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MORTAR PUT PEPPER LOVAGE
IN A MORTAR PUT PEPPER, LOVAGE AND ORIGANY [3], WHICH CRUSH; MOISTEN
— from Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome by Apicius

MORTAR PUT PEPPER LOVAGE
[1] IN A MORTAR, PUT PEPPER, LOVAGE, CORIANDER SEED, MINT, RUE, AND CRUSH IT.
— from Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome by Apicius

mi prese per lo
Cosi` adocchiato da cotal famiglia, fui conosciuto da un, che mi prese per lo lembo e grido`: <>.
— from Divina Commedia di Dante: Inferno by Dante Alighieri

mio pensier per la
d'Isopo lo mio pensier per la presente rissa, dov'el parlo` de la rana e del topo; che' piu` non si pareggia 'mo' e 'issa' che l'un con l'altro fa, se ben s'accoppia principio e fine con la mente fissa.
— from Divina Commedia di Dante: Inferno by Dante Alighieri

metodojn por presi librojn
Ili ankoraŭ nun havas la samajn metodojn por presi librojn kaj por fari pulvon, kiajn ili havis antaŭ mil jaroj.
— from A Complete Grammar of Esperanto by Ivy Kellerman Reed

m pellet pill Lcd
[‘ pose ’] posa = pusa posl , postling m. pellet, pill , Lcd .
— from A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary For the Use of Students by J. R. Clark (John R. Clark) Hall

miserable profligate perverted little
“You are lying, you miserable, profligate, perverted, little aristocrat!
— from The Possessed (The Devils) by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

miss pretermit pass lapse
ANT: Deprive, withhold, recall, cancel, alienate, miss, pretermit, pass, lapse, skip.
— from A Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms or, Synonyms and Words of Opposite Meaning by Samuel Fallows

management Personalkredit personal loan
pence Pension boarding house Pension superannuation Pension; Rente pension Pensionsalter pensionable age Pensionskasse pension fund Pensionskasse pension pool Pensionskasse staff pension fund per Adresse care of per Anhänger by trailers per Fähre by ferries per Fernschreiben by telex per Kabel by cable per Luftpost through the post by airmail per Telegramm by telegram perfekt perfect perfekter Wettbewerb perfect competition periodisch periodical periodisch wiederkehrend recurring periodische Zahlungen; regelmäßige Zahlungen periodic payments permanente Revision continuous audit Personal personnel Personalabteilung personnel department Personalabteilung personnel division Personalabteilung staff department Personalakten personnel files Personalanforderung personnel requisition Personalangaben personal data Personalauswahl selection of personnel Personalausweis identity card Personalausweis; Kennkarte identification card Personalbüro; Personalabteilung personnel office Personalchef personnel officer Personalchef staff manager Personalchef; Leiter der Personalabteilung personnel manager Personalfluktuation labour turnover Personalführung personnel management Personalkredit personal loan Personalverwaltung personnel administration Personenbeförderung conveyance of passengers Personenschaden damage to persons persönlich personal persönlich bekannt of known identity persönlich erscheinen to appear in person persönlich haftender Gesellschafter partner liable to unlimited extent persönlich; als Einzelner individually persönliche Akte individual file persönliche Befragung face-to-face interview persönliche Daten; personenbezogene Daten personal data persönliche Einkünfte; persönliches Interview personal earnings persönliche Vereinbarung private arrangement persönliche Zeitzugabe personal allowance persönliche Zeitzugabe personal needs allowance persönlicher Assistent personal assistant persönlicher Bedarf individual demand persönlicher Besitz personal property persönlicher Freibetrag personal allowance persönlicher Vorteil; persönlicher Nutzen personal benefit persönliches Eigentum; Sachbesitz personal property persönliches Gepäck accompanied luggage persönliches Gespräch mit Voranmeldung personal call persönliches Gut; bewegliches Gut; Hausrat personal chattels Pesnionierung retirement pessimistische Zeit pessimistic time
— from Mr. Honey's Medium Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig

muchas partes pero la
Los cafetos se encuentran en muchas partes, pero la mayor producción y la mejor calidad de café se obtiene en los campos cerca de Río de Janeiro.
— from A First Spanish Reader by Erwin W. (Erwin William) Roessler

my poor pen lacks
I would fain describe my gallant young lord, only I fear that my poor pen lacks the skill to bring him before the eye of the reader.
— from In Taunton town : a story of the rebellion of James Duke of Monmouth in 1685 by Evelyn Everett-Green

many precious pearls lightly
His thoughts are not linked in chain, but are just so many precious pearls lightly strung on a silken thread.
— from Two Thousand Miles on an Automobile Being a Desultory Narrative of a Trip Through New England, New York, Canada, and the West, By "Chauffeur" by Arthur Jerome Eddy

mild pure persuasive love
Not that mad zeal, which works by force, And poisons goodness, at its source; But that mild, pure, persuasive love, Which thou hast brought us from above. Thro' thy fair fields, oh! fatal change, Let no distempered maniac range,— No frantic bigot spoil thy bowers, And blight thy pure and spotless flowers.
— from The Southern Literary Messenger, Vol. I., No. 4, December, 1834 by Various

missionnaires pour propager la
"On y reçoit des jeunes gens nés dans les pays ultramontains et orientaux, où sont les infidéles et les hérétiques; ils y font leur education religieuse et civile, et retournent dans leur pays comme missionnaires pour propager la loi."— A. Du Pays.
— from Walks in Rome by Augustus J. C. (Augustus John Cuthbert) Hare

Motion picture people live
Motion picture people live, more or less, in a world of their own.
— from Breaking into the movies by Anita Loos

majority professed personal loyalty
Had Philip come himself he might have been able to do something, for the majority professed personal loyalty to him, and in that age, as Shakespeare reminds us, divinity still hedged a king.
— from The Age of the Reformation by Preserved Smith

mes principes philanthropiques Lacretelle
[275] "Un emploi si rigoureux répugnerait trop à mes principes philanthropiques."— Lacretelle , tom.
— from Life of Napoleon Bonaparte, Volume I. by Walter Scott

Milli Party PKMP leader
Shariat) Court _#_Leaders: Chief of State—President GHULAM ISHAQ Khan (since 13 December 1988); Head of Government—Prime Minister Mian Nawaz SHARIF (since 6 November 1990); _#_Political parties and leaders: Islamic Democratic Alliance (Islami Jamuri Ittehad or IJI)—the Pakistan Muslim League (PML) led by Mohammed Khan JUNEJO is the main party in the IJI; Pakistan People's Party (PPP), Benazir BHUTTO; note—in September 1990 the PPP announced the formation of the People's Democratic Alliance (PDA), an electoral alliance including the following four parties—PPP, Solidarity Movement (Tehrik Istiqlal), Movement for the Implementation of Shia Jurisprudence (Tehrik-i-Nifaz Fiqh Jafariya or TNFJ), and the PML (Malik faction); Muhajir Qaumi Movement (MQM), Altaf HUSSAIN; Awami National Party (ANP), Khan Abdul Wali KHAN; Jamiat-ul-Ulema-i-Islam (JUI), Fazlur RAHMAN; Jamhoori Watan Party (JWP), Mohammad Akbar Khan BUGTI; Pakistan National Party (PNP), Mir Ghaus Bakhsh BIZENJO; Pakistan Khawa Milli Party (PKMP), leader NA; Assembly of Pakistani Clergy (Jamiat-ul-Ulema-e-Pakistan or JUP), Maulana Shah Ahmed NOORANI; Jamaat-i-Islami (JI),
— from The 1991 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

mal peignée persilleuse lard
, petite dame , lorette , caméli a, boulevardière , pêche à quinze sous , belle petite , soupeuse , grue , lolo , biche , vieille garde ( old prostitute ), fille de trottoir , gueuse , maquillée , ningle , pélican , pailletée , laqueuse , chameau , membre de la caravane , demi-castor , passe-lacet , demoiselle du Pont-Neuf , matelas ambulant , boulonnaise ( one who plies her trade in the Bois de Boulogne ), crevette , trumeau , traîneuse , fenêtrière , trychine , cul crotté , omnibus , carcan à crinoline , pieuvre , pigeon voyageur , piqueuse de trains , marcheuse , morue , fleur de macadam , vache à lait , camelote , roulante , raccrocheuse , géniss e, almanach des trente-six mille adresses , chausson , hirondelle de goguenot , moelonneuse , mal peignée , persilleuse , lard , blanchisseuse en chemises , planche à boudin , galvaudeuse , poule , mouquette , poupée , fille de tourneur , fille de maison or à numéro , boutonnière en pantalons , fille en carte or en brème , lésébombe , baleine , traînée , demoiselle du bitume , vessie , boule rouge ( one who walks the Faubourg Montmartre ), voirie , rivette , fille à parties , terrière , terreuse , femme de terrain , rempardeuse , grenier à coups de sabre , saucisse , peau , peau de chien , vésuvienne , autel de besoin , cité d’amour , mangeuse de viande crue , dessalée , punaise , polisseuse de mâts de cocagne en chambre , pompe funèbre , polisseuse de tuyaux de pipe , pontonnière , pont [170] d’Avignon , veau , vache , blanc , feuille , lanterne , magneuse , lipète , chamègue , bourdon , pierreuse , marneuse , paillasse de corps de garde , paillasse à troufion , rouleuse , dossière , fille de barrière , roulure , andre (old word), Jeanneton , taupe , limace , waggon , retapeuse , sommier de caserne , femme de cavoisi , prat , sauterelle , tapeuse de tal , magnée , torchon .”
— from Argot and Slang A New French and English Dictionary of the Cant Words, Quaint Expressions, Slang Terms and Flash Phrases Used in the High and Low Life of Old and New Paris by Albert Barrère

my peaceful pencil loves
My pen revels in the battle's din, but my peaceful pencil loves to depict the scenes I know something about.
— from Cobwebs from an Empty Skull by Ambrose Bierce


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