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kík ug gamay
[do] to part of s.t. Kuháan ku ang ímung kík ug gamay, I will take a little of your cake.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

katakásan ug gamayng
Kining bakilíra dílì katakásan ug gamayng awtu, A small car cannot negotiate this slope.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

ku ug gamay
Muutlub lang ku ug gamay sa ímung kindi, I’ll just take a small bite of your candy.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

ku uy Get
’—‘Dílì ku uy!’ ‘Get undressed!’—‘No, I won’t.’ 2b with imperatives: go on now, do it.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

known until gradually
This is why, as is well known, one is so careful to get a man first to hope for happiness before announcing it, then to suggest the prospect of it, then little by little make it known, until gradually all is known to him; every portion of the revelation loses the strength of its effect because it is anticipated by a demand, and room is still left for more.
— from Essays of Schopenhauer by Arthur Schopenhauer

keeps us going
That’s what keeps us going.
— from Second Variety by Philip K. Dick

Kosten und Gefahr
Sicht at long sight auf mittlerer Ebene at medium level auf niedriger Ebene low-level auf niedriger Stufe low-level auf niedrigerer Ebene at a lower level auf Paletten palletized auf Rechnung des Auftraggebers for the account of the principal auf Rechnung wen es angeht for account of whom it may concern auf See afloat auf seine eigenen Kosten at his own expense auf seinem Grundstück at his premises auf Seite 10-12 on pages 10-12 auf tägliche Kündigung at call auf Verlangen at call auf Verlangen by request auf Verlangen des Käufers when required by the buyer auf Verlangen des letzteren at the latter's request auf Verlangen; Kosten und Gefahr des K. at buyer's request; risk and expense auf Wunsch optional auf Zahlung drängen press for payment auf Zahlung klagen sue for recovery Aufbau buildup Aufbau set-up Aufbewahrung safe-keeking Aufbewahrung safe-keeping Aufbewahrung von Gütern custody of goods aufblähen inflate aufbringen bring up Aufbringung von Geldern; Sammlung raising of funds aufdecken disclose Aufdruck imprint auferlegen impose auferlegen to impose Auferlegung imposition Aufforderung demand note Aufforderung zur Zahlung demand of payment auffrischen refresh Auffrischung; Erfrischung refreshment auffüllen fill up Aufgabe
— from Mr. Honey's Medium Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig

Kentucky under General
The third organized body of rebel troops was in Eastern Kentucky, under General Zollicoffer, estimated, according to the most reliable information, at six thousand men.
— from Memoirs of General William T. Sherman — Complete by William T. (William Tecumseh) Sherman

keep up good
" "And keep up good courage," whispered Fanny.
— from Stories and Legends of Travel and History, for Children by Grace Greenwood

keep up girl
She made no new friends in her life with him, the old ones naturally fell rather into the background; it was impossible to keep up girl friendships when she was never able to ask any of them home with her.
— from To Love by Margaret Peterson

Kentucky under General
Three weeks after the successful defence of Fort Recovery, Wayne was joined by a large force of mounted volunteers from Kentucky, under General Scott; and on July 27th he set out towards the Miami towns.
— from The Winning of the West, Volume 4 Louisiana and the Northwest, 1791-1807 by Theodore Roosevelt

kinds under given
It is the business of that science to find out what is the greatest amount of thermal energy that can possibly be recoverable into organized kinds under given circumstances.
— from The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg

keep upon good
Even with his friends he could not keep upon good terms, and the sincere gentleness of Lamb broke down at least once, as the easy good-nature of Leigh Hunt did many times, under the strain of his perverse and savage wrong-headedness.
— from A History of Nineteenth Century Literature (1780-1895) by George Saintsbury

kind usually given
No presents were given me by Solyman, except the ordinary ones of the kind usually given to every am 390 bassador on taking leave, such as I had generally received in former years.
— from The Life and Letters of Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq, Vol. 1 (of 2) by Ogier Ghislain de Busbecq

KAISER UNSERN GUTEN
The people continued shouting and singing, in spite of the French, the hymn of “GOTT ERHALTE FRANZ DEN KAISER, UNSERN GUTEN KAISER FRANZ!”
— from Louisa of Prussia and Her Times: A Historical Novel by L. (Luise) Mühlbach

keep us going
“Wedding brought us down—the news we hear is going to keep us going.
— from Joan of Arc of the North Woods by Holman Day

KAISER UNSERN GUTEN
And thousands of voices sang and shouted all at once, “GOTT ERHALTE FRAN DEN KAISER, UNSERN GUTEN KAISER FRANZ!”
— from Louisa of Prussia and Her Times: A Historical Novel by L. (Luise) Mühlbach


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