn boughs were shaken by a thrush.
— from The Eulogy of Richard Jefferies by Walter Besant

There is a little English Gypsy gillie, or song, of which the following quatrain is a translation, containing four queries, to all of which the English Romanó might respond by Ava, and the foreign Chal by the same affirmative to the three first, if not to the last:— Can you speak the Roman tongue?
— from Lavengro: The Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest by George Borrow

A few 'shuparior pershons' sent before them stools, &c., on which to sit, see, and listen, but ninety-nine of the hundred of us sat on the nicely sloping banks all around the 'bed,' till they overflowed on to the level of the equally grassed ground outside.
— from Gairloch in North-West Ross-Shire Its Records, Traditions, Inhabitants, and Natural History, with a Guide to Gairloch and Loch Maree, and a Map and Illustrations by John H. (John Henry) Dixon

We made our first stop at Meriden, where a crowd of New England girls got on the train; they wore neat golf suits and carried golf sticks.
— from Bolax, Imp or Angel—Which? by Josephine Culpeper