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mistaken they are recent formations and
Unless we are mistaken they are recent formations and of little importance as far as the nature of the taboo is concerned.
— from Totem and Taboo Resemblances Between the Psychic Lives of Savages and Neurotics by Sigmund Freud

Methinks thou art right friend Arthur
" "Methinks thou art right, friend Arthur," said Little John.
— from The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Howard Pyle

made that a reason for accepting
But I should be selfish and ungrateful if I made that a reason for accepting all you offer, with no better return to make than the desire to be free from my anxieties.
— from The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton

men that are responsible for all
“Granted,” said the young man; “but, in my opinion, it is you considerate, humane men, that are responsible for all the brutality and outrage wrought by these wretches; because, if it were not for your sanction and influence, the whole system could not keep foothold for an hour.
— from Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe

made them also reject feeling and
I know not how our materialists understand it, but it seems to me that the same difficulties which have led them to reject thought, should have made them also reject feeling; and I see no reason why, when the first step has been taken, they should not take the second too; what more would it cost them?
— from Emile by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

more than a recompense for all
His gratitude, and the happiness imparted, were more than a recompense for all my trouble.
— from Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Written by Herself by Harriet A. (Harriet Ann) Jacobs

modern transport Anforderungsformblatt requisition form Anfrage
Analyse des kritischen Wegs critical path analysis Analysen analyses Analysenkarte analysis card analysieren analyze Analysierprogramm analyzer Analytiker analyst analytische Untersuchung analytical study Anbauer; Erzeuger grower anbetracht in consideration of anbieten quote Anbieter bidder Anbieter offerer andere ähnliche Dokumente other similar instruments andere amtliche Bescheinigung other governmental authorization andere UN-Gremien other UN bodies anderen Verfahren unterworfen subjected to other processes anderenfalls or else anderes otherwise ändern alter anders als other than Änderung der Anschrift change of address Änderung der Buchung alteration of entry Änderung der Einstellung change of the attitude Änderung der Stimmung change in mood Änderung des Wechselkurses parity change Änderung einer Forderung; einer Klage amendment of a claim Änderung vorbehalten subject to change Änderung; Abänderung alteration Änderungen betreffend die Dokumente changes in documentation Änderungen der technischen Verfahrensweisen technological changes Änderungen der Verfahrensweise changes in procedures Änderungen vorbehalten subject to alterations Änderungsanzeige advice of amendment Änderungsbenachrichtigung notice of amendment Änderungsquote rate of change anderweitig ausdrücklich vereinbart otherwise expressly agreed anderweitig kenntlich gemacht otherwise identified andeuten; Hinweis; Tip hint anerkannt; gebilligt; bewährt approved anerkannte Bank approved bank anerkannte Werbeagentur accredited advertising agency Anerkennung der Gewerkschaft union label anfallen accrue anfallend incidental anfallende Nebenkosten incidental expenses Anfang commencement Anfang April beginning of April Anfang einer Schicht beginning of a shift anfangen commence anfangs; Anfangsbuchstabe initial Anfangsbestand initial inventory Anfangsbuchstaben initials Anfangsbuchstaben des Namens initials Anfangsgehalt commencing salary Anfangsgehalt initial salary Anfangsgehalt starting salary Anfangssatz entrance rate Anfangsstellung initial position Anfangsverkäufer junior salesman Anfangsvermögen original assets anfechtbar defeasible anfechten contest Anfechtung contestation Anforderung einer Preisliste; Bitte um eine request for a price-list Anforderung; Mahnung demand note Anforderungen des modernen Transports requirements of modern transport Anforderungsformblatt requisition form Anfrage inquiry Anfrage letter of inquiry Anfrage; Erkundigung enquiry Anführer leader Angabe der Zugaben indication of ingredients Angabe in Worten und in Zahlen words and figures Angabe von Referenzen indication of references Angabe von Referenzen quotation of references angeben; Staat; Zustand state angeben; zitieren quote Angebot offer Angebot offerings Angebot quotation Angebot als Paket; Pauschalangebot package deal Angebot an Arbeitskräften labour supply Angebot mit Zwischenverkaufsvorbehalt offer subject to prior sale Angebot und Nachfrage supply and demand
— from Mr. Honey's Medium Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig

Menon that a respectable family at
It is recorded 10 by Mr Karunakara Menon that, “a respectable family at Angadipuram (in Malabar) sold their ancestral house to a supervisor in the Local Fund P. W. D. (Public Works Department).
— from Omens and Superstitions of Southern India by Edgar Thurston

minutes they are removed fixed and
After ten minutes they are removed, fixed, and dried.
— from Scientific American Supplement, No. 520, December 19, 1885 by Various

make this a reason for assailing
Growing uneasy lest they should make this a reason for assailing his frontiers, he sent orders north recommending vigilance and instructing his officers to deal severely with all enemies of his State, whilst he proceeded to complete the provisions for the government of the Romagna.
— from The Life of Cesare Borgia by Rafael Sabatini

more to a respectable force and
But he contented himself with watching that fortress and observing the reorganized army of Cuesta, which had now grown once more to a respectable force, and might have harassed considerably any part of the 1st Corps which should attempt to molest the capital of Estremadura.
— from A History of the Peninsular War, Vol. 2, Jan.-Sep. 1809 From the Battle of Corunna to the End of the Talavera Campaign by Charles Oman

more than a refuge for a
After that Les Baux steadily declined until it became no more than a refuge for a handful of [142] peasants, who squatted amongst the ruins, fed their sheep where the grass grew over the castle courts, and cultivated a few fields outside.
— from A Spring Walk in Provence by Archibald Marshall

means that a rough fellow armed
That means, that a rough fellow, armed with pistols and a sword came to the house of Abû Asaad, and stayed two weeks.
— from The Women of the Arabs by Henry Harris Jessup

mean to and running fiercely at
She leapt to the ground (to Norah's intense horror, who imagined she didn't mean to), and, running fiercely at the pony, sprang on his back again, while he galloped the harder.
— from A Little Bush Maid by Mary Grant Bruce


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