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et raisonnée de certaines
science , f. , connaissance exacte et raisonnée de certaines choses déterminées.
— from French Conversation and Composition by Harry Vincent Wann

establecer refinerías de chicle
—Si la diminución de peso debida al refinado alcanza, como Ud. dice, al 50%, habría conveniencia en establecer refinerías de chicle en Méjico a fin de economizar los gastos de flete.
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson

Empire Resources Development Committee
Today in England the Empire Resources Development Committee proposes to treat African colonies as "crown estates" and by intensive scientific exploitation of both land and labor to make these colonies pay the English national debt after the war!
— from Darkwater: Voices from Within the Veil by W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt) Du Bois

expostulation remonstrance deprecation c
— N. dissuasion, dehortation[obs3], expostulation, remonstrance; deprecation &c. 766.
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget

el recibimiento del caballero
Pase, vuecelencia, señor marqués, y verá que todo se ha preparado para el recibimiento del caballero más ilustre, piadoso, distinguido y rico de España.
— from A First Spanish Reader by Erwin W. (Erwin William) Roessler

el rey David con
Al lado derecho estaba el rey David con una arpa de oro.
— from A First Spanish Reader by Erwin W. (Erwin William) Roessler

El reloj de cuya
El reloj, de cuya caja colgaban al descubierto, al parecer, las inmóviles pesas y el voluble péndulo, diciendo perpetuamente que no , ocupaba con
— from Doña Perfecta by Benito Pérez Galdós

en rendant de ce
Dans les sociétés suivantes, ils trouveront des bibliothécaires, des experts à la retraite exerçant une activité de consultants, etc. Les différentes étapes de la communication de l'information - d'abord verbale, puis écrite, puis imprimée, puis électronique - ont chaque fois élargi (dans le temps et dans l'espace) le champ de propagation de cette information, en rendant de ce fait de moins en moins nécessaire le réapprentissage et
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert

et recherché de cet
Fréquence et recherché de cet acide dans les végétaux.
— from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers

el recaudador de contribuciones
lo llega a decir a mí, hay un escándalo en el Casino—exclamó el recaudador de contribuciones.—¿Por 15 qué no le dijeron la cantidad de arrobas de aceite que produjo Orbajosa el año pasado? ¿
— from Doña Perfecta by Benito Pérez Galdós

effect religious doctrines can
[398] Indeed, in every page of history, we meet with fresh [261] evidence of the little effect religious doctrines can produce upon a people, unless preceded by intellectual culture.
— from History of Civilization in England, Vol. 1 of 3 by Henry Thomas Buckle

education receive daily confirmation
Mr. Mann's views of the true ends to be sought in our systems of education receive daily confirmation.
— from The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 94, August, 1865 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics by Various

Expulsīs rēgibus duo cōnsulēs
Expulsīs rēgibus duo cōnsulēs 11 creātī sunt, Iūnius Brūtus et Tarquinius Collātīnus 12 Lucrētiae marītus.
— from Selections from Viri Romae by C. F. L'Homond

exhibit radically different conditions
Mechanical, chemical, physiological, and psychical processes exhibit radically different conditions.
— from The Monist, Vol. 1, 1890-1891 by Various

Exit R Dennis calling
( Exit, R. ) Dennis ( calling, L. ).
— from The Mimic Stage A Series of Dramas, Comedies, Burlesques, and Farces for Public Exhibitions and Private Theatricals by George M. (George Melville) Baker

eruptive rock distinctly columnar
The perpendicular bluff of eruptive rock, distinctly columnar in many places, and with its talus reaching from half to two-thirds the way to the top, as shown in the view looking into the mouth of the Pelly, on page 209, and the view on page 205 also, extends up that stream on the north or right bank as far as it was visited, some two or three miles, and so continues down the Yukon along the same (north) bank for twelve or thirteen miles, when the encroaching high mountains, forming the upper gates of the ramparts, obliterate it as a later formation.
— from Along Alaska's Great River A Popular Account of the Travels of an Alaska Exploring Expedition along the Great Yukon River, from Its Source to Its Mouth, in the British North-West Territory, and in the Territory of Alaska by Frederick Schwatka


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