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most unworldly little man
He was a gentle, kindly, most unworldly little man, with extraordinary eyes, which seem even in the lifeless portraits to reflect some unusual hypnotic power.
— from English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English-Speaking World by William J. (William Joseph) Long

me up Let me
You do yourselves but wrong to stir me up; Let me pass quietly.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

möblierte Unterkunft lodgings möbliertes
Mitteilungen über elektronische Systeme communication by electronic systems Mittel funds Mittel means Mittel median Mittel aufbringen raise of funds Mittel und Wege ways and means Mittel; Geldmittel means Mittel; Staatspapiere funds mittelbar indirect mittelbare Kosten indirect costs Mittelbeschaffung finding of means mittelfristig middle-term mittellos indigent mittellos out of funds mittellos; ohne Geld; ohne einen Pfennig flat broke Mittellosigkeit indigence Mittellosigkeit lack of means mittels by means of mittels Auktion verkaufen; versteigern to sell by public sale mittels eines besonderen Dokuments by means of a separate document Mittelsmann intermediary Mittelsmann middleman Mittelsmann; Vermittler middleman Mittelstand middle classes Mittelwert mean mittlere Abweichung mean deviation mittlere Führungsebene middle management mittlere Qualität middling quality mittlere Schublade centre drawer mittlerer Preis middle price mittlerer Preis; Durchschnittspreis middle price mittlerer Stichprobenumfang average sample size mittleres Alter middle age Mitunterzeichner joint undersigner mitwirken; zusammenarbeiten co-operate Mitwirkung; Zusammenarbeit co-operation Möbelwagen removal van mobile Gerätschaften mobile equipment Mobilität; Beweglichkeit mobility möblierte Unterkunft lodgings möbliertes Zimmer furnished apartment möchten alle Handelsbarrieren abschaffen we want all trade barriers abolished Mode fashion Mode vogue Modeartikel fancy article Modeartikel fancy goods Modeartikel fashion articles Modeartikel fashion goods Modeartikel; Luxusartikel; Galanteriewaren fancies Modeberater fashion adviser Modefotograf fashion photographer
— from Mr. Honey's Medium Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig

more unswervingly loyal more
I have known the women of many lands and nations,—I have known and seen and lived beside them, but none have I known more sweetly feminine, more unswervingly loyal, more desperately earnest, and more instinctively pure in body and in soul than the daughters of my black mothers.
— from Darkwater: Voices from Within the Veil by W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt) Du Bois

m urine Lcd miht
migoða m. urine , Lcd . miht (a, æ, ea, e, ie, y) I. f. ‘ might ,’ bodily strength ,
— from A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary For the Use of Students by J. R. Clark (John R. Clark) Hall

mounted upon large mules
The Courtier says, that till his time it was a disgrace to a gentleman to ride on one of these creatures: but the Abyssinians, on the contrary, the nearer they are to the person of Prester John, love to be mounted upon large mules, for the greatest dignity and grandeur.
— from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne

me Up leaving my
give Troubled me, to see the confidence of the vice of the age Trumpets were brought under the scaffold that he not be heard Turn out every man that will be drunk, they must turn out all Two shops in three, if not more, generally shut up Uncertainty of all history Uncertainty of beauty Unless my too-much addiction to pleasure undo me Unquiet which her ripping up of old faults will give me Up, leaving my wife in bed, being sick of her months Up, and with W. Hewer, my guard, to White Hall Up, my mind very light from my last night’s accounts Up early and took my physique; it wrought all the morning well Up, finding our beds good, but lousy; which made us merry Up and took physique, but such as to go abroad with Upon a very small occasion had a difference again broke out Upon the leads gazing upon Diana Upon a small temptation I could be false to her Used to make coal fires, and wash my foul clothes Venison-pasty that we have for supper to-night to the cook’s Very high and very foule words from her to me Very angry we were, but quickly friends again Very great tax; but yet I do think it is so perplexed Vexed at my wife’s neglect in leaving of her scarf Vexed me, but I made no matter of it, but vexed to myself Vices of the Court, and how the pox is so common there Voyage to Newcastle for coles
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

magay unyà labhan Maguey
Atúban (atúbun) ang magay unyà labhan, Maguey leaves are soaked and the flesh is washed off.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

My uncle like my
My uncle, like my father, was a man of pleasure, but had not learned, like him, to abridge his amusements for the sake of instructing his family, consequently our education was neglected.
— from The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau — Complete by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

most unreasonable little man
"Now, my love, are not you a most unreasonable little man?" said Mrs. Bullfrog, patting me on the cheek.
— from Mosses from an Old Manse, and Other Stories by Nathaniel Hawthorne

may use legitimate means
In the new global environment it is also important for states to understand how terrorists and their supporters may use legitimate means of communication, commerce, and transportation for illegal activities.
— from National Strategy for Combating Terrorism February 2003 by United States. Executive Office of the President

me until like mama
"I thought so," said Perrine, "and I thought it [Pg 308] best not to let you know me until, like mama said, 'you would get to love me.'"
— from Nobody's Girl (En Famille) by Hector Malot

Mothers unmilitant lovely moulding
Mothers, unmilitant, lovely, moulding our manhood then, Walked in their woman's glory, swaying the might of men.
— from Later Poems by Bliss Carman

my uncle left me
"I shall get away to-morrow, I think, but where I shall go I can't tell yet." "Do you need any money?" "No; my uncle left me some.
— from The Young Bank Messenger by Alger, Horatio, Jr.

my uncle let me
Not that it is my uncle, let me explain.
— from Backlog Studies by Charles Dudley Warner

my uncle loving me
I must own likewise it is partly in this respect, that my uncle loving me so tenderly, as it is very well known he does, and I having been from him now forty days, without so much as once seeing him, he will surely take it very unkindly if I cannot afford him one visit.
— from The Arabian Nights, Volume 3 (of 4) by Anonymous

my undertakings Let me
I am glad I am rid of him; he was my evil genius, and was always appearing to me, to blast my undertakings: Let me send him never so far off, the devil would be sure to put him in my way, when I had any thing to execute.
— from The Works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 04 by John Dryden

make us labor more
The whole arrangement, by which our conduct is made to entail good or evil on others, and by which the conduct of others is made to entail good or evil on us, tends to engage us all more earnestly in the war with evil, and to make us labor more zealously for the promotion of knowledge and righteousness among all mankind.
— from Modern Skepticism: A Journey Through the Land of Doubt and Back Again A Life Story by Joseph Barker

me Up leaving my
Travels over the high hills in Asia above the clouds Tried the effect of my silence and not provoking her Trouble, and more money, to every Watch, to them to drink Troubled to see my father so much decay of a suddain Troubled to think what trouble a rogue may without cause give Troubled me, to see the confidence of the vice of the age Trumpets were brought under the scaffold that he not be heard Turn out every man that will be drunk, they must turn out all Two shops in three, if not more, generally shut up Uncertainty of all history Uncertainty of beauty Unless my too-much addiction to pleasure undo me Unquiet which her ripping up of old faults will give me Up, leaving my wife in bed, being sick of her months Up, and with W. Hewer, my guard, to White Hall Up, my mind very light from my last night's accounts Up early and took my physique; it wrought all the morning well Up, finding our beds good, but lousy; which made us merry Up and
— from Quotations from Diary of Samuel Pepys by Samuel Pepys


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