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job errand diligente diligent
diligencia f diligence; c chore, job, errand. diligente diligent.
— from Doña Perfecta by Benito Pérez Galdós

Jacobson en de daarop
Jacobson, J. "Ernstig bedreigd" "Opgeroepen," een woord naar aanleiding van "Ernstig bedreigd" door den heer J. Jacobson en de daarop gevolgde geschriften van de heeren G.H. Mees en A. Plate, door en Nederlandes.
— from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers

jingle en den de
“In ’bout an hour I heard de ready-bell jingle, en den de racket begin.
— from The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson by Mark Twain

justiciero en defensa de
Temperamento bravío, evangélico, forjado para el bien y para el martirio, consagró su vida a la patria: su gesto era siempre hermoso y justiciero en defensa de sus altos intereses.
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson

Jefe en daño de
Jefe en daño de Ramón; uno de esos abusos de autoridad que disgustan de la más honrosa carrera; una arbitrariedad, en fin, hizo desear al Teniente de cazadores abandonar las filas de sus hermanos, al amigo dejar al amigo, al liberal pasarse a la facción, 20 al subordinado matar a su Teniente Coronel....—¡Buenos humos tenía Mazzepa , [16-5] Ramón para aguantar insultos e injusticias ni al lucero Mazzepa ,
— from Novelas Cortas by Pedro Antonio de Alarcón

joint elbow double doubling
— N. fold, plicature[obs3], plait, pleat, ply, crease; tuck, gather; flexion, flexure, joint, elbow, double, doubling, duplicature[obs3], gather, wrinkle, rimple[obs3], crinkle, crankle[obs3], crumple, rumple, rivel[obs3], ruck[obs3], ruffle, dog's ear, corrugation, frounce[obs3], flounce, lapel; pucker, crow's feet; plication[obs3].
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget

Jisr ed Damieh drove
But a strong Turkish force, crossing the Jordan from the Nablus area at Jisr ed Damieh, drove back the cavalry, who lost nine guns in their retirement.
— from With the British Army in The Holy Land by H. O. (Henry Osmond) Lock

Jeux et des Divertissemens
Traité des Jeux et des Divertissemens, par M. Jean Baptiste Thiers, Docteur en Théologie.
— from Facts and Speculations on the Origin and History of Playing Cards by William Andrew Chatto

Jeux et des Divertissemens
[329] J. B. Thiers, in his Traité des Jeux et des Divertissemens, p. 5, thus refers to the same anecdote: "Saint Ignace de Loiola joüa un jour au billard avec un gentil-homme qui l'avoit invité d'y jouer, et s'il en faut croire l'éloquent Jésuite Maphée, il le gagna miraculeusement, quoiqu'il ne sçût pas le jeu.
— from Facts and Speculations on the Origin and History of Playing Cards by William Andrew Chatto


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