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Rebecqui is busy elsewhere raise
Let some Rebecqui, or other the like hot-clear Patriot; let some 'Lieutenant-Colonel Aubry,' if Rebecqui is busy elsewhere, raise instantaneous National Guards, and disperse and dissolve it; and blow the Old Castle asunder, ( Moniteur, Seance du 15 Juillet 1792. )
— from The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle

rules in Befolgung einer Regel
Gesetzes in compliance with a law in Befolgung der Regeln in keeping with the rules in Befolgung einer Regel in compliance with a rule in Begleichung einer Schuld in payment of a debt in beiderseitigem Einverständnis by mutual agreement in beratender Funktion in a consultative capacity in beratender Funktion in an advisory capacity in Besitz nehmen to take in possession in Betracht ziehen take in account in Betracht ziehen take into consideration in betriebsfähigem Zustand in working order in Bezahlung unserer Rechnung in payment of our account in Bezug auf den Lufttransport in relation to air transportation in blanko akzeptieren accept in blank in Container verladen containerize in das Gewahrsam der Eisenbahn into the custody of the railway in dem benannten Hafen in the named port in dem betreffenden Handel in the relevant trade in dem Falle vorgesehen in the case provided for in in den Akten on record in den Bestimmungen vorgesehen prescribed in the regulations in den Wagen; in den Waggon on the car in den Wagen; in den Waggon on the truck in den Waggon on the waggon in der Angabe einer bestimmten Anzahl in terms of a stated number in der Anlage in the enclosure in der Annahme daß assuming that in der ausdrücklich vereinbarten Weise in the manner expressly agreed in der Bauart of the type in der Fabrikhalle on the factory floor in der Form in the form in der Fracht enthalten sind shall have been included in the freight in der gegenwärtigen Version in the present version in der Industrie beschäftigte Bevölkerung industrial population in der Landarbeit beschäftigte Bevölkerung agricultural population in der Linienschifffahrt in liner trade in der nächsten Sitzung at the next session in der neuen Version in the new version in der Praxis in practice in der Regel normally in der Regel wird ein Kompromiss gefunden a compromise is normally agreed in der üblichen
— from Mr. Honey's Medium Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig

Really is bad enough returned
Really, is bad enough,” returned Miss Pross, “but better.
— from A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

respect indeed but elbow room
His father’s income, still going on, was amply sufficient for that; and in every respect, indeed, but elbow room, they lived more comfortably in prison than they had done for a long time while out of it.
— from In Jail with Charles Dickens by Alfred Trumble

rouse it by exasperating remarks
"Are you quite sure, Rosie, that when you rouse it by exasperating remarks you do not share the sin?" asked her mother with a grieved, troubled look.
— from The Two Elsies A Sequel to Elsie at Nantucket by Martha Finley

reuocatus in Britanniam eam Romane
Tercio per auxilium Androgei ducis Kanc’. reuocatus in Britanniam eam Romane potestati tributariam fecit.
— from A Chronicle of London from 1089 to 1483 Written in the Fifteenth Century, and for the First Time Printed from MSS. in the British Museum by Anonymous

run in both engine rooms
In a short time the tanks were filled, the hose hauled back, and the starting bells run in both engine rooms.
— from The Wreck of the Titan or, Futility by Morgan Robertson

RICE INC BURROUGHS EDGAR RICE
See BURROUGHS (EDGAR RICE) INC. BURROUGHS (EDGAR RICE) INC. Tarzan.
— from U.S. Copyright Renewals: Artwork 1960-1964 Catalog of Copyright Entries by Library of Congress. Copyright Office

read it because each reader
And there would be nobody left to read it, because each reader would have been dead long before.”
— from Malbone: An Oldport Romance by Thomas Wentworth Higginson

remedy it by exercise rest
In this way she may discover any weakness or defect and remedy it by exercise, rest or medical care.
— from Scouting for Girls Adapted from Girl Guiding by Baden-Powell of Gilwell, Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, Baron


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