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gelabang Pari Pinjam
Pinjam tukol pinjam landasan, ’Nak menukol gelabang Pari, Pinjam dusun pinjam ’laman Menurunkan anak bidadari.
— from Malay Magic Being an introduction to the folklore and popular religion of the Malay Peninsula by Walter William Skeat

German private property
In the first place it was conditional on concessions in the Treaty insuring that "Germany shall retain the territorial integrity corresponding to the Armistice Convention, [140] that she shall keep her colonial possessions and merchant ships, including those of large tonnage, that in her own country and in the world at large she shall enjoy the same freedom of action as all other peoples, that all war legislation shall be at once annulled, and that all interferences during the war with her economic rights and with German private property, etc., shall be treated in accordance with the principle of reciprocity";—that is to say, the offer is conditional on the greater part of the rest of the Treaty being abandoned.
— from The Economic Consequences of the Peace by John Maynard Keynes

gen plur peace
for a little while paulô , adv. by a little, little paulum adv. a little, somewhat pâx, pâcis , f. (no gen. plur.), peace pecûnia, -ae , f. [ pecus , cattle ], money pedes, -itis , m. [ pês , foot ], foot soldier pedester, -tris, -tre , adj.
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

greatest perplexity possible
M Bonacieux was in the greatest perplexity possible.
— from The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas

Guerdon premium prize
SYN: Guerdon, premium, prize, reward.
— from A Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms or, Synonyms and Words of Opposite Meaning by Samuel Fallows

general praetor praeitor
5 cohors praetoria : a corps d’élite , specially organised as a bodyguard of the general ( praetor = praeitor , prae + eo ), dating from the time when the praetores was the older name of the consuls (= colleagues ).
— from Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Edmund Luce

Gorgias Phaedon Parmenides
[ Agathias specifies the Gorgias, Phaedon, Parmenides, and Timaeus.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

gen plur peace
for a little while paulō , adv. by a little, little paulum adv. a little, somewhat pāx, pācis , f. (no gen. plur.), peace pecūnia, -ae , f. [ pecus , cattle ], money pedes, -itis , m. [ pēs , foot ], foot soldier pedester, -tris, -tre , adj.
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

good plain peasant
Even those of whom we no longer think as immigrants, but proudly call our forefathers, who came long ago, came from good, plain, peasant stock; not blue blooded, but of virile red blood.
— from The Immigrant Tide, Its Ebb and Flow by Edward Alfred Steiner

giving practical proof
The new era had dawned, heralding the victory of the invading forces and giving practical proof of the old adage, "Might is right."
— from The Petticoat Commando: Boer Women in Secret Service by Johanna Brandt

German pessimist philosopher
Schopenhauer (Arthur), German pessimist philosopher, b. Danzig, 22 Feb. 1788.
— from A Biographical Dictionary of Freethinkers of All Ages and Nations by J. M. (Joseph Mazzini) Wheeler

green peppers pork
Electricity - consumption: 1.534 billion kWh (1999) Electricity - exports: 0 kWh (1999) Electricity - imports: 0 kWh (1999) Agriculture - products: potatoes, cauliflower, grapes, wheat, barley, tomatoes, citrus, cut flowers, green peppers; pork, milk, poultry, eggs Exports: $2 billion (f.o.b., 1999) Exports - commodities: machinery and transport equipment, manufactures Exports - partners: US 21.4%, France 15.2%, Germany 12.6%, UK 9.3%, Italy 4.9% (1999)
— from The 2001 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

Governor Phillip prepared
These arrangements having been settled, Governor Phillip prepared to proceed to the examination of Port Jackson: and as the time of his absence, had he gone in the Supply , must have been very uncertain, he went round with three boats; taking with him Captain Hunter and several other officers, that by examining several parts of the harbour at once the greater dispatch might be made.
— from The Voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay With an Account of the Establishment of the Colonies of Port Jackson and Norfolk Island (1789) by Arthur Phillip

gave particular prominence
They brought to light and gave particular prominence to the doctrine of sanctification by faith and the witness of the Holy Spirit.
— from Birth of a Reformation; Or, The Life and Labors of Daniel S. Warner by A. L. (Andrew L.) Byers

grand Patriciat par
* Note: Constantin, qui remplaca le grand Patriciat par une noblesse titree et qui changea avec d'autres institutions la nature de la societe Latine, est le veritable fondateur de la royaute moderne,
— from History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 2 by Edward Gibbon

GDP purchasing power
GDP (purchasing power parity): $1.821 billion (2008 est.)
— from The 2009 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

good points physically
A woman usually knows her good points physically and how to bring them out.
— from The Colonel of the Red Huzzars by John Reed Scott


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