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ripe enough for reaping
At this injurious treatment Samson was so provoked, that he resolved to punish all the Philistines, as well as her: so it being then summer-time, and the fruits of the land being almost ripe enough for reaping, he caught three hundred foxes, and joining lighted torches to their tails, he sent them into the fields of the Philistines, by which means the fruits of the fields perished.
— from Antiquities of the Jews by Flavius Josephus

Ruminalius either from Romulus
Near this place was a fig-tree, which they called Ruminalius, either from Romulus, as most persons imagine, or because cattle came to ruminate in its shade, or, more probably, because of the suckling of the children there, for the ancients called the nipple rouma .
— from Plutarch's Lives, Volume 1 (of 4) by Plutarch

restrained Emily from reading
The presence of this servant restrained Emily from reading Valancourt's letter, for she did not choose to expose the emotions it might occasion to the observation of any person.
— from The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Ward Radcliffe

ritólicas error for retóricas
ritólicas error for retóricas .
— from Doña Perfecta by Benito Pérez Galdós

recognized established foundations rather
Obviously deleterious customs and unsanitary usages must gradually be abolished, but the general government, set up from without, must follow the example of the best colonial administrators and build on recognized, established foundations rather than from entirely new and theoretical plans.
— from Darkwater: Voices from Within the Veil by W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt) Du Bois

required erforschen Forschung research
weigerte sich auszusagen he declined to answer questions er wird die Messe eröffnen he will open the fair er würde normalerweise tragen müssen he would normally be called upon erbauen construct Erbe heir erben inherit Erbengemeinschaft community of heirs Erbin heiress erbitten solicit Erblasser bequeather erbpachtrechtliche Überlassung building lease Erbschaft inheritance Erbschaft legacy Erbschaftssteuer death duties Erbschaftssteuer inheritance tax Erbschaftssteuer succession duty Erbschein certificate of inheritance Erdbeben earthquake Ereignis event Ereignis incidence Erfahrung expert knowledge Erfahrung know-how Erfahrung sammeln to gain experience Erfahrung; Kenntnisse know-how Erfassung acquisition Erfassung der Fakten finding of facts Erfassung von Daten acquisition of data Erfassung von Daten collection of data erfinden invent Erfinder inventor Erfindung invention Erfolg versprechend promising erfolgreiches Experiment successful experiment Erfolgschancen chances of success Erfolgsentlohnung payment by results Erfolgskontrolle measurement of results Erfolgskontrolle result checking Erfolgsrechnung income statement erforderlich as may be necessary erforderlich necessary erforderlich; um ihm zu ermöglichen necessary to enable him erforderliche Genauigkeit required accuracy erforderliche oder übliche Vorgänge necessary or customary operations erforderliche Schritte steps to be taken erforderliche Vorbildung educational requirements erforderlicher Geldbetrag requisite money erforderliches Kapital capital required erforschen; Forschung research erforschen; untersuchen investigate Erforschung der Einstellung zu einer Sache attitude survey Erforschung der Verbrauchsmotive consumer motivation research erfüllen comply with erfüllen fulfil Erfüllung compliance Erfüllung fulfilment Erfüllung der Pflicht performance of duty Erfüllung eines Vertrags performance of a contract Erfüllung Zug um Zug contemporaneous performance Erfüllungsgarantie performance bond Erfüllungsort place of performance ergänzen complement ergänzende Bestimmungen supplementary provisions Ergänzung supplement Ergänzung eines Urteils amendment of judgement Ergänzungen amendments Ergebnis outcome Ergebnisse findings Ergebnisse results
— from Mr. Honey's Medium Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig

Rue even for ruth
Rue, even for ruth, here shortly shall be seen, In the remembrance of a weeping queen.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

rihtnes e f rightness
rihtnes (e) f. ‘ rightness ,’ rectitude, equity , Ps : perpendicularity, straightness , WW : reckoning, account , MtL (e): (+) correction .
— from A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary For the Use of Students by J. R. Clark (John R. Clark) Hall

ready even for Rome
" For I am not ashamed; I am ready even for Rome, for this terrible Rome.
— from The Expositor's Bible: The Epistle of St Paul to the Romans by H. C. G. (Handley Carr Glyn) Moule

race except for Reginald
Catching sight of several inviting peck measures on the table, Mrs. Cowslip and Gustavius 139 broke into a trot, with the result that the last dozen yards were a neck-and-neck race, except for Reginald, whose fat legs forced him to squeal plaintively along behind.
— from Gambolling with Galatea: a Bucolic Romance by Curtis Dunham

railway extending from Rugby
Thus he shortly found himself chairman of nearly 600 miles of railway, extending from Rugby to Newcastle, and at the head of numerous new projects, by means of which paper-wealth could be created as it were at pleasure.
— from The Life of George Stephenson and of his Son Robert Stephenson Comprising Also a History of the Invention and Introduction of the Railway Locomotive by Samuel Smiles

robbery effected from Rundell
Another case in which Vickery exhibited much acumen was the clever robbery effected from Rundell and Bridges, the gold jewellers on Ludgate Hill.
— from Mysteries of Police and Crime, Vol. 1 (of 3) by Arthur Griffiths

reasons enough for reverent
Every man carries in his own body reasons enough for reverent gratitude.
— from The Expositor's Bible: The Psalms, Vol. 3 Psalms XC.-CL. by Alexander Maclaren

require explanation for readers
—This west-country word for a gully will not require explanation for readers of Mr. Blackmore's 'Lorna Doone.'
— from Climbing in The British Isles. Vol. 1 - England by W. P. (Walter Parry) Haskett Smith

real estate for remaining
When my poor old governor died he left me sufficient excuse, in the shape of real estate, for remaining in the country of my birth; though, if the necessity had arisen, I should not have hesitated about going abroad.
— from The Motor Pirate by G. Sidney Paternoster


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