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sb realm kingdom
Reaume , sb. realm, kingdom, C2, S2; see Rewme .
— from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew

some respects knows
"In the first place, the Almighty will not allow it, in the second, Grand Duke Nicholas, though he may have been a disappointment to us in some respects, knows how to run away decently and in order, and that is a very useful knowledge when Germans are chasing you.
— from Rilla of Ingleside by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

siya run kay
Buútan nà siya run kay nangábung man nga hitagaan ug diyis, He’s obedient this time because he’s anticipating getting a dime.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

sharply repelling K
he said sharply, repelling K.'s attempt to make some objection.
— from The Trial by Franz Kafka

she really knew
And it was not until she had returned home to North Oakland and conferred with her own kind, and had the Portuguese grocer investigate, that she really knew that she was the owner of the little house in which she had lived and for which she had paid rent so long.
— from Martin Eden by Jack London

studieth revenge keepeth
He that studieth revenge keepeth his own wounds green.
— from Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them by Wood, James, Rev.

spot rate Kassamarkt
Kassabuch cash book Kassabuch day book Kassageschäft cash transaction Kassageschäft dealing for cash Kassageschäft spot deal Kassageschäft spot operation Kassakonto cash account Kassakurs cash price Kassakurs; Kurs für Kassageschäfte spot rate Kassamarkt cash market Kasse till Kasse gegen Dokumente cash against documents Kasse machen; die Kasse abrechnen cash up Kasse vor Lieferung cash before delivery Kasse; Kassette cash box Kassenanweisung cash order Kassenanweisung pay voucher Kassenausgang cash out Kassenbeleg cash voucher Kassenbestand balance in hand Kassenbestand cash assets Kassenbestand cash balance Kassenbestand cash holdings Kassenbestand cash in hand Kassenbestand cash in vault Kassenbestand cash on hand Kassenbuch cash journal Kassenbuchung cash entry Kassendarlehen cash loan Kasseneingang cash in Kassenkladde cash diary Kassenkonto cash account Kassenprüfung cash audit Kassenprüfung cash auditing Kassenrevision cash stock taking Kassenschalter cashier's desk Kassenstand cash position Kassenüberschuss overage of cash Kassier cashier Kassier teller Kassier der postalischen Eingang bearbeitet mail teller Kassierstelle check-out point Katalog catalogue Katastrophengebiet disaster area Katastrophenhilfe; Hilfe im Notfall emergency aid Kategorie category Kauf (auf Rechnung) purchase Kauf auf Probe purchase on approval Kauf mit Rückgaberecht sale or return Kaufabsicht purchase intention Kaufakt act of purchase Kaufanforderung purchase requisition Kaufangebot offer to buy Kaufanreiz inducement to buy Kaufanzeige bought note Kaufauftrag indent Kaufbereitschaft consumer acceptance Kaufbereitschaft disposition to buy kaufen buy Kaufentscheidung buying decision Kaufentscheidung purchase decision Käufer buyer Käufer shopper Käufer auf Raten; Mietkäufer hire-purchaser Käufer der zu dem Preis gerade noch kauft marginal buyer Käuferansturm; Käuferandrang run of customers Käuferland purchasing country Käufermarkt buyer's market Kaufgewohnheit der Verbraucher consumer buying habit Kaufhaus department store Kaufinteresse; Interesse zu kaufen buying interest Kaufinteressent prospective customer Kaufinteressentenliste list of prospective buyers Kaufkraft buying power Kaufkraft purchasing power Kaufkraft spending power Kaufkraft des Geldes value of money Kaufkraft einer Währung purchasing power of a currency Kaufkraftlenkung control of purchasing power Kaufkraftüberhang excess of purchasing power Kaufkraftüberschuß; Kaufkraftüberhang excess of purchasing power Kaufkurs buying rate Kaufleute traders käuflich buyable käuflich erwerben acquire by purchase Kauflust animation among buyers Kauflust buying power kaufmännische Kenntnisse commercial knowledge
— from Mr. Honey's Medium Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig

sir returns Krook
"You're a nobleman, sir," returns Krook with another taste, and his hot breath seems to come towards them like a flame.
— from Bleak House by Charles Dickens

said Riderhood knuckling
By your leave!' said Riderhood, knuckling his forehead, with a chuckle and a leer.
— from Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens

shape roughly knotted
They had horns of very irregular shape, roughly knotted—each curved into something of the shape of a reaping-hook, and rising directly from the top of one of the straightest and longest heads ever carried by an animal.
— from Popular Adventure Tales by Mayne Reid

Sir Robert Killigrew
He must have had a fine seat at Hanworth; for Conway, writing to Buckingham on 3rd May, 1623, says that on that day the King passed Sir Robert Killigrew's, 'and there saw the designment of a fine ground: a pretty lodge, a gracious lady, a fair maid, the daughter, and a fine bouquet.
— from Cornish Worthies: Sketches of Some Eminent Cornish Men and Families, Volume 2 (of 2) by Walter H. (Walter Hawken) Tregellas

sweet rays kindles
The atmosphere, pervaded and made pure By their sweet rays, kindles with goodness so, Thought cannot equal it nor language show.
— from The Sonnets, Triumphs, and Other Poems of Petrarch by Francesco Petrarca

some relief Kit
"That's some relief," Kit said to Mrs. Jefferson.
— from Kit Musgrave's Luck by Harold Bindloss

shoot roaming Kaffirs
Some imagine the Pacific to be a veritable paradise of converted natives clad in gowns of Manchester cotton prints; while, on the other hand, I heard of the case of a youngster going to South Africa to Port Elizabeth, in fact—who took with him a revolver to shoot roaming Kaffirs!
— from The Treasure of the "San Philipo" by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman

Schiller Römische Kaiserzeit
822–929; Schiller, Römische Kaiserzeit , ii, bk.
— from A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Arthur E. R. (Arthur Edward Romilly) Boak


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