SYN: Antagonist, foe, enemy, rival, assailant.
— from A Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms or, Synonyms and Words of Opposite Meaning by Samuel Fallows
The heavens, as we see, are for ever revolving around it as a centre; and in these revolutions they must of necessity have two fixed poles....
— from The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri: The Inferno by Dante Alighieri
Furthermore, we approach in the symbolic representation of the male a very extended and much discussed province, which we shall avoid for economic reasons.
— from A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis by Sigmund Freud
And when the day with drowsy gesture bends And sinks to sleep beneath the evening skies, As from each roof a tower of smoke ascends So does Thy Realm, my God, around me rise."
— from Poems by Rainer Maria Rilke
And when the day with drowsy gesture bends And sinks to sleep beneath the evening skies, As from each roof a tower of smoke ascends— So does Thy Realm, my God, around me rise.
— from Poems by Rainer Maria Rilke
Ausnahme exception Ausnahmebestimmung exemption clause Ausnahmefall exceptional case Ausnahmegenehmigung certificate of exemption Ausnahmeprinzip expecption principle ausnahmsweise exceptional ausnutzen; ausbeuten exploit Ausnutzung; Ausbeutung exploitation auspacken to unpack auspacken to unwrap ausrechnen calculate ausreichend sufficient ausreichend für einen Rabatt sufficient to obtain a rebate ausreichend Material sufficient material ausreichend; genügend; hinlänglich sufficient ausreichend; zufriedenstellend satisfactory ausreichende Mittel sufficient resources ausreichendes Guthaben sufficient funds ausruhen rest for overcoming fatigue Aussage unter Eid; Erklärung unter Eid sworn statement Aussagekraft force of expression Ausschaltung der Konkurrenz elimination of competition Ausschaltung des Risikos elimination of the risk ausschließen exclude ausschließen preclude ausschließen; vertreiben expel ausschließl.
— from Mr. Honey's Medium Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig
Cuba furnishes a very interesting field, not only for geologic research, but for a far more extended study and survey of its many important mineral zones both for scientific and for economic reasons.
— from The History of Cuba, vol. 1 by Willis Fletcher Johnson
“Although rarely brilliant, the style is at all times clear, while some chapters, notably those on Hawaii, Samoa, and Far Eastern relations possess a fascination to be found only in really fine historical writing. ...
— from The Book Review Digest, Volume 13, 1917 Thirteenth Annual Cumulation Reviews of 1917 Books by Various
A Senior Advisor for Economic Reconstruction in Iraq is required.
— from The Iraq Study Group Report by Iraq Study Group (U.S.)
He has not only traversed Siberia as few, even Russians, have done—that is an old though still thrilling story—but he has ranged at large over the whole country from Finland to the Crimea (the only two parts, by the way, which he has made me thirst to visit), and has gone with his eyes open.
— from Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, August 8, 1917 by Various
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