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et vous serez
«Voilà ce qu'il nous faut, dit le capitaine.--Attendez un peu, reprend le paysan, et vous serez content.
— from French Conversation and Composition by Harry Vincent Wann

every vengeful success
The retribution that followed every vengeful success was so sweeping and majestic that the boys always retired from the field badly worsted.
— from The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain

early voyagers speak
This country, like many other parts of the Philippines, has produced from time immemorial small quantities of gold, and all the early voyagers speak of the gold earrings and ornaments of the natives.
— from A History of the Philippines by David P. Barrows

expenses Verkaufsstatistik sales
Verkaufsaussichten sales prospects Verkaufsbemühen marketing effort Verkaufsbemühen sales effort Verkaufsbüro sales office Verkaufserfahrung selling experience Verkaufsfläche sales area Verkaufsfläche sales floor Verkaufsförderer; Werber sales promoter Verkaufsförderung sales promotion Verkaufsförderung; Werbung sales promotion Verkaufsförderungsmittel sales promotion aids Verkaufsgebiet sales territory Verkaufsgespräch sales talk Verkaufskampagne sales drive Verkaufskampagne selling campaign Verkaufskatalog sales catalogue Verkaufskonto trading account Verkaufskonzession franchise Verkaufskunst salesmanship Verkaufskurs selling rate Verkaufskurve sales curve Verkaufsleitung sales management Verkaufsmakler; Verkaufsvertreter selling broker Verkaufsmethode sales method Verkaufsnetz sales network Verkaufsnote bill of sale Verkaufsorganisation; Vertriebsapparat sales organization verkaufsorientiert sales oriented Verkaufspersonal sales force Verkaufspersonal sales personnel Verkaufspersonal sales staff Verkaufspersonal salespeople Verkaufsplanung; Absatzplanung sales planning Verkaufspolitik; Vertriebspolitik sales policy Verkaufspreis price of sale Verkaufsprovision sales commission Verkaufsprovision selling commission Verkaufsraum sales room Verkaufsraum selling floor Verkaufsschlager bestseller Verkaufsschulung sales training Verkaufsspanne margin on sales Verkaufsspesen selling expenses Verkaufsstatistik sales statistics Verkaufsstelle outlet Verkaufsstelle sales outlet Verkaufsstelle; Abnehmer; Absatz outlet Verkaufssteuer purchase tax Verkaufstätigkeit sales activity Verkaufstechnik sales approach Verkaufstendenz sales trend Verkaufstrainer sales trainer Verkaufsvertreter sales agent Verkaufsvertreter; Handelsvertreter sales agent Verkaufsvorgang sales process Verkaufsvorgang; Verkaufsablauf selling process Verkaufswerbung sales campaign Verkaufszahlen sales figures Verkehrsdisziplin traffic discipline Verkehrserleichterung facilitation of traffic Verkehrsgewerbe transport industry Verkehrsknotenpunkt traffic junction Verkehrsstrom flow of traffic Verknappung shortage Verkündigung pronouncement Verladebescheinigung mate's receipt Verladedokument shipping document Verladehafen lading port Verladehafen; Verladeort; Übernahmeort place of taking in charge Verladekosten loading charges Verlader shipping agent Verladerampe loading bay Verladevereinbarung shipping agreement Verladung loading of goods Verladung an Bord loading on board Verladung an Bord shipment on board Verladung an Deck shipment on deck verlagern relocate Verlagerung der Nachfrage movement of demand verlangen demand verlangen daß der Verkäufer require the seller to verlängerte Obligationen continued bonds Verlängerung prolongation Verlängerung der Frist extension of time Verlängerung der Genehmigung extension of permit Verlängerung der Gültigkeit extension of validity Verlängerung des Arbeitstages extension of the working day Verlängerung des Kredits extension of credit Verlängerung einer
— from Mr. Honey's Medium Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig

examined very strictly
Some of our sailors, whether out of treachery or inadvertence, had informed the pilots “that I was a stranger, and great traveller;” whereof these gave notice to a custom-house officer, by whom I was examined very strictly upon my landing.
— from Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World by Jonathan Swift

emit venom some
And do not let this surprise you; this phlegm [saliva] in the mouth is also a cure for lichens 331 ; it even rapidly destroys scorpions; while, as regards the animals which emit venom, some it kills at once, and others after an interval; to all of them in any case it does great damage.
— from Galen: On the Natural Faculties by Galen

et vilae sanctioris
Quum interim docti viri, et vilae sanctioris ornamentis praediti, qui aestum diei sustinent, his iniqua sorte serviant, minimo forsan salario contenti, puris nominibus nuncupati, humiles, obscuri, multoque digniores licet, egentes, inhonorati vitam privam privatam agant, tenuique sepulti sacerdotio, vel in collegiis suis in aeternum incarcerati, inglorie delitescant.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

every virtue she
After these tiresome labors, she must do her lessons, which was a daily trial of every virtue she possessed.
— from Little Women; Or, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy by Louisa May Alcott

economy Volkswirtschaft studieren
Verzögerung delay Verzögerung lag of time Verzögerung der Versendung delay of dispatch Verzögerung des Transports delay of transport Verzögerung oder Verlust unterwegs delay or loss in transit Verzögerung von Nachrichten delay of messages Verzögerung; Nachhinken time lag Verzögerung; verzögern delay Verzögerungen; die sich ergeben bei delays arising in the Verzögerungstaktik delaying tactics verzollt duty paid Verzollung customs clearance Verzollungskosten costs of customs clearance Verzug default Verzugsaktien deferred shares Verzugsaktien deferred stock Verzugsschaden damage caused by delay Verzugszinsen interest for default Verzugszinsen interest on account of delay Verzugszinsen interest on arrears Veto veto Vetriebskosten cost of marketing a product Vetternwirtschaft nepotism Videounterhaltung video entertainment Vielfalt variety vielversprechend promising vierfach quadruplicate vierfach; in vierfacher Ausfertigung quadruplicate Viertel; Quartier; Vierteljahr quarter Vierteljahr quarter of the year Vierteljahresabrechnung quarterly account Vierteljahresende end of quarter vierteljährlich quarterly vierzehn Tage; zwei Wochen fortnight Visaverlängerung extension of visa visuell visual Visum visa vital; lebensnotwendig vital Vitamin vitamine Vitaminmangel vitamin deficiency Vitrine show-case Vizepräsident vice president Vizepräsident vice-president volkseigener Betrieb nationally owned enterprise Volkseinkommen national income volkstümlich; beliebt; gängig popular Volksvermögen national wealth Volkswirtschaft national economy Volkswirtschaft studieren study economics Volkswirtschaftspolitik political economy Volkszählung census of population voll belastete Hypothek closed mortgage voll beschäftigt fully employed voll einbezahlt paid in full voll eingezahlt fully paid voll eingezahlte Aktien fully paid shares voll eingezahlte Aktien paid up stock voll eingezahltes Kapital capital paid in full voll gedeckter Schaden loss fully covered by insurance voll haftender Teilhaber ordinary partner voll konvertierbar fully convertible voll und ganz besitzen own outright voll versichert fully insured Vollbeschäftigung full employment vollbringen achieve volle Deckung; voller Versicherungsschutz full cover volle Deckung; voller Versicherungsschutz full coverage volle Haftung absolute liability volle Haftung full liability volle Tage clear days vollendete Tat accomplished offence voller Ausfall complete failure voller Laster vicious Vollerwerbslandwirt full-time farmer völlige Erwerbsunfähigkeit total disability völlige Unabhängigkeit complete independence Vollindossament endorsement in full Vollindossament full endorsement volljährig full age volljährig of full age Vollkasko comprehensive cover Vollmacht certificate of authority Vollmacht letter of attorney Vollmacht power Vollmacht power of attorney Vollmacht warrant of attorney Vollmacht erteilen give authority to sb Vollmacht zu akzeptieren authority to accept Vollmacht zu bestätigen authority to confirm Vollmacht zu handeln authority to act Vollmacht zu negoziieren authority to negotiate Vollmacht zu unterschreiben authority to sign Vollmacht zu zahlen authority to pay Vollmachtsindossament procuration endorsement vollständige Einzelheiten folgen full details to follow vollständige Information complete information vollständiger Satz von Dokumenten full set of documents Vollständigkeit eines Dokuments sufficiency of a document vollstreckbar enforceable vollstreckbar enforceable at law Vollstreckung enforcement Vollstreckungsbefehl writ of execution Vollstreckungsgläubiger judgment creditor Vollstreckungsschuldner judgment debtor Vollzeit full time Vollzeitbeschäftigter full-time employee Vollzeitbeschäftigung full-time employment Vollzeitbetrieb full-time operation Vollzeitstellung full-time job vollziehende Gewalt; Exekutive executive authority Volontär unsalaried clerk vom Abgangsort from the point of departure vom Arbeiter selbst bestimmt detremined by the operator vom Begünstigten gezogen drawn by the beneficiary vom Begünstigten gezogene Tratten drafts drawn by the beneficiary vom Frachtführer auferlegt superimposed by the carrier vom Frachtführer ausgestellt issued by the carrier vom Frachtführer einbehalten sind shall have been collected by the carrier vom Gericht anerkannte Schuld judgnent debt vom Gericht erstellter Schuldschein judgment note vom gleichen Tag of the same date vom Handel beachtet observed in trade vom Hörensagen wissen to know from hearsay vom Käufer benannt named by the buyer vom Käufer benannt nominated by the buyer vom Käufer bestimmter Markt buyers' market vom Käufer bezeichnet as may be designated by the buyer vom Käufer gewählt chosen by the buyer vom Käufer zur Verfügung zu stellen to be provided by the buyer vom Parlament verabschiedetes Gesetz Act of Parliament vom Reisenden gewährter Kundenrabatt journey discount vom Reisenden verwaltetes Kundenkonto journey account vom Stapel laufen lassen launch vom Text verursachte Probleme problems caused by the text vom Verkäufer auf den Käufer from the seller to the buyer vom Verkäufer übergeben; angeliefert delivered by the seller vom Verkäufer zu tragende Kosten expenses to be borne by the seller vom Zeitpunkt dieser Anlieferung from the time of such tender von allen Prüfvorgängen of any checking operations von allen vorgenannten Beteiligten of all the above named parties von Anfang an from the outset von Anfang an nichtig void from the beginning von Angesicht zu Angesicht face-to-face von Atomkraft angetriebenes Schiff nuclear vessel von außerordentlichem Wert of extreme value von außerordentlicher Bedeutung of extreme importance von Bord genommen werden to be removed from the vessel von Dauer
— from Mr. Honey's Medium Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig

ever Very sincerely
Hoping that the vital importance of the subject which I have so imperfectly considered will induce you to pardon the length of this communication, I remain, as ever, Very sincerely yours, ---- —— REVIEWS AND LITERARY NOTICES.
— from The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 74, December, 1863 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics by Various

empty voiceless space
Now love was buried; and despair had flown Before the healthful zephyrs that had blown From heights serene and lofty; and the place Where both had dwelt was empty, voiceless space.
— from Maurine and Other Poems by Ella Wheeler Wilcox

England village suggests
A New England village suggests some large institution disposed in separate uniform buildings, placed on one level carpet of green, each with a definite number of trees, and the very sunlight portioned out into gleaming allotments.
— from Vanishing Roads and Other Essays by Richard Le Gallienne

each vessel should
It was very puzzling to foreigners, and it was necessary that each vessel should have three sets of colours, so as to be able to hoist the orthodox flag for the squadron in which, for the time being, it might be placed.
— from The Flags of the World: Their History, Blazonry, and Associations by F. Edward (Frederick Edward) Hulme

ego vobiscum sum
“Euntes ... docete ... et ecce ego vobiscum sum omnibus diebus usque ad consummationem saeculi” (Matt. xxviii.
— from The Gospel of St. John by Joseph MacRory

est verbis sapiens
Grandis est verbis, sapiens sententiis, genere toto gravis.
— from A History of Rome During the Later Republic and Early Principate by A. H. J. (Abel Hendy Jones) Greenidge

efflagitabant visendi sui
"Aram Clementiae, aram Amicitiae effigiesquecircum Caesaris ac Sejani censuere; crebrisque precibus efflagitabant, visendi sui copiam facerent.
— from Tacitus and Bracciolini. The Annals Forged in the XVth Century by John Wilson Ross

Eleanor V Searing
For this assistance we are particularly indebted to: M. Shaler Allen, Bruce Millar, Mrs. Herbert Q. Brown, and George S. Platts; also, to House & Garden , in which parts of this book appeared serially; and to Miss Eleanor V. Searing for many hours spent reading manuscript.
— from If You're Going to Live in the Country by Thomas H. (Thomas Hamilton) Ormsbee


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