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“I don’t care about either,” said Dennis; “they’re just like lots and lots of other kittens, and they grow up like lots and lots of other cats.
— from Black, White and Gray: A Story of Three Homes by Amy Walton
He intended in a year or two to give up law, live at the Court, and stand for Parliament.
— from Donna Teresa by Frances Mary Peard
Give us ‘Long, long ago.’”
— from The Red Eric by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
Kilowatt kingdom Königreich kind Art kind of business Art des Unternehmens kind of goods Warenart kite Gefälligkeitswechsel knocked-down price Spottpreis know-how Fachwissen; Fachkenntnisse knowingly wissentlich L lack of capital Kapitalmangel label Etikette label an article einen Artikel auszeichnen labeling Etikettierung; Preisauszeichnung labour Arbeit labour dispute Streitigkeit mit den Gewerkschaftsvertretern labour exchange Arbeitsamt labour force Arbeiterschaft labour grade Tätigkeitseinstufung labour market Arbeitsmarkt labour piracy Abwerbung labour relations Arbeitgeber-Arbeitnehmer-Beziehungen labourer Arbeiter labour saving arbeitssparend laissez-faire wirtschaftsliberales Verhalten large-scale in großem Umfang land landen; ausladen land and buildings Grundstücke und Gebäude land acquisition Grunderwerb land agent Grundstücksmakler; Grundstücksverwalter landing charges Landegebühren landlady Hausherrin; Dame des Hauses landlord Grundherr; Hausherr land purchase tax Grunderwerbssteuer land register Grundbuch land value Grundstückswert landed property Liegenschaften landed property account
— from Mr. Honey's Small Business Dictionary (English-German) by Winfried Honig
Sometimes we too would fish, and my father would give us little lines and floats and hooks, and with an impromptu rod stolen from the nearest willow or ash tree we would do our best to imitate our superior.
— from Charles Bradlaugh: a Record of His Life and Work, Volume 1 (of 2) With an Account of his Parliamentary Struggle, Politics and Teachings. Seventh Edition by Hypatia Bradlaugh Bonner
The Japanese Herald , an English mercantile newspaper, published in Yokuhama, gives the following list of concessions made to the Japanese Government: 'The right to trade in gold was given up; the right to exchange money, weight for weight, was given up; enforcing recovery of debts clause was given up; Ne-egata was given up; Yedo followed; non-circulation of dollars in the country unopposed; Kanagawa as a residence given up; land leases at the usual rate of the country given up; restrictions on employment of servants allowed without remonstrance; immunity from local jurisdiction endangered; and, lastly, Osaka given up on our own minister's representation.'
— from Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No 3, September 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various
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