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pas voir Doit se
Le monde est plein de fous, et qui n'en veut pas voir / Doit se tenir tout seul et casser son miroir —The world is full of madmen, and he who would not see one must keep himself quite alone and break his looking-glass.
— from Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them by Wood, James, Rev.

PP vote dat S
Foot , sb. foot, also, a measure, S2, C3, HD; fot , S, S2; fut , B; foote , PP; fote , PP; vote , dat. , S; fute , B; fet , pl. , S; fett , S; vet , S. Comb.
— from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew

Pío VII de su
Al amanecer del siguiente día salía Pío VII de su palacio entre esbirros
— from Novelas Cortas by Pedro Antonio de Alarcón

Preisen verkauft discount shop
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

possessed v defective say
to the full; to, unto Medel, n. a reaping; a reaping party Medelwas, Medelwr, n. a reaper Medi, n. a reaping; the month of September Medi, v. to reap, to cut corn Mediad, n. the act of reaping Medr, n. skill to effect, knowledge to do Medraeth, n. expertness, skill Medrawd, n. accomplishment Medredd, n. expertness, skill Medriad, n. a being able, a: effecting Medriant, n. accomplishment Medrol, a. accomplishing Medroldeb, n. capability Medroli, v. to render capable Medru, v. to exert skill; to know how to do; to be able; to aim Medrus, a. able to effect, expert Medrusedd, n. expertness Medryd, v. to be able to do; to aim Medd, n. a centre of motion; what causes a turning; utterance; mead; what is possessed, v. (defective) say, sayest, says Meddal, a. soft, mollient, tender Meddalâd, n. a softening Meddalai, n. what softens; mallows Meddalâu, v. to soften, to mollify Meddalder, n. softness; mildness Meddaliad, n. a softening Meddalu, v. to soften.
— from A Pocket Dictionary: Welsh-English by William Richards

Plan V Dutch ships
In Plan V., Dutch ships at b, b, b, are represented as thus withdrawing.
— from The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783 by A. T. (Alfred Thayer) Mahan

present very disagreeable situation
And indeed, my dear Sir, I require some consolation in my present very disagreeable situation; for, since he went, two incidents have happened, that, had not my spirits been particularly elated, would greatly have disconcerted me.
— from Evelina, Or, the History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World by Fanny Burney

Professor Van Dusen sank
Professor Van Dusen sank back in his old, familiar pose in the large arm chair and Hatch related what he had learned and what he surmised.
— from The Problem of Cell 13 by Jacques Futrelle

page v Dame Shirley
Husband, and wife, and child together flutter Up to the great white throne, Where nevermore may Margaret Fuller utter That piteous "Alone!" The Contents The Printer's Foreword to this Edition page v Dame Shirley page xxvii Being a Paper prepared by Mrs. Mary Viola Tingley Lawrence to be read before a San Francisco literary society .
— from The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52 by Dame Shirley

Pieter von Donck snorted
Finally old Pieter von Donck snorted and spoke: "I have played the pioneer before to-day, captain.
— from The Plowshare and the Sword: A Tale of Old Quebec by John Trevena

Pisanello Vittore da S
Pisanello, Vittore, da S. Vito, in the Veronese.
— from The History of Painting in Italy, Vol. 6 (of 6) From the Period of the Revival of the Fine Arts to the End of the Eighteenth Century (6 volumes) by Luigi Lanzi

pleasant vers de société
Mr. Locker has written some pleasant vers de société , some tuneful trifles in rhyme admirably suited for ladies’ albums and for magazines.
— from Reviews by Oscar Wilde

Plate vi depicts sin
Plate vi. depicts ‘sin when it is finished,’ the suicide of the beguiled Viscountess by means of laudanum.
— from Nineteen Centuries of Drink in England: A History by Richard Valpy French

phlegma venit donec sit
Or thus, as Tansteter hath giuen them foorth in his prelections: A nona noctis donec sit tertia lucis, Est dominus sanguis, sex inde sequentibus horis Est dominans cholera, dum lucis nona sit hora Post niger humid inest donec sit tertia noctis, Posthæc phlegma venit, donec sit nona quietis.
— from Chronicles (1 of 6): The Description of Britaine by William Harrison

Pont Vicomte de Saux
The tragic period of the French Revolution forms a frame in which to set the adventures of Adrien du Pont, Vicomte de Saux, and the part he plays in those days of peril has a full measure of dramatic interest....
— from In Kings' Byways by Stanley John Weyman

Professor von den Steinen
Professor von den Steinen discovered in Central Brazil some patterns, which most people would designate as “geometrical,” painted on pieces of bark which formed a frieze round a chief’s house.
— from Evolution in Art: As Illustrated by the Life-histories of Designs by Alfred C. (Alfred Cort) Haddon


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