That complicated, many-sided, imaginative being, man, with his many needs, and exposed as he is to innumerable dangers, must, in order to exist, be lighted by a double knowledge; a higher power, as it were, of perceptive knowledge must be given him, and also reason, as the faculty of framing abstract conceptions. — from The World as Will and Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) by Arthur Schopenhauer
Ayawg padaplin kay matúlak ka unyà, Don’t sit too close to the edge or you might fall. tig-(→) n person who tosses or pushes s.t. heavy upwards onto s.t. — from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff
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Werte artistic merits künstlerischer Leiter art director künstlich artificial künstliche Beleuchtung artificial lighting Kupon abtrennen detach a coupon Kurierpost courier mail Kurs am freien Markt rate on the fee market Kurs unter pari price below par Kurs; Preis rate Kursänderung change in prices Kursänderung change of rates Kursanstieg rise in the market Kursblatt list of quotations Kursblatt quotation list Kursbuch railway guide Kursdifferenz difference in rates Kurserhöhung price increase Kurserhöhung; Anstieg der Preise appreciation of prices Kursgefüge price structure Kursgewinn advance Kursgewinn capital gain Kursgewinn exchange profit Kursgewinn market profit Kursgewinn price gain Kursgewinn des Börsenhändlers jobber's turn Kursindex price index number Kursivbuchstaben italics Kursivschrift italic type Kursnotierung market quotation Kursnotierung price quotation Kursnotierung quotation Kursnotierung quotation of prices Kursparität parity of exchange Kurspflege price management Kursrisiko exchange risk Kursrisiko; Umtauschrisiko foreign exchange risk Kursrückgang decline in prices Kursschwankung currency fluctuation Kursschwankungen price fluctuations Kurssicherung rate guarantee Kursstand price level Kurssteigerung price advance Kurssturz price drop Kurstabelle exchange table Kursverlust loss by exchange Kursverlust price loss Kursverlust; Abschlag disagio Kurswert market value Kurszettel price list Kurszettel rate sheet Kurszettel stock exchange list kurz short kurz short-time kurz fassen condense kurz gefasst; Kurzfassung abstract kurz; knapp short kurz; kurz einweisen; kurz unterrichten brief Kurzanschrift abbreviated address kurzarbeiten work short-time Kurzdarstellung; Übersicht abstract kurze Terminsicherung short hedge kurze Verzögerung short delay kurze Wiedergabe des Sachverhalts narration kürzen cut kürzen; komprimieren; zusammendrücken to compress Kurzfassung abstract Kurzfassung precis Kurzfassung eines Buches abridgement of a book Kurzfilm; kurzer Filmstreifen filmlet Kurzform short form kurzfristig at short notice kurzfristig short dated kurzfristig short-dated kurzfristig short-term kurzfristige Anlagewerte short-maturing securities kurzfristige Kapitalanlage temporary investment kurzfristige Verbindlichkeiten short-term obligations kurzfristige Verschuldung short-term debt kurzfristige Verschuldung short-term indebtedness kurzfristiger Wechsel short-dated bill kurzfristiges Darlehen call loan kurzfristiges Darlehen call money kurzfristiges Darlehen day-to-day loan kurzfristiges Darlehen demand loan kurzfristiges Geld short-term money kurzfristiges Geschäft machen be in and out again of the market kurzlebige Verbrauchsgüter perishables Kurznachrichten news in brief Kurzschrift shorthand Kürzung der Löhne cutting of wages Kürzung des Kontingents reduction of quota Kürzung eines Textes abbreviation of a text Kurzuntersuchung check study Kurzwarenhändler haberdasher Kurzwarenhandlung; Kurzwarenabteilung haberdashery Kurzzeitanalyse short-run analysis Kurzzeitverhalten short-run behaviour Küstendampfer coastal steamer Küstenschifffahrt coasting trade Küstenwache coast guards L Labor; Laboratorium laboratory Laborassistent laboratory assistant Laboreinrichtungen laboratory facilities Labortechniker laboratory technician Labortest laboratory test Ladebewegung loading movement Ladefähigkeit load capacity Laden shop Laden an der Ecke; Tante-Emma Laden corner shop Laden der mit reduzierten Preisen verkauft discount shop laden; beladen; Ladung load Ladenausstattung store fittings Ladenbesitzer owner of a shop Ladendiebstahl shoplifting Ladenhüter dead article — from Mr. Honey's Medium Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig
Harald took it in his hands and said, "Where is the gold, friend Magnus, that thou canst show against this piece?" King Magnus replied, "So many disturbances and levies have been in the country that almost all the gold and silver I could lay up is gone. — from Heimskringla; Or, The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson
Geography Pakistan Location: Southern Asia, bordering the Arabian Sea, between India on the east and Iran and Afghanistan on the west and China in the north Geographic coordinates: 30 00 N, 70 00 E Map references: Asia Area: total: 803,940 sq km land: 778,720 sq km water: 25,220 sq km Area - comparative: slightly less than twice the size of California Land boundaries: total: 6,774 km border countries: Afghanistan 2,430 km, China 523 km, India 2,912 km, Iran 909 km Coastline: 1,046 km Maritime claims: territorial sea: 12 nm contiguous zone: 24 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm continental shelf: 200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin Climate: mostly hot, dry desert; temperate in northwest; arctic in north Terrain: flat Indus plain in east; mountains in north and northwest; Balochistan plateau in west Elevation extremes: lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m highest point: K2 (Mt. Godwin-Austen) 8,611 m Natural resources: land, extensive natural gas reserves, limited petroleum, poor quality coal, iron ore, copper, salt, limestone Land use: arable land: 24.44% permanent crops: 0.84% other: 74.72% (2005) Irrigated land: 182,300 sq km (2003) Total renewable water resources: 233.8 cu km (2003) — from The 2008 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency
On the 8th day of August 1881, the Government of the said State, together with all rights and obligations thereto appertaining, and all State property taken over at the time of annexation, save and except munitions of war, will be handed over to Messrs. Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger, Martinus Wessel Pretorius, and Petrus Jocobus Joubert, or the survivor or survivors of them, who will forthwith cause a Volksraad to be elected and convened, and the Volksraad, thus elected and convened, will decide as to the further administration of the Government of the said State. — from Impressions of South Africa by Bryce, James Bryce, Viscount
“One word first!” exclaimed Percival, a sudden reminiscence striking him: then, turning towards Mrs. Fitzhardinge, he said, “My dear madam, I have some news to impart which I had almost forgotten in the absorbing nature of the business that has occupied us for the last hour,—news which will not a little astonish you——” “Then pray keep me no longer in suspense!” — from The Mysteries of London, v. 4/4 by George W. M. (George William MacArthur) Reynolds
pure koan meditation
What is most worthy of respect is a pure koan meditation that neither knows nor is conscious of the two aspects, the quiet and the active. — from The Zen Experience by Thomas Hoover
Pray keep my
"Pray keep my counsel, and do not tell any one that I never saw any of the twenty robbers, and in fact had no idea that there were any in the place," said Prue. — from The Imprudence of Prue by Sophie Fisher
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