For example, a balloonist would have been greatly embarrassed in deciding, at the battle of Waterloo, whether it was Grouchy or Blücher who was seen coming up by the Saint-Lambert road; but this uncertainty need not exist where the armies are not so much mixed. — from The Art of War by Jomini, Antoine Henri, baron de
V. make compensation; compensate, compense[obs3]; indemnify; counteract, countervail, counterpoise; balance; outbalance[obs3], overbalance, counterbalance; set off; hedge, square, give and take; make up for, lee way; cover, fill up, neutralize, nullify; equalize &c. 27; make good; redeem &c. (atone) 952. — from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget
urbe nostra non egere
Recte etiam a Theophrasto est laudata hospitalitas; est enim, ut mihi quidem videtur, valde decorum patere domus hominum illustrium hospitibus illustribus, idque etiam rei publicae est ornamento, homines externos hoc liberalitatis genere in urbe nostra non egere. — from De Officiis by Marcus Tullius Cicero
unexpired noch nicht entlasteter
niedrige Qualität low grade niedrige Qualität poor quality niedrigeres Angebot lower bid niedrigeres Gebot lower bid niedrigstbietend bidding lowest niedrigste Notierung lowest quotation niedrigste Qualität bottom quality niedrigster Kurs lowest quotation niedrigster Kursstand bottom price niedrigster Preis bottom price niedrigster Satz lowest rate niedrigstes Angebot; Mindestgebot lowest bid niedrigstes Gebot lowest bid Nießbrauchberechtigung beneficial ownership Nießbrauchsberechtigter beneficial owner Nießbrauchsrecht beneficial interest Niveau; Ebene; Grad level nivellieren levelling noch entstehende Schulden accruing debts noch nicht abgehobene Dividenden dividends not yet collected noch nicht abgelaufen unexpired noch nicht entlasteter Konkursschuldner undischarged bankrupt noch nicht erworbene oder hergestellte — from Mr. Honey's Medium Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig
ut ne n enclitic
questions, 1563 ; with imper., 1447 , 1581 , 1586 ; with coordinated subjv., 1706 ; in purpose clauses, 1947 ; with expressions of fear, 1958 ; ut nē , 1947 ; nē nōn , 1957 ; with dum and subjv., 2003 ; with subjv., following supine in -um , 2272 ; followed by quis , quī , indef., 2388 ; see ut . -ne ( -n ), enclitic and interrogative, 93 ; 170, 2 ; tūtine , 650 ; hīcine , &c., 663 ; illicine , &c., 670 ; answer expected with, 1503 , 1504 ; position of, 1505 ; numne , 1507 ; anne , 1503 , 1508 ; in first half of alternative question, 1517 , 1519 ; necne , 1520 , 1778 ; utrum . . . — from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane
understande ne nous entendons
Do nat I understande me, do nat thou understande the, do nat he understande him or she: Ne mentens je pas, ne tentens tu pas, ne sentend il ou elle pas: do we nat understande us, do ye nat understande ye, do nat they understande ne nous entendons nous pas, ne uous entendes uous pas, ne sentendent ilz them. — from An Introductorie for to Lerne to Read, To Pronounce, and to Speke French Trewly by Giles Du Wés
up nothing nor ever
And now, thou threat'st to force from me The fruit of my sweat, which the Greeks gave all; and though it be, Compar'd with thy part, then snatch'd up, nothing; nor ever is At any sack'd town; but of fight, the fetcher in of this, My hands have most share; in whose toils when I have emptied me Of all my forces, my amends in liberality, Though it be little, I accept, and turn pleas'd to my tent; — from The Iliads of Homer
Translated according to the Greek by Homer
us nay not even
" He gave me a few more minute instructions, and then showed me out by a little side-door; and all the way back such a weight was upon me, and continual presence of strange black eyes, and dread of some hovering danger, that I answered the driver to never a word, nor cared for any of his wondrous stories about the naked people (whose huts we beheld in a valley below us); nay, not even—though truly needing it, and to my own great amazement—could I manage a drop of my pittance of rum. — from The Maid of Sker by R. D. (Richard Doddridge) Blackmore
Her dreamy mother, who usually noticed nothing, embarrassed her by remarking that her face was flushed as though she were sickening for something. — from The Raft by Coningsby Dawson
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