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police extorts protection money
Ang pulis mamágus sa tindáhang Insik, The police extorts protection money from the Chinese stores.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

puissant et plus magnifique
It is true, that in the East all colored stones are calied rubies, (p. 355,) and that Tavernier saw three larger and more precious among the jewels de notre grand roi, le plus puissant et plus magnifique de tous les rois de la terre, (p. 376.)]
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

pitié et plorerent mult
;) mainte lerme plorée, (No. 34;) si orent mult pitié et plorerent mult durement, (No. 60;) i ot mainte lerme plorée de pitié, (No. 202.)
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

Prompt engleymed pp MD
Engleymen , v. to bind together as with glue or viscous matter, MD, PP; yngleymyn , Prompt.; engleymed , pp. , MD; engleymede , H; englymede , H. Englisch , adj.
— from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew

porque en países montañosos
—Sí, porque en países montañosos una mula es más resistente que
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson

post enviar por mandadero
Related Words : Remitir a domicilio ; envio or remesa , remittance ; enviar por expreso ; enviar por correo (or por encomienda postal ), to send by mail or by parcels post ; enviar por mandadero ; carro del reparto , delivery wagon .
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson

puellarum et puerorum mille
Mille puellarum et puerorum mille jurores.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

prudens et pius medicus
prudens et pius medicus cibis prius medicinal, quam medicinis puris morbum expellere satagat.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

purpose every possible means
In consequence of those popular notions, all the different nations of Europe have studied, though to little purpose, every possible means of accumulating gold and silver in their respective countries.
— from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith

prowling enemy plane might
She was wheeled out of the way on to a strip of damp grass, under a convenient group of trees where no prowling enemy plane might "spot" her; and we set out to walk for a short distance to what had once been a farmhouse.
— from Everyman's Land by A. M. (Alice Muriel) Williamson

Philippines electronic products mineral
Northern Mariana Islands food, construction equipment and materials, petroleum products Norway machinery and equipment, chemicals, metals, foodstuffs Oman machinery and transport equipment, manufactured goods, food, livestock, lubricants Pakistan petroleum, petroleum products, machinery, plastics, transportation equipment, edible oils, paper and paperboard, iron and steel, tea Palau machinery and equipment, fuels, metals; foodstuffs Panama capital goods, foodstuffs, consumer goods, chemicals Papua New Guinea machinery and transport equipment, manufactured goods, food, fuels, chemicals Paraguay road vehicles, consumer goods, tobacco, petroleum products, electrical machinery, tractors, chemicals, vehicle parts Peru petroleum and petroleum products, plastics, machinery, vehicles, iron and steel, wheat, paper Philippines electronic products, mineral fuels, machinery and transport equipment, iron and steel, textile fabrics, grains, chemicals, plastic Pitcairn Islands fuel oil, machinery, building materials, flour, sugar, other foodstuffs Poland machinery and transport equipment 38%, intermediate manufactured goods 21%, chemicals 14.8%, minerals, fuels, lubricants, and related materials 9.1% (2003)
— from The 2009 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

positively electrified particles moving
The α rays consist of positively electrified particles moving with a velocity equal to about a fifteenth of that of light.
— from History of Chemistry, Volume 2 (of 2) From 1850 to 1910 by T. E. (Thomas Edward) Thorpe

pay exorbitant passage money
The peril of the enterprise was so great that they had to practise the utmost caution and to pay exorbitant passage money.
— from Miles Standish, the Puritan Captain by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott

partners except Paul met
At eleven o’clock, agreeably to the appointment made by Ben, all the partners, except Paul, met at Mrs. Green’s fruit-stand, wondering not a little as to why they had been summoned.
— from Left Behind; Or, Ten Days a Newsboy by James Otis

parts each part moving
Until quite lately we looked upon atoms as indivisible bodies; to-day we have learned that at least some of them may on occasion divide into many parts, each part moving with a speed approaching that of light, with energy far exceeding that of any chemical action we know.
— from Inventors at Work, with Chapters on Discovery by George Iles

private English personalities made
"In reply to the interpellations submitted, I have to declare as follows:— "His Majesty the Kaiser has at different times, and to different private English personalities, made private utterances which, linked together, have been published in the Daily Telegraph .
— from William of Germany by Stanley Shaw

paring eggs pasteurized milk
Abundance of fresh fruit that has been well washed before paring, eggs, pasteurized milk, baked potatoes, and toasted bread may be taken at regular periods—with an interval of not less than five hours between meals.
— from The Mother and Her Child by William S. (William Samuel) Sadler

PLUMS ETC Primordial Myrobalan
PLUMS, ETC. Primordial, Myrobalan, the red, bleu, and amber Violet, Damax, Deuny Damax, Pear-plum, Damax, Violet or Cheson-plum, Abricot-plum, Cinnamon-plum, the Kings-plum, Spanish, Morocco-plum, Lady Eliz.
— from The Charm of Gardens by Dion Clayton Calthrop


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