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reason God drowned
But in the course of time men became unequal; some were good and right-believing, but many more turned them after the lusts of the world and heeded not God’s laws; and for this reason God drowned the world in the flood, and all that was quick in the world, except those who were in the ark with Noah.
— from The Younger Edda; Also called Snorre's Edda, or The Prose Edda by Snorri Sturluson

Raumer Geschichte der
Raumer, Geschichte der Hohenstaufen, v. iii.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

rule gemäß den
Arbeitselement incidental element gelegentliche Nebenausgaben incidental expenses gelegentliche Nebeneinkünfte incidental earnings gelegentliches zusätzliches Arbeitselement occasional element geleisteter Dienst service rendered gelenktes Interview guided interview gelernt skilled gelernter Mitarbeiter trained man geliefert delivered geliefert Grenze delivered at frontier geliefert verzollt delivered duty paid gelieferte Teile parts supplied geliehenes Geld borrowed money gelöscht defunct gelten hold good geltend machen to claim geltende Vorschriften applicable regulations geltender Preis ruling price Gelumlauf circulation of money gemäß according to gemäß as per gemäß subject to gemäß dem Handelsbrauch; nach dem Handelsbrauch according to custom and usance gemäß den Bestimmungen des Akkreditivs as specified in the credit gemäß den Richtlinien subject to the regulations gemäß den Vorschriften arbeiten working to rule gemäß den Weisungen as per instructions gemäß der vorliegenden Klausel under the present term gemäß dieser Klausel under this term gemäß Inkassoauftrag according to the collection order gemein common Gemeinbürgschaft joint surety Gemeinde borough Gemeinde community Gemeindeabgaben municipal rates Gemeindeangestellter municipal employee Gemeindebehörde local authority Gemeindebehörde municipal authority Gemeindebehörden municipal authorities Gemeindesteuer municipal tax Gemeindeverwaltung municipal administration gemeindlich municipal Gemeinkosten indirect costs Gemeinkosten overheads Gemeinkostenmaterial indirect material Gemeinkostenplan overhead budget Gemeinkostensatz burden rate Gemeinkostenumlage allocation of expense Gemeinkostenzuordnungsbasis burden base gemeinnützig non-commercial gemeinnützige Gesellschaft non-profit organization gemeinnützige Sparkasse; auf Gegenseitigkeit mutual savings bank gemeinnütziger Verein friendly society gemeinsam joint gemeinsam jointly gemeinsam haftend in joint security gemeinsame Handlung joint action gemeinsame Schulden joint debts gemeinsame Steuererklärung der Ehepartner joint return gemeinsame Steuerung joint control gemeinsame Unterzeichnung joint signature gemeinsame Werbung co-operative advertising gemeinsamer Bekannter mutual friend gemeinsamer Besitz joint ownership gemeinsamer Besitz joint possession gemeinsamer Erwerb joint acquisition Gemeinsamer Markt Common Market gemeinsamer Vertreter joint agent gemeinsames Eigentum joint property gemeinsames Handeln joint action gemeinsames Handeln; gemeinsames Vorgehen concerted action gemeinsames Konto joint account gemeinsames Unternehmen joint adventure gemeinsames Unternehmen joint venture gemeinschaftliche Nutzung joint use Gemeinschaftsanzeige joint advertisement Gemeinschaftsausgabe joint issue Gemeinschaftsbilanz; Konzernbilanz consolidated balance sheet Gemeinschaftsgeschäft joint business Gemeinschaftskonto joint account Gemeinschaftsrechnung joint account Gemeinschaftsschuld corporate debt Gemeinschaftstelephon party line Gemeinschaftsunternehmen joint enterprise Gemeinschaftsunternehmen joint venture Gemeinschaftswerbung cooperative advertising Gemeinschaftswerbung joint advertising gemessener Wert; Messwert measured value gemischte Wirtschaftsform mixed economy gemischte Ladung general cargo gemischter Ausschuss joint committee gemischtes Sortiment mixed assortment gemischtes Team; gemischte Arbeitsgruppe mixed team gemischtes Warenkonto trading account Gemischtwarenhändler general dealer Gemischtwarenhandlung; Kramladen general store Gemüsehändler greengrocer Gemüseladen greengrocer's shop Gemüseladen greengrocery genannt contemplated genau accurate genau exact genau 10 Jahre nach exactly 10 years since genau bestimmen qualify genau festgelegte Menge; bestimmte Menge specified amount genau untersuchen scrutineer genau wie like genaue Abschrift true copy genaue Anschrift exact address genaue Anweisungen proper instructions genaue Anweisungen geben give proper instructions genaue Information precise information genaue
— from Mr. Honey's Medium Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig

Rio Grande de
General Otis had learned that at a place called Santa Cruz, toward the eastern end of the Laguna de Bay, there were a lot of steam launches and a Spanish gun-boat, which, if captured, would prove invaluable for river fighting and transportation of supplies along the [ 210 ] Rio Grande de Pampanga and the other streams that watered the great central plain through which the railroad ran and which would have to be occupied later.
— from The American Occupation of the Philippines 1898-1912 by James H. (James Henderson) Blount

roses girls dear
Oh, my vacation pathway hasn’t been exactly strewn with roses, girls dear.
— from Anne of the Island by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

rank grade dignity
rang-o , rank, grade, dignity.
— from A Complete Grammar of Esperanto by Ivy Kellerman Reed

rugged gorge down
To the left, a straight and narrow path takes its way up a rugged gorge, down which there beams a silvery light from a bright cross in the sky.
— from Haw-Ho-Noo; Or, Records of a Tourist by Charles Lanman

rogue gently drop
As Jack watched the rogue gently drop upon them, he felt for a second his father's hand laid upon his throat, and he understood; the man was to be seized and choked into silence; nothing else remained for them to do.
— from Jack Haydon's Quest by John Finnemore

regarding geographical distribution
In this, as in all his other paintings, Savery brought into juxtaposition animals from all countries, without regarding geographical distribution.
— from Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 65, No. 399, January 1849 by Various

Russia Grand Duchess
266 Constantin, expedition against, i. 43 ; taken by France, i. 96 Constantine of Russia, Grand Duchess, ii. 7 ; iii.
— from The Letters of Queen Victoria : A Selection from Her Majesty's Correspondence between the Years 1837 and 1861 Volume 3, 1854-1861 by Queen of Great Britain Victoria

Rous Get down
HENRY Rous. Get down!
— from Complete Plays of John Galsworthy by John Galsworthy

required generally doing
The column required generally doing up before again "taking the floor."
— from The Record of a Regiment of the Line Being a Regimental History of the 1st Battalion Devonshire Regiment during the Boer War 1899-1902 by Mainwaring George Jacson

Ruby got down
Do you recall the rumors, stories that began to come in about how Ruby got down into the basement?
— from Warren Commission (12 of 26): Hearings Vol. XII (of 15) by United States. Warren Commission


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