If I were a jolly archbishop, On Fridays I'd eat all the fish up— Salmon and flounders and smelts; On other days everything else. — from The Devil's Dictionary by Ambrose Bierce
weigerte sich auszusagen he declined to answer questions er wird die Messe eröffnen he will open the fair er würde normalerweise tragen müssen he would normally be called upon erbauen construct Erbe heir erben inherit Erbengemeinschaft community of heirs Erbin heiress erbitten solicit Erblasser bequeather erbpachtrechtliche Überlassung building lease Erbschaft inheritance Erbschaft legacy Erbschaftssteuer death duties Erbschaftssteuer inheritance tax Erbschaftssteuer succession duty Erbschein certificate of inheritance Erdbeben earthquake Ereignis event Ereignis incidence Erfahrung expert knowledge Erfahrung know-how Erfahrung sammeln to gain experience Erfahrung; Kenntnisse know-how Erfassung acquisition Erfassung der Fakten finding of facts Erfassung von Daten acquisition of data Erfassung von Daten collection of data erfinden invent Erfinder inventor Erfindung invention Erfolg versprechend promising erfolgreiches Experiment successful experiment Erfolgschancen chances of success Erfolgsentlohnung payment by results Erfolgskontrolle measurement of results Erfolgskontrolle result checking Erfolgsrechnung income statement erforderlich as may be necessary erforderlich necessary erforderlich; um ihm zu ermöglichen necessary to enable him erforderliche Genauigkeit required accuracy erforderliche oder übliche Vorgänge necessary or customary operations erforderliche Schritte steps to be taken erforderliche Vorbildung educational requirements erforderlicher Geldbetrag requisite money erforderliches Kapital capital required erforschen; Forschung research erforschen; untersuchen investigate Erforschung der Einstellung zu einer Sache attitude survey Erforschung der Verbrauchsmotive consumer motivation research erfüllen comply with erfüllen fulfil Erfüllung compliance Erfüllung fulfilment Erfüllung der Pflicht performance of duty Erfüllung eines Vertrags performance of a contract Erfüllung Zug um Zug contemporaneous performance Erfüllungsgarantie performance bond Erfüllungsort place of performance ergänzen complement ergänzende Bestimmungen supplementary provisions Ergänzung supplement Ergänzung eines Urteils amendment of judgement Ergänzungen amendments Ergebnis outcome Ergebnisse findings Ergebnisse results — from Mr. Honey's Medium Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig
The floor was spotted with round, braided mats, such as Marilla made at Green Gables, but which were considered out of date everywhere else, even in Avonlea. — from Anne of the Island by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery
My father has a farm, and in his section he’s done his level best to make the regular farmers see that there are new ways of farming, just as there are new ways of doing everything else.” — from A Campfire Girl's Test of Friendship by Jane L. Stewart
Whenever afterward I heard, as I often did, enlightened, Europe-loving citizens of the United States complain that the United States was all very well, but there was no art in the United States, the image of this tremendous masterpiece would rise before me, and I was inclined to say: "Have you ever crossed Seventh Avenue, or are you merely another of those who have been to Europe and learned nothing?" — from Your United States: Impressions of a first visit by Arnold Bennett
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