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Poor pennyless stiver
Poor, pennyless, stiver-cramped, exhausted.
— from 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

poor price schlechter
Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit arbitrage Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit arbitration Schiedsgerichtsbarkeitsklausel arbitration clause Schiedsgerichtshof court of arbitration Schiedsgerichtskosten cost of arbitration Schiedsklausel arbitration clause Schiedskosten; Schiedsgerichtskosten costs of arbitration Schiedsordnung rules of arbitration Schiedsrichter arbiter Schiedsrichter arbitrator Schiedsrichter conciliator schiedsrichterlich arbitral Schiedsspruch arbitral award Schiedsspruch arbitrament Schiedsspruch fällen to arbitrate Schiff ship Schiffahrtsgesellschaft; Reederei shipping company schiffbar navigable Schifffahrtsgesellschaft steamship company Schiffseigentümer shipowner Schiffsladung boat-load Schiffsmakler ship broker Schiffsmakler shipping agent Schiffsschweiß sweat Schildchen; Karteireiter tab Schilderträger; Plakatträger sandwich man Schilderung der Zusammenhänge background story Schirmherrschaft; Kundschaft patronage Schlachthaus slaughter house Schlachthof abattoir Schlagbaum toll bar Schlagzeile catchline Schlagzeile headline Schlange stehen; Reihe; Warteschlange queue Schlangestehen queuing schlau; gerissen cunning schlecht wirtschaften maladminister schlechte Beschaffenheit badness schlechte Geschäftsführung miscarriage of business schlechte Qualität poor quality schlechte Verpackung bad packing schlechte Zeiten hard times schlechter Handel; schlechtes Geschäft bad bargain schlechter Preis poor price schlechter Ruf bad reputation schlechter Ruf bad will schlechter Stapel bad batch schlechtes Ergebnis poor result schlechtes Geld bad money schlechtes Geld; Falschgeld bad money schlechteste Qualität bottom quality Schlechtwetterversicherung rain insurance schleichende Inflation creeping inflation Schleichhandel illicit trade Schleier veil schleppen; ziehen haul schleppender Verkauf dull sale Schleuderpreis give-away price Schleuderpreis underprice Schlich; Kunstgriff artifice Schlichter umpire Schlichtung conciliation Schlichtungsgesuch a request for settlement by amicable arrangement Schlichtungsprotokoll record of the settlement schließen conclude schließen; Schluss close schließlich finally schließt mit dem Versicherer den Vertrag contracts with the insurer Schließung closure Schließung eines Kontos closing of an account Schluss conclusion Schluss+ der Beweisführung close of argument Schlussabrechnung final account Schlussbericht final report Schlussdividende final dividend Schlüsse ziehen draw conclusions Schlüsse ziehen to draw conclusions Schlüssel key Schlüsselbrett keyboard schlusselfertig turnkey ready schlüsselfertig ready to use Schlüsselindustrie key industry Schlüsselkraft key man Schlüsselmarkt key market Schlüsselperson key personality Schlüsselposition key position Schlüsselstellung key position Schlüsselstellung key job Schlüsselwährung key currency Schlüsselwort code word Schlüsselwort; Kennwort key word Schlussfolgerungen ziehen draw the consequences Schlußkurs closing price Schlußkurs closing rate Schlussnotierung final quotation Schlußpreis closing price Schlußquittung receipt for the balance Schlussrechnung account of settlement schmale Schrift thin face schmälern impair Schmalspur narrow gauge schmecken; Geschmack taste Schmiergeld an Vorarbeiter kickback Schmiergeld an Vorgesetzte kickback Schmuggelware smuggled goods schneiden clip schnell rapid schnell auftretende Nachfrage; Ansturm rush demand schnell den Besitzer wechseln to change hands quickly schnell wachsend fast-growing schnellere Methoden quicker methods Schnellhefter folder Schnelligkeit velocity Schnellspeiselokal fast food establishment schnellster Gang; höchster Gang top gear Schnellstraße express highway Schnellstraße expressway Schnellverkehrsbahn high speed railroad schon früher keine Ladung mehr annimmt shall close earlier schon vor der festgesetzten Zeit earlier than the stipulated date Schönheitsfarm beauty farm schöpferische
— from Mr. Honey's Medium Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig

power properly so
Even in the exercise of the executive power, properly so called—the point upon which his position seems to be most analogous to that of the King of France—the President labors under several causes of inferiority.
— from Democracy in America — Volume 1 by Alexis de Tocqueville

pulverized pumice stone
I looked down upon the plain below, and I saw a vast, a prodigious volume of pulverized pumice stone, of sand, of dust, rising to the heavens in the form of a mighty waterspout.
— from A Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Jules Verne

Poltava property simply
And he had visited his Poltava property simply to avoid seeing his study, his servants, his acquaintances, and everything that could remind him of his wounded vanity and his mistakes.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

penosamente paseando su
[83-9] (p84) El buen músico, gordo como un cebón y colorado como una remolacha, digería penosamente, paseando su turbia mirada de apoplético por el magnífico panorama del Mediterráneo, y del Estrecho de Gibraltar,
— from Novelas Cortas by Pedro Antonio de Alarcón

pieces put sufficient
Mode .—Pare, core, and cut the apples into small pieces; put sufficient moist sugar to sweeten them into a basin; add the lemon-peel, which should be finely minced, and the cream; stir these ingredients well, whisk the eggs, and melt the butter; mix altogether, add the sliced apple, and let these be well stirred into the mixture.
— from The Book of Household Management by Mrs. (Isabella Mary) Beeton

poem poemdiv Scarlet
poem poemdiv Scarlet recounts to Scathlock the pleasures of an Outlaw’s life.
— from The Every-day Book and Table Book. v. 3 (of 3) Everlasting Calerdar of Popular Amusements, Sports, Pastimes, Ceremonies, Manners, Customs and Events, Incident to Each of the Three Hundred and Sixty-five Days, in past and Present Times; Forming a Complete History of the Year, Month, and Seasons, and a Perpetual Key to the Almanac by William Hone

priori principles such
Though the primary aim of metaphysics is to determine our relation to the absolutely real, and though that can only be done by first determining the nature and possible scope of a priori principles, such principles are found on investigation to possess only empirical validity.
— from A Commentary to Kant's 'Critique of Pure Reason' by Norman Kemp Smith

peas previously soaked
When skimmed, add a gill of dry peas, previously soaked in water for an hour, half a small head of cabbage, pimento to taste, one carrot, one turnip, two leeks, three or four stalks of celery, same of parsley, two of thyme, two cloves, two onions, two cloves of garlic, ten pepper-corns, and some mace; fill up with water so that the whole is just covered, and simmer for about five hours.
— from Hand-Book of Practical Cookery, for Ladies and Professional Cooks Containing the Whole Science and Art of Preparing Human Food by Pierre Blot

power particularly Selinus
Besides Naxos and Catana, which I expect to join us from their connection with Leontini, there are seven others armed at all points just like our own power, particularly Selinus and Syracuse, the chief objects of our expedition.
— from The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides

place patient sweet
It gave me little pleasure to connect the personality of Keble with the place, patient, sweet-natured, mystical, serviceable as he was.
— from At Large by Arthur Christopher Benson

passage plainly shows
The contest of this curious passage plainly shows that he imagined these 'eight persons' (more or less) to have been "killed" by the people of Reims, roused into a patriotic frenzy by the circular which Marat, Panis and Sergent sent out to the provinces calling upon all Frenchmen to imitate the 'people of Paris,' and massacre all the enemies of the Revolution at home before marching against the foreign invaders.
— from France and the Republic A Record of Things Seen and Learned in the French Provinces During the 'Centennial' Year 1889 by William Henry Hurlbert

peaceful pastoral scene
A peaceful, pastoral scene, but that the sun glinted on the blades of the assegais carried by the men, and on the sheen of their miniature shields.
— from The Triumph of Hilary Blachland by Bertram Mitford


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