and that this everlasting and ceaseless revolution of definite cycles, which remove and restore true misery and deceitful bliss in turn, is contrived in order that God may be able to know His own works, since on the one hand He cannot rest from creating, and on the other, cannot know the infinite number of His creatures, if He always makes creatures? — from The City of God, Volume I by Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo
that of Chinghis Kaan
Now the story goes that when Prester John became aware that Chinghis with his host was marching against him, he went forth to meet him with all his forces, and advanced until he reached the same plain of Tanduc, and pitched his camp over against that of Chinghis Kaan at a distance of 20 miles. — from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Rustichello of Pisa
He said; and straight th’ officious courser kneels, To take his wonted weight. — from The Aeneid by Virgil
tax on consumption Konsumentenkredit
Kommunikationsbereich communications Kommunikationsmittel means of communication Kommunikationstheorie communication theory kompakt compact Kompensation compensation Kompensationsgeschäft cross trade Kompensationsgeschäfte compensation transactions kompensieren compensate Kompensierung compensation Kompetent; zuständig; fähig competent komplementär complementary Komplementärprodukte complementary goods Komplimentärprodukte complimentary goods Komplize accomplice kompliziert complicated kompliziert machen; komplizieren complicate Komponente component komprehensiv; umfassend comprehensive Konfektionskleidung ready-made clothing Konferenztisch conference table konfiszieren confiscate Konflikt conflict Königreich kingdom Konjunkturanalyse business cycle analysis Konjunkturaufschwung economic boom konjunkturbedingt depending on market conditions konjunkturbedingt; zyklisch cyclical Konjunkturbeobachter economic forecaster Konjunkturpolitik business cycle policy Konjunkturschwankung cyclical fluctuation Konjunkturtheorie theory of business cycles Konjunkturverlauf business cycle Konjunkturvorhersage cyclical forecast Konjunkturzyklus trade cycle Konkurrent competitor Konkurrenten aus Übersee overseas competitors Konkurrenten in Übersee overseas competitors Konkurrenz unter Herstellern manufacturers' competition Konkurrenz unter Käufern buyers' competition Konkurrenz unter Verkäufern sellers' competition Konkurrenzartikel; Konkurrenzware competitive article Konkurrenzklausel competition clause konkurrieren; im Wettstreit liegen compete konkurrierende Marken competing brands konkurrierende Waren competing products Konkursdelikt act of bankruptcy Konkurseröffnung opening of bankruptcy Konkursgericht court of bankruptcy Konkursmasse bankrupt's assets Konkursordnung bankruptcy act Konkursverfahren bankruptcy proceeding Konkursverfahren bankruptcy proceedings Konkursvergehen act of bankruptcy können angenommen werden may be accepted können direkt übersandt werden may be sent directly können erheblich verringert werden can be much reduced können ermäßigt oder verkürzt werden may be reduced or curtailed können Sie etwas geheim halten can you keep a secret können über eine andere Bank übersandt werden may be sent through another bank können übersandt werden may be sent Konnossement bill of lading Konnossement master's receipt Konnossement ohne Einschränkung clean bill of lading Konnossementsindossament endorsement of a bill of lading Konsignationsware consigned goods Konsignationsware consignment goods konsolidierte Bilanz consolidated balance sheet Konsortium consortium konstant constant konstante Kosten constant costs Konsul consul konsularisch consular Konsulatsfaktura consular invoice Konsulatsgebühr consular fee Konsulatsgebühren consular charges Konsulatsgebühren consular fees konsultieren consult Konsumbesteuerung tax on consumption Konsumentenkredit consumer credit Konsumentenkredit loan for consumption Konsumgenossenschaft industrial and provident society Konsumgenossenschaft retail cooperative Konsumladen co-operative store Konsumlenkung control of consumption Konsumsteigerung growth in consumption Kontakt aufnehmen approach Kontakt aufnehmen establish contact Kontakt; kontaktieren; Kontakt aufnehmen contact Kontaktaufnahme approach Kontakter contact man Kontango backwardation Konten abstimmen agree accounts Konten der Ministerien ministerial accounts Konten fälschen manipulate accounts Kontenabstimmung reconciliation of accounts Kontenänderung change of account Kontenart type of account Kontenausgleich settlement of accounts Kontenauszug statement of account Kontenauszug der Bank bank statement Kontenbezeichnung name of account Kontenklasse class of accounts Kontenplan chart of accounts — from Mr. Honey's Medium Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig
Faced by this contradiction, we ask ourselves whether social development may not be something quite distinct from the organic changes known to biology, and whether the life of society may not depend upon forces which never appear in the individual when he is examined merely as an individual or merely as a member of a race. — from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. (Ernest Watson) Burgess
The rest of the line were a "scratch lot" of much smaller vessels—two armored cruisers ( Lai-yuen and King-yuen ) with 8 to 9-inch armored belts; three protected cruisers ( Tsi-yuen, Chi-yuen , and Kwang-ping ) with 2 to 4-inch armored decks; on the left flank the old corvette Kwang-chia ; and opposite her two other "lame ducks" of only 1300 tons, the Chao-yung and Yang-wei . — from A History of Sea Power by William Oliver Stevens
tea or coffee kept
The early breakfast stall has two capacious tin cans filled with tea or coffee, kept hot by the means before described, and some are lighted up by two or three large oil-lamps; the majority of these stalls, in the winter time, are sheltered from the wind by a screen made out of an old clothes horse covered with tarpaulin. — from London Labour and the London Poor (Vol. 1 of 4) by Henry Mayhew
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spelled out by the first letters of consecutive words.
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