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Frayen Uebersetzung Kurzer entworf
Also "Sammlung Einiger Rabbinischer Oden Nebst Einer Frayen Uebersetzung, Kurzer entworf Jüdescher Gebräuche Akademischer Vorlesungen entworfen," three parts, Brunswick, 1752-1754.
— from Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ by Aaron Bernstein

fine upstanding kind even
ority, Adua could at least comfort himself with the realization his breed was of a fine upstanding kind, even if reduced by circumstance to humble origins.
— from The Land of Look Behind by Paul Cameron Brown

fishermen usually keep each
Vere knew that the Neapolitan fishermen usually keep each to his own special branch of the common profession.
— from A Spirit in Prison by Robert Hichens

fire up kindle encabezar
dondequiera , wherever doña , lady, fem. of don doquier , poetical for dondequiera dorado , -a , gilt; golden; splendid dorar , to gild dormido , -a , asleep dormir , to sleep dos , two doscientos , two hundred dosel , m. , canopy dosis , f. , amount, dose dotar , to endow dote , f. , gift, dowry dragón , dragon drama , m. , drama, struggle dramático , -a , dramatic druídico , -a , Druid, Druidic duda , doubt dudar , to doubt, hesitate duende , m. , demon dueño , lord, master dulce , sweet, fresh dulcemente , sweetly duplicar , to double durante , during durar , to last duraznero , peach tree durazno , peach duro , -a , hard E e , and ebrio , -a , intoxicated, drunk eclipsar , to eclipse eco , echo economía , economy; development, regulation económico , -a , economic economizar , to spare, economize ecuador , equator ecuanimidad , fairness, equanimity echar , to throw, drive out; —— a pique , to sink; —— mano de , to avail oneself of; ——se a , to begin edad , age; Edad Media , Middle Ages edecán , m. , aide-de-camp edificación , construction edificio , building educación , education, training educar , to instruct, lead, train, direct efectivo , -a , effective efecto , effect, purpose; en —— , indeed, in fact efectuar , to carry out, effect; ——se , to take place eficacia , efficacy eficaz , efficient, effective eficazmente , efficiently eficiente , efficient, powerful efímero , -a , ephemeral, short-lived efusivo , -a , effusive Egipto , Egypt egoísmo , egoism egoísta , m. , egoist egoísta , selfish ejecución , execution ejecutar , to execute; ——se , to take place ejecutivo , executive ejecutor , executor ejemplar , exemplary, model ejemplo , example ejercer , to practice, exert ejercicio , exercise ejercitar , to exercise ejército , army él , he el , the elasticidad , elasticity elección , election electricidad , electricity eléctrico , -a , electric elefante , m. , elephant elegante , elegant elegía , elegy elegir , to choose elemento , element, environment elevación , loftiness, elevation elevado , -a , lofty, high elevador , elevator elevar , to raise eliminar , to eliminate elocuencia , eloquence elocuente , eloquent ello , it, that; por —— , on that account emanación , emanation emanado , -a , emanating, derived emancipación , emancipation emancipar , to free embalsamar , to embalm embarcación , embarking; vessel; —— a vela , sailboat embarcar , to embark embargo , sequestration; sin —— , nevertheless embarque , m. , shipment, passage, embarkation embellecer , to beautify embolar , to bring down with bolas embudo , funnel emigrante , emigrant emigrar , to emigrate eminente , eminent eminentemente , eminently emoción , emotion, sorrow emocionante , emotional, moving empalme , m. , junction, splicing empañar , to darken, cloud emparedar , to wall in empedrar , to pave empeñar , to pawn; to begin an action; ——se , to bind oneself empeño , pledge, eagerness empero , but, nevertheless empezar , to begin empleado , employee emplear , to employ, spend empleo , task, employment emplumado , -a , feathered emplumecer , to take on feathers empozarse , to stagnate emprender , to undertake, begin empresa , undertaking empréstito , loan empujar , to drive, push empuñar , to seize, take up en , in, on, among enamorado , -a , enamored enarbolar , to hoist enardecer , to fire up, kindle encabezar , to head, lead encadenar , to chain encajar , to place, inclose encaje , m. , lace encaminar , to put on the road; ——se , to set out encantar , to enchant encanto , enchantment encantonar , to intrench encargado , agent encargar , to intrust, charge; ——se de , to take charge of encarnación , incarnation encarnarse , to become incarnate encender , to kindle encerrar , to shut in encima , above; —— de , above, upon encomendar , to recommend, intrust encono , rancor, ill-will encontrar , to meet, find encontrón , m. , collision, meeting encorvar , to bend encrespar , to wave, curl encrucijada , crossway encuadrar , to frame, fit in encubrir , to hide, disguise encuentro , encounter, meeting encumbramiento , rise, elevation endecasílabo , verse of eleven syllables, hendecasyllabic endecha , dirge, stanza endilgar , to turn, direct, send enemigo , -a , a. and s. , hostile; enemy enemistad , enmity energía , energy enérgico , -a , energetic, strong enero , January enervado , -a , weakened, dull enfardar , to pack enfermo , -a , sick enfilar , to pierce, enfilade; to march enflaquecer , to become thin, weaken enfrente , before, in front; —— de , in front of enfriamiento , cooling, chill enfurecer , to madden engalanar , to deck, adorn engañar , to deceive engañoso , -a , deceitful, deceptive engendrar , to engender engolosinar , to whet one’s desire engrosar , to enlarge enjaezar , to caparison enjambrar , to breed a hive of bees enjambre , m. , colony of bees; bees enjuiciar , to pass judgment; to try in court enlazar , to lasso enloquecedor , -ora , maddening enmascarar , to mask enmendar , to mend, improve enmienda , amendment enmudecido , -a , mute ennegrecer , to blacken enojo , anger enorme , enormous enormidad , enormity enredar , to twine, knot enrojecer , to redden enronquecer , to become hoarse ensalzar , to exalt, extol ensanchar , to widen, swell ensangrentar , to stain with blood ensayar , to try ensayo , essay, trial enseñanza , teaching enseñar , to teach, show enseñorearse , to lord it over, get control of ensillar , to saddle ensopar , to dip, wet ensortijado , -a , curly ensueño , dream entender , to understand, hear entendimiento , understanding enteramente , entirely enterar , to inform enternecido , -a , moved, softened enternecimiento , tenderness entero , -a , entire enterrar , to bury entidad , entity, import; ——es dominantes , ruling spirits entonar , to sing, intone entonces , then; desde —— , ever since entrada , entrance entraña , bowel; depth; core, heart; vein.
— from Argentina, Legend and History by Lucio Vicente López

from under knotted eyebrows
He gazed at me from under knotted eyebrows.
— from Arms and the Woman by Harold MacGrath

flew upward keeping ever
But the butterfly escaped them and flew upward, keeping ever out of reach as the girls followed to the mouth of the pit.
— from The North American Indian, Vol. 1 by Edward S. Curtis

from under knotted eyebrows
"I'm him," said the Cap'n, glowering up from under knotted eyebrows, his gaze principally on the shiny tile.
— from The Skipper and the Skipped: Being the Shore Log of Cap'n Aaron Sproul by Holman Day

find um Kernertok encouraged
“We find um,” Kernertok encouraged them.
— from The Golden Boys Along the River Allagash by L. P. (Levi Parker) Wyman

For under King Edmund
For under King Edmund’s successor, Edred, we again find the Archbishop, together with his clergy, paying homage to the Danish king’s son, Erik (son of Harald Blaatand?), although he had shortly before, in common with the Northumbrians, taken an oath of fidelity to the Anglo-Saxon king.
— from An Account of the Danes and Norwegians in England, Scotland, and Ireland by Jens Jacob Asmussen Worsaae

für uns kaum etwas
Gegenwärtiges, zum Andenken Schillers , geschriebene Werk kann, übersetzt, für uns kaum etwas
— from The Life of Friedrich Schiller Comprehending an Examination of His Works by Thomas Carlyle

fights under keen excitement
The French soldier, on the other hand, fights under keen excitement.
— from Kings, Queens and Pawns: An American Woman at the Front by Mary Roberts Rinehart


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