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profitieren um nicht sehr
oder von einer gewissen Anonymität profitieren um nicht sehr nette
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert

perfectly unmoved not showing
The girl alone seemed perfectly unmoved, not showing the slightest sign of fear.
— from Korean Folk Tales: Imps, Ghosts and Faries by Yuk Yi

picked up no scent
This, of course, if we could definitely prove it, would turn Lestrade’s argument against himself, for who would steal a thing if he knew that he would shortly inherit it? “Finally, having drawn every other cover and picked up no scent, I tried my luck with the housekeeper.
— from The Return of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle

pedes umbram nisi si
615 Ante pedes umbram, nisi si timor illa videbat, Sed certe sonitusque pedum terrebat et ingens Crinales vittas afflabat anhelitus oris.
— from Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Edmund Luce

Persians under Nadir Shah
In 1738 the country was conquered by the Persians under Nadir Shah.
— from The New Gresham Encyclopedia. A to Amide Vol. 1 Part 1 by Various

pure Urdd n sacred
once Unwedd, a. similar: adv. alike Ur, n. what is essential or pure Urdd, n. sacred order; rank Urddas, n. dignity: holy order Urddasiad, n. dignification Urddasog, a. having orders Urddasol, a. sacred; dignified Urddasu, v. to dignify; to confer orders Urddedig, a. dignified; ordained Urddedigaeth, n. ordination Urddeiniad, n. dignification Urdden, n. pure intellect Urddiad, n. a dignifying Urddiant, n. dignification Urddoldeb, n. dignified state Urddo, v. to dignify, to ordain Urddol, a. dignified, exalted Urddoli, v. to ordain Urddoliad, n. ordination Urddwisg, n. a robe of state Us, n. what is external; chaff: a. triffling, light, frail Usion, n. husks, chaff Uslyd, a. full of chaff or husks Ust, n. silence, a hush Ustiad, n. a hushing Ustio, v. to hush; to hiss Uthredd, n. astonishment Uthriad, n. an astonishing Uthro, v. to astonish Uthrol, a. astonishing, amazing Uthroldeb, n. awfulness Uwch, prep.
— from A Pocket Dictionary: Welsh-English by William Richards

purgantibus utendum ni sit
(Valescus, Fiso, Bruel) rariusque medicamentis purgantibus utendum, ni sit opus.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

pursuit until near sunset
The long-legged natives had however considerably the advantage of us both in bottom, wind, and cunning; and whenever they found we gained at all upon them they strewed a few articles out of the bags upon the ground, and these it took us some time to collect; and in this manner, alternately running and stopping to pick things up, I continued the pursuit until near sunset.
— from Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, Volume 1 by Grey, George, Sir

pay up nor surrender
Some forty of these will neither pay up nor surrender their holdings, and Mr. Stacpoole declares that he will get Dublin writs against the whole of them, and that if they do not yield he will evict them all and compel the authorities to support him.
— from Disturbed Ireland Being the Letters Written During the Winter of 1880-81. by Bernard Henry Becker

permanently upon no subject
He could fix his mind permanently upon no subject but the rabbi's irrational predictions.
— from The Yoke of the Thorah by Henry Harland

pure universal natural science
Pure natural science is identified with mathematical physics, {67} and the propositions which in § 15 are spoken of as belonging to pure universal natural science are now regarded as metaphysical.
— from A Commentary to Kant's 'Critique of Pure Reason' by Norman Kemp Smith

parties used no stools
At these places the sport has greatly diminished of late years; a few years ago Barnstable beach was a celebrated resort; and at Quogue, parties used no stools, but stationed themselves along the narrow neck that connects the beach with the main land, and fired till their guns were dirty or their ammunition {96} exhausted.
— from The Game-Birds of the Coasts and Lakes of the Northern States of America A full account of the sporting along our sea-shores and inland waters, with a comparison of the merits of breech-loaders and muzzle-loaders by Robert Barnwell Roosevelt

people ungrateful nor such
But think not this people ungrateful nor such as [17] i.e. Aesculapius.
— from Claudian, volume 2 (of 2) With an English translation by Maurice Platnauer by Claudius Claudianus

put up next Sunday
Now think of that and of your good name, child!—settle with Robin and we'll have the banns put up next Sunday."
— from Innocent : her fancy and his fact by Marie Corelli

part under no subjection
Thus then the Latini originally were few in number, and for the most part under no subjection to the Romans; but afterwards, being struck by the valour of Romulus and the kings who succeeded him, they all submitted.
— from The Geography of Strabo, Volume 1 (of 3) Literally Translated, with Notes by Strabo


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