A man does not avoid real evils by having visionary pleasures, but besides exposing himself to the real evils quite unprotected, he probably adds fancied evils to them in generous measure.
— from The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress by George Santayana

Projekt aufgeben abandon a scheme eine Prozessverhandlung vertagen to adjourn a case eine Quittung ausstellen to make out a receipt eine Quittung unterschreiben to sign a receipt eine Rechnung ausstellen make out an invoice eine Rechnung begleichen settle an account eine Rechnung bezahlen pay a bill eine
— from Mr. Honey's Medium Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig

quis nōn intellegit Canachī sīgna rigidiōra esse, quam ut imitentur vēritātem?
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane

clārior rēs erat quam ut dissimulārī posset , L. 26, 51, 11, the thing was too notorious to be hushed up .
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane

Nor was all of the remainder ever quite used up before the coming of the next check.
— from The S. W. F. Club by Caroline Emilia Jacobs

Waren übergeben to secure sth etwas sichern, etwas erwerben to sign a promissory note einen Solawechsel zu unterschreiben to sign a receipt eine Quittung unterschreiben to sign another similar instrument ein anderes ähnliches Dokument unterschreiben to sign the acceptance das Akzept unterschreiben to stay abreast of changes der Entwicklung Rechnung tragen to stipulate clearly and precisely klar und deutlich festlegen to take action in respect of the goods
— from Mr. Honey's Small Banking Dictionary (English-German) by Winfried Honig

Nor can the Man of the Road ever quite understand the Man of the Fields.
— from The Friendly Road: New Adventures in Contentment by David Grayson

al ite r et q u ando forent com plenda, h ec respondit: "
— from Beowulf: An Introduction to the Study of the Poem with a Discussion of the Stories of Offa and Finn by R. W. (Raymond Wilson) Chambers

I doubt if Riverbank ever quite understood him.
— from Dominie Dean: A Novel by Ellis Parker Butler

Views of, respecting executive, quite unlike Hamilton's, 405 ; respecting consequences of rejection of Constitution, 487 .
— from History of the Origin, Formation, and Adoption of the Constitution of the United States, Vol. 2 With Notices of Its Principle Framers by George Ticknor Curtis

While we ate she sat and rocked energetically, questioning us with friendly curiosity and watching us with keen though benevolent eyes.
— from More Jonathan Papers by Elisabeth Woodbridge Morris

Ratio est, quia unionem personalem in Christo supponit.
— from The Essence of Christianity Translated from the second German edition by Ludwig Feuerbach