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rule in Begleichung einer Schuld
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

rightly interpreted but even supposing
Löwy (l.c.) denies that the allusion to the tithes is rightly interpreted: but even supposing it to be correct, the passage is quite an inadequate basis either for Frankel’s conclusion that this particular physician was an Essene, or for the derivation of the word Essene which others maintain.
— from St. Paul's Epistles to the Colossians and Philemon A revised text with introductions, notes and dissertations by J. B. (Joseph Barber) Lightfoot

run in blinkers ever since
I’m still a bachelor—got terribly jilted by a woman years ago and have run in blinkers ever since.
— from Dandy Dick: A Play in Three Acts by Arthur Wing Pinero

repented it because experience showed
In my wanderings I have sometimes had the curiosity to try a Temperance Hotel , and always repented it, because experience showed that temperance meant poor diet, stingy appliances, and slovenly accommodations.
— from A Month in Yorkshire by Walter White

rather inelegant but expressive saying
The ideas that sailors entertain of Pursers is expressed in a rather inelegant but expressive saying of theirs: "The Purser is a conjurer; he can make a dead man chew tobacco"—insinuating that the accounts of a dead man are sometimes subjected to post-mortem charges.
— from White Jacket; Or, The World on a Man-of-War by Herman Melville

receive it but even summoned
This sum was forwarded to the officers in command; who however not only refused to receive it; but even summoned the authors of the proceeding to take their trial before the Pan-Arcadian assembly,—the Ten Thousand at Megalopolis,—on the charge of breaking up the integrity of Arcadia.
— from History of Greece, Volume 10 (of 12) by George Grote

raspberry ice but ere she
When her tall person, straight ankles, and flashing eyes first entered upon the "High Street Parade," Captain Tate was swallowing the fourth spoonful of a raspberry ice; but, ere she had reached the middle of it, he was by her side.
— from The Widow Barnaby. Vol. 1 (of 3) by Frances Milton Trollope

round ivory boxes elaborately sculptured
Small round ivory boxes elaborately sculptured were used both for Reserving the Host and for containing relics.
— from Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages A Description of Mediaeval Workmanship in Several of the Departments of Applied Art, Together with Some Account of Special Artisans in the Early Renaissance by Julia de Wolf Gibbs Addison

reward is but enlightened selfishness
Even a child, though not a baby, can be led to see that to do good for outer reward is but enlightened selfishness.
— from The Child under Eight by E. R. (Elsie Riach) Murray

remember it but ever since
"You probably don't remember it but ever since I've known you, you've been grousing about this fellow Jacklin, whom none of us have ever met.
— from The Rat Race by Jay Franklin


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