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llama en el comercio
—Tiene Ud. el que se llama en el comercio
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson

loca explōrārent et centuriōnēs
Equitēs quoque in omnīs partīs dīmittēbantur quī loca explōrārent; et centuriōnēs praemittēbantur ut locum castrīs idōneum dēligerent.
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

la electricidad es cara
En esta ciudad los dínamos se mueven a vapor, y por lo tanto, la electricidad es cara; lo que no obsta para
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson

Löschung einer Eintragung cancellation
Lohntheorie wages theory Lohntüte wage packet Lohntüte wages packet Lohnunterschied wage differential Lohnverbrauch consumption of materials Lohnvereinbarung industrial agreement Lohnvereinbarung wages agreement Lohnverhandlung wage bargaining Lohnvorschuß advance of wages Lohnzettel pay slip Lokalausgabe local edition lokale Werbung; Werbung am Ort local advertising Lokaltarif; Ortstarif local rate Lokogeschäft; Kassageschäft spot transaction Lokoware spots Lombardbank loan bank lombardfähig acceptable as collateral LOmbardgeschäft lombard business lombardierte Wertpapiere collateral securities lombardierte Wertpapiere pawned stock lombardierte Wertpapiere pledged securities lombardierte Wertpapiere securities lodged as collateral Lombardkredit collateral loan Lombardkredit loan upon collateral security Lombardkredit lombard credit Lombardsatz lending rate Lombardsatz rate of interest on advance Lombardwert hypothecary value Lombardzinsfuß bank rate for loans Lorenzkurve lorenz curve Löschung der Eintragung cancellation of the registration Löschung einer Eintragung cancellation of an entry Löschung einer Hypothek liquidation of a mortgage Löschung einer Schuld extinction of a debt Löschungsbewilligung authority for cancellation Löschungshafen destination Löschungskosten landing charges lose loose lose Beilage loose insert Loseblatt loose-leaf Loseblattkatalog loose-leaf catalogue Lösegeld ransom Lösegeldforderung ransom demand lösende Bewegung releasing movement Losgröße batch size Losgröße lot size Losgröße production batch Losgröße; Größe der Charge; Größe der Serie batch size loslassen release a load Lösung solution Lösungsversuch approach to a problem Lotterie lottery
— from Mr. Honey's Medium Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig

like everything else changes
Slang, like everything else, changes much in the course of time; and though but fifteen years have elapsed since this Dictionary was first introduced to the public, alterations have since then been many and frequent in the subject of which it treats.
— from The Slang Dictionary: Etymological, Historical and Andecdotal by John Camden Hotten

la escena encarándose con
(Don Diego, levantándose de la mesa en que ha permanecido encubierto mientras la escena anterior baja al centro de la escena, encarándose con don Juan.)
— from Don Juan Tenorio by José Zorrilla

los Espárragos el cual
30 del Zorro y por Oriente al de los Espárragos, el cual debe tal nombre a los muchos y muy exquisitos que cultivó allí mi abuelo Sidi-Jussef-ben-Jussuf.
— from Novelas Cortas by Pedro Antonio de Alarcón

llevabas en España cuando
tu verdadero nombre: el nombre 10 que llevabas en España cuando eras cristiano, y que yo conozco desde que estuve en
— from Novelas Cortas by Pedro Antonio de Alarcón

luna en el cénit
He allí la luna en el cénit obscuro del firmamento....
— from Novelas Cortas by Pedro Antonio de Alarcón

Let em eat cake
LP36729. Let 'em eat cake.
— from Motion Pictures 1960-1969: Catalog of Copyright Entries by Library of Congress. Copyright Office

landed estates essentially contrary
The progressive partitioning of landed estates essentially contrary to the spirit of a monarchical government would enfeeble the guaranties which the charter has given to my throne and to my subjects.
— from The American Quarterly Review, No. 18, June 1831 (Vol 9) by Various

like everything else connected
That, like everything else connected with Kiel Week, had suddenly been called off.
— from The Assault: Germany Before the Outbreak and England in War-Time by Frederic William Wile

London employed every caballing
He affirmed, that while the English ministry, under the appearance of sincerity, imposed upon the French ambassador with false protestations, others diametrically opposite to these deceitful assurances of a speedy accommodation were actually carrying into execution in North America; that while the court of London employed every caballing art, and squandered away the subsidies of England, to instigate other powers against France, his most christain majesty did not even ask of these powers the succours which guarantees and defensive treaties authorised him to demand; but recommended to them such measures only as tended to their own peace and security; that while the English navy, by the most odious violences, and sometimes by the vilest artifices, made captures of French vessels navigating in full security under the safeguard of public faith, his most christian majesty released an English frigate taken by a French squadron; and British vessels traded to the ports of France without molestation.
— from The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.II. Continued from the Reign of William and Mary to the Death of George II. by T. (Tobias) Smollett

like everything else can
And forgetfulness, like everything else, can only come from you.
— from The Arrow of Gold: A Story Between Two Notes by Joseph Conrad

Lettres Edifiantes et Curieuses
[514] Lettres Edifiantes et Curieuses , Tome II., p. 165.
— from The American Race A Linguistic Classification and Ethnographic Description of the Native Tribes of North and South America by Daniel G. (Daniel Garrison) Brinton

Lawyer Edward Everett Colbert
Quincy was in such a condition when Lawyer Edward Everett Colbert made his first visit, that if he had been asked the name of the principal beneficiary he would probably have told the lawyer to let it go to the Devil.
— from Further Adventures of Quincy Adams Sawyer and Mason Corner Folks by Charles Felton Pidgin


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