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messages Verstümmelungen die sich
Reserven; stille Rücklagen hidden reserves versteckte Verdienste hidden earnings versteckte Wirkung hidden effect versteckte Zweideutigkeit latent ambiguity versteckter Fehler; Mangel hidden fault versteckter Mangel hidden defect versteckter Schaden hidden damage verstecktes Angebot buried offer verstecktes Angebot hidden offer verstecktes Angebot subordinated offer verstecktes Dumping hidden dumping verstehen understand versteifen harden Versteifung des Marktes hardening of the market Versteifung; Verhärtung hardening Versteigerer; Auktionator auctioneer versteigern sell by auction versteigern; eine Versteigerung abhalten to hold an auction versteigert werden fall under the hammer Versteigerung auction Versteigerungskatalog auction catalogue verstellbare Regale adjustable shelves versteuert tax paid verstorben deceased Verstoß gegen ein Recht infringement Verstoß gegen Privilegien breach of privilege Verstoß; Übertretung violation verstreichen elapse verstreut scattered verstrichene Zeit elapsed time verstrichene Zeit; verbrauchte Zeit elapsed time Verstümmelung von Nachrichten mutilation of messages Verstümmelungen; die sich ergeben bei mutilation arising in versuchen try versuchen; Versuch attempt Versuchsbetrieb pilot operation Versuchsbetrieb pilot plant Versuchsbetrieb test operation Versuchsperiode trial period Versuchsproduktion; Probeproduktion pilot production Versuchsserie test series Versuchsstadium laboratory stage Versuchsvorhaben pilot project vertagen adjourn Vertagung einer Zusammenkunft; Sitzung adjournment of a meeting Vertauschbarkeit exchangeability Verteidigungsetat defence budget verteilen; vertreiben distribute Verteilerfach pigeonhole Verteilung distribution Verteilung des Reingewinns appropriation of net proceeds Verteilung nach Berufen occupational distribution Verteilung von Anweisungen dispatching of instructions Verteilung von Geldmitteln appropriation of funds Verteilungskurve distribution curve Verteilungsschlüssel distribution basis Verteilungszentrum; Absatzzentrum distribution centre Verteilungszentrum; Vertriebszentrum center of distribution Verteilzeitzuschlag contingency allowance Verteilzeitzuschlag delay allowance Vertrag agreement Vertrag articles of agreement
— from Mr. Honey's Medium Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig

magnum vītae discrīmen Sest
nōn modo has sometimes the meaning of nōn dīcam : as, nōn modo ad certam mortem, sed in magnum vītae discrīmen , Sest.
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane

mystic vapor dull sluggish
I had so worked upon my imagination as really to believe that about the whole mansion and domain there hung an atmosphere peculiar to themselves and their immediate vicinity—an atmosphere which had no affinity with the air of heaven, but which had reeked up from the decayed trees, and the gray wall, and the silent tarn—a pestilent and mystic vapor, dull, sluggish, faintly discernible, and leaden-hued.
— from The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe

more Valuable does she
Amidst these Innocent Entertainments which she has formed to her self, how much more Valuable does she appear than those of her Sex, who 3 employ themselves in Diversions that are less Reasonable, tho' more in Fashion?
— from The Spectator, Volume 1 Eighteenth-Century Periodical Essays by Steele, Richard, Sir

musst Vergiss den Schmerz
Geniesse, wenn du kannst, und leide, wenn du musst, / Vergiss den Schmerz, erfrische das Vergnügen —Enjoy if thou canst, endure if thou must; / forget the pain and revive the pleasure.
— from Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them by Wood, James, Rev.

my very dear Sue
"But my dear Sue, my very dear Sue, I am not against you!"
— from Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy

MD verden dat S
Ferd , sb. an expedition, army, MD; færd , S; feord , S; uerd , MD; ferde , MD; furde , dat. , MD; ferde , pl. , S; ferdes , MD; verden , dat. , S; uerdes , MD.—AS.
— from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew

more violent disease should
Every one should do in like manner, and, moreover, if they find themselves subject to some more violent disease, should furnish themselves with such medicines as may numb and stupefy the part.
— from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne

Maior vel de Senectute
Manutius : M. Tullii Ciceronis Officiorum libri tres: Cato Maior, vel de Senectute: Laelius, vel de Amicitia: Paradoxa Stoicorum sex ... additae sunt ... variae lectiones.
— from De Officiis by Marcus Tullius Cicero

Mr Van Dieman sir
"He has gone back to work for Mr. Van Dieman, sir.
— from The Adventures of a Modest Man by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers

My very dear Sisters
My very dear Sisters , I present to you, in all the sincerity of my heart, the directions and customs which have been established in this monastery by our late holy Father and Founder, having arranged them in what seemed to me the most convenient form for their preservation.
— from Selected Letters of Saint Jane Frances de Chantal by Chantal, Jeanne-Françoise de, Saint

Miss Vesta did say
"Miss Vesta did say something—it's an infernal shame!
— from Geoffrey Strong by Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards

My very dear sir
If any one were to ask me when not to lead trumps with five, I [55] should reply, “My very dear sir, it is not in my power to provide you with intelligence, the stock in my possession is barely sufficient for my own use; with five trumps, you should lead them nearly always, especially when you are very weak in the plain suits; but if, after acquiring a fair knowledge of general principles, you are unable to find out for yourself when it is inexpedient to lead them, I am quite sure nobody can teach you, and you may depend upon this, that a multitude of minute rules, purporting to explain to you when you should not do that which you would be right in doing ninety-fives times in a hundred, are a mockery, a delusion, and a snare.
— from The Decline and Fall of Whist: An Old Fashioned View of New Fangled Play by John Petch Hewby

mysteriously vanishing De Soto
But many generations had passed since the time of the mysteriously vanishing De Soto and his cruel followers.
— from The Man with the Iron Hand by John Carl Parish

Mrs van der Staal
Cornélie spoke to Mrs. van der Staal and the Baronin von Rothkirch of the conversation between the marchesa and her nephew which she had heard through the half-open door; but neither of them, though interested and curious, took the marchesa’s words seriously, regarding them only as so much thoughtless talk between a foolish, match-making aunt and an unwilling nephew.
— from The Inevitable by Louis Couperus

Mijes vaincus demeurèrent soumis
les Mijes vaincus demeurèrent soumis dès lors aux rois de la Mixtèque et du Zapotecapan, à l'exception d'un petit nombre qui, jusqu'à l'époque espagnole, continuérent dans leur résistance dans les cantons austères qui environnent le Cempoaltepec.
— from The Native Races [of the Pacific states], Volume 1, Wild Tribes The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Volume 1 by Hubert Howe Bancroft

makes very difficult shoveling
This makes very difficult shoveling and results in a waste of stone.
— from Concrete Construction: Methods and Costs by Halbert Powers Gillette

Mrs Van Dam solemnly
"Come, girls," said Mrs. Van Dam, solemnly, "let us look after our things.
— from Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser

Mege Vie de St
Mege, Vie de St. Benoit, avec one Histoíre Abrégée de son Ordre, in 4to.
— from The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Other Principal Saints. January, February, March by Alban Butler


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