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feloun PP felloun S3
Felon , sb. villain, traitor, PP; feloun , PP; felloun , S3; felloune , S3.—AF.
— from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew

favorite passages from Scripture
Portions of this translation, in the form of favorite passages from Scripture, were copied by thousands, and for the first time in our history a standard of pure English was established in the homes of the common people.
— from English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English-Speaking World by William J. (William Joseph) Long

financial policy Finanzsystem Steuersystem
Finanzberater financial adviser Finanzbericht financial report Finanzbuchführung financial accounting Finanzbuchhaltung financial accounting finanziell financial finanziell besser gestellt sein be better off finanziell unabhängig financially independent finanziell unterstützt financially supported finanzielle Angelegenheiten financial affairs finanzielle Belastung financial strain finanzielle Hilfe financial aid finanzielle Hilfe; finanzielle Unterstützung pecuniary aid finanzielle Lage financial conditions finanzielle Lage financial position finanzielle Lage financial standing finanzielle Lage financial status finanzielle Lage; Vermögenslage financial standing finanzielle Unterstützung financial aid finanzielle Unterstützung pecuniary aid finanzielle Verhältnisse financial circumstances finanzielle Verhältnisse pecuniary circumstances finanzielle Verlegenheit financial embarrassement finanzielle Verpflichtung financial obligation finanzielle Verpflichtungen financial obligations finanziellen Verhältnisse financial circumstances finanzieller Anreiz financial incentive finanzielles Ansehen financial standing finanzieren finance Finanzierung finance Finanzierung financing Finanzierungsgesellschaft finance company Finanzierungsgesellschaft finance house Finanzierungsgesellschaft financing company Finanzierungskosten costs of financing Finanzierungslücke money gap Finanzierungsplan capital budget Finanzierungsplan financial budget Finanzierungsvermittler company promoter Finanzkonto financial account Finanzkontrolle financial control Finanzkreise financial circles Finanzplatz financial centre Finanzpolitik financial policy Finanzsystem; Steuersystem fiscal system Finanzunternehmen; Finanzierungsgesellschaft finance company Finanzwirtschaft finance findet nicht statt does not take place fingiert fictitious fingierte Zahlung sham payment fingiertes Konto pro forma account Firma company Firma firm Firma mit bankartigen Geschäften banking company Firma; geschäftliches Unternehmen business concern Firmenbriefpapier; Büropapier stationery Firmenchef principal of the firm Firmeninhaber owner of a firm Firmenkapital capital funds Firmenname company name Firmenname firm name Firmenreserven company reserves Firmenschriftzug logotype Firmensiegel signet Firmenzeichen logo Fischhändler fishmonger fiskalisch fiscal fixe Kosten fixed charges fixe Kosten fixed costs flach flat Fläche; Bereich area Flächenstichprobe area sample Flächenstichprobenverfahren area sampling Flagge flag Flaschenzug hoist Flaschenzug; Winde hoist flau flat flaue Geschäftszeit dull season flaue Nachfrage slack demand Flaute dullness Flaute flatness Fleischbeschau meat inspection fleißig industrious flexibel; wendig flexible Flexibilität des Marktes market flexibility fliegender Händler; Hausierer; Höker hawker Fließband assembly line Fließbandfertigung conveyor-belt production Fließfertigung flowproduction Fließfertigung line production Fließ-Straße flow line flink speedy Flucht in die Stadt; Landflucht migration into cities Fluchtgeld hot money Fluchtkapital flight capital
— from Mr. Honey's Medium Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig

franc pieces for sure
That means two five-franc pieces, two five-franc pieces, for sure.
— from Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant

forȝeuen PP forȝieue S
For-ȝiuen , v. to forgive, PP; foryeue , C3; forȝeuen , PP; forȝieue , S; forrȝifenn , S; foryiue , C2; uorȝiuen , S; forgifen S; forȝef , imp.
— from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew

foreign policy formulation State
From the purely theoretical standpoint, it would have been far sounder to put national policy formulation (White House and Congress), foreign policy formulation (State), strategic propaganda (State, War, Navy) into a single administrative entity than to create a new federal agency with improvised procedures, improvised security, and an improvised staff.
— from Psychological Warfare by Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger

few parish fees since
But luckily I have paid few parish fees since): That scarlet cloak, alas!
— from Don Juan by Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron

fierce Patroclus flies Swift
Then rushing sudden on his prostrate prize, To spoil the carcase fierce Patroclus flies: Swift as a lion, terrible and bold, That sweeps the field, depopulates the fold; Pierced through the dauntless heart, then tumbles slain, And from his fatal courage finds his bane.
— from The Iliad by Homer

frank pleasant face some
There might have been [ 16 ] noticed in his frank, pleasant face some faint traces of Spanish blood showing through a beautiful brown color, slightly flushed at the cheeks as a result perhaps of his residence in cold countries.
— from The Social Cancer: A Complete English Version of Noli Me Tangere by José Rizal

from Paris for six
Napoleon managed to be away from Paris for six weeks after Josephine's arrival at Malmaison.
— from Napoleon's Letters to Josephine, 1796-1812 For the First Time Collected and Translated, with Notes Social, Historical, and Chronological, from Contemporary Sources by Emperor of the French Napoleon I

few private friends sorry
He soon resigned his command, finding himself too much obstructed to do anything, and retired to his house of Saint Gratien, near Saint Denis, which he scarcely ever left, and where he saw only a few private friends, sorry that he had ever left it, and that he had listened to the cajoleries of the King.
— from Memoirs of Louis XIV and His Court and of the Regency — Complete by Saint-Simon, Louis de Rouvroy, duc de

functions performed for society
The Human Balance Wheel ¶ To keep the rest of the world from running away with itself, to prevent precipitous changes in laws, customs and traditions, has always been one of the functions performed for society by the bony people.
— from How to Analyze People on Sight Through the Science of Human Analysis: The Five Human Types by Elsie Lincoln Benedict

following passage from Sir
The following passage from Sir William Hamilton’s Dissertations , besides its wise thought, sounds in the ear like the pathetic and majestic sadness of a symphony by Beethoven:— “There are two sorts of ignorance: we philosophize to escape ignorance, and the consummation of our philosophy is ignorance; we start from the one, we repose in the other; they are the goals from which, and to which, we tend; and the pursuit of knowledge is but a course between two ignorances, as human life is itself only a travelling from grave to grave.
— from Spare Hours by John Brown

famous place for studying
It is a famous place, not for love-making but for flirtation; a famous place for studying human nature; a famous place for passing a pleasant hour.
— from The Tragedy of the Chain Pier Everyday Life Library No. 3 by Charlotte M. Brame

five pints for sale
Mix and distil five pints for sale.
— from The Art of Perfumery, and Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants With Instructions for the Manufacture of Perfumes for the Handkerchief, Scented Powders, Odorous Vinegars, Dentifrices, Pomatums, Cosmetics, Perfumed Soap, Etc., to which is Added an Appendix on Preparing Artificial Fruit-Essences, Etc. by G. W. Septimus (George William Septimus) Piesse

fear partly from secret
Cold shivers ran down his back, partly from fear, partly from secret satisfaction.
— from Pelle the Conqueror — Volume 01 by Martin Andersen Nexø

foyne PP foynȝee S3
(s.v. fouïnne ); foyne , PP; foynȝee , S3; fooyne , the fur of the marten, Prompt.
— from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew


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