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violet blue green
The next Circuit in order of Colours immediately encompassing these were violet, blue, green, yellow, and red: and these were all of them copious and vivid, excepting the green, which was very little in quantity, and seemed much more faint and dilute than the other Colours.
— from Opticks Or, A Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections, and Colours of Light by Isaac Newton

very bad grace
Clifford took his leave with very bad grace, wincing, when she added, "And give my dearest love to Cécile!"
— from The King in Yellow by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers

v B12 get
v [B12] get to be so one cannot endure work.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

v B get
v [B] get to be soft and moist.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

v B145 grow
hiN - (→) v [B145] grow into full womanhood.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

very beautiful grandfather
"What you have been carving is very beautiful, grandfather," said she.
— from Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen by H. C. (Hans Christian) Andersen

volkstümlich beliebt gängig
Verzögerung delay Verzögerung lag of time Verzögerung der Versendung delay of dispatch Verzögerung des Transports delay of transport Verzögerung oder Verlust unterwegs delay or loss in transit Verzögerung von Nachrichten delay of messages Verzögerung; Nachhinken time lag Verzögerung; verzögern delay Verzögerungen; die sich ergeben bei delays arising in the Verzögerungstaktik delaying tactics verzollt duty paid Verzollung customs clearance Verzollungskosten costs of customs clearance Verzug default Verzugsaktien deferred shares Verzugsaktien deferred stock Verzugsschaden damage caused by delay Verzugszinsen interest for default Verzugszinsen interest on account of delay Verzugszinsen interest on arrears Veto veto Vetriebskosten cost of marketing a product Vetternwirtschaft nepotism Videounterhaltung video entertainment Vielfalt variety vielversprechend promising vierfach quadruplicate vierfach; in vierfacher Ausfertigung quadruplicate Viertel; Quartier; Vierteljahr quarter Vierteljahr quarter of the year Vierteljahresabrechnung quarterly account Vierteljahresende end of quarter vierteljährlich quarterly vierzehn Tage; zwei Wochen fortnight Visaverlängerung extension of visa visuell visual Visum visa vital; lebensnotwendig vital Vitamin vitamine Vitaminmangel vitamin deficiency Vitrine show-case Vizepräsident vice president Vizepräsident vice-president volkseigener Betrieb nationally owned enterprise Volkseinkommen national income volkstümlich; beliebt; gängig popular Volksvermögen national wealth Volkswirtschaft national economy Volkswirtschaft studieren study economics Volkswirtschaftspolitik political economy Volkszählung census of population voll belastete Hypothek closed mortgage voll beschäftigt fully employed voll einbezahlt paid in full voll eingezahlt fully paid voll eingezahlte Aktien fully paid shares voll eingezahlte Aktien paid up stock voll eingezahltes Kapital capital paid in full voll gedeckter Schaden loss fully covered by insurance voll haftender Teilhaber ordinary partner voll konvertierbar fully convertible voll und ganz besitzen own outright voll versichert fully insured Vollbeschäftigung full employment vollbringen achieve volle Deckung; voller Versicherungsschutz full cover volle Deckung; voller Versicherungsschutz full coverage volle Haftung absolute liability volle Haftung full liability volle Tage clear days vollendete Tat accomplished offence voller Ausfall complete failure voller Laster vicious Vollerwerbslandwirt full-time farmer völlige Erwerbsunfähigkeit total disability völlige Unabhängigkeit complete independence Vollindossament endorsement in full Vollindossament full endorsement volljährig full age volljährig of full age Vollkasko comprehensive cover Vollmacht certificate of authority Vollmacht letter of attorney Vollmacht power Vollmacht power of attorney Vollmacht warrant of attorney Vollmacht erteilen give authority to sb Vollmacht zu akzeptieren authority to accept Vollmacht zu bestätigen authority to confirm Vollmacht zu handeln authority to act Vollmacht zu negoziieren authority to negotiate Vollmacht zu unterschreiben authority to sign Vollmacht zu zahlen authority to pay Vollmachtsindossament procuration endorsement vollständige Einzelheiten folgen full details to follow vollständige Information complete information vollständiger Satz von Dokumenten full set of documents Vollständigkeit eines Dokuments sufficiency of a document vollstreckbar enforceable vollstreckbar enforceable at law Vollstreckung enforcement Vollstreckungsbefehl writ of execution Vollstreckungsgläubiger judgment creditor Vollstreckungsschuldner judgment debtor Vollzeit full time Vollzeitbeschäftigter full-time employee Vollzeitbeschäftigung full-time employment Vollzeitbetrieb full-time operation Vollzeitstellung full-time job vollziehende Gewalt; Exekutive executive authority Volontär unsalaried clerk vom Abgangsort from the point of departure vom Arbeiter selbst bestimmt detremined by the operator vom Begünstigten gezogen drawn by the beneficiary vom Begünstigten gezogene Tratten drafts drawn by the beneficiary vom Frachtführer auferlegt superimposed by the carrier vom Frachtführer ausgestellt issued by the carrier vom Frachtführer einbehalten sind shall have been collected by the carrier vom Gericht anerkannte Schuld judgnent debt vom Gericht erstellter Schuldschein judgment note vom gleichen Tag of the same date vom Handel beachtet observed in trade vom Hörensagen wissen to know from hearsay vom Käufer benannt named by the buyer vom Käufer benannt nominated by the buyer vom Käufer bestimmter Markt buyers' market vom Käufer bezeichnet as may be designated by the buyer vom Käufer gewählt chosen by the buyer vom Käufer zur Verfügung zu stellen to be provided by the buyer vom Parlament verabschiedetes Gesetz Act of Parliament vom Reisenden gewährter Kundenrabatt journey discount vom Reisenden verwaltetes Kundenkonto journey account vom Stapel laufen lassen launch vom Text verursachte Probleme problems caused by the text vom Verkäufer auf den Käufer from the seller to the buyer vom Verkäufer übergeben; angeliefert delivered by the seller vom Verkäufer zu tragende Kosten expenses to be borne by the seller vom Zeitpunkt dieser Anlieferung from the time of such tender von allen Prüfvorgängen of any checking operations von allen vorgenannten Beteiligten of all the above named parties von Anfang an from the outset von Anfang an nichtig void from the beginning von Angesicht zu Angesicht face-to-face von Atomkraft angetriebenes Schiff nuclear vessel von außerordentlichem Wert of extreme value von außerordentlicher Bedeutung of extreme importance von Bord genommen werden to be removed from the vessel von Dauer
— from Mr. Honey's Medium Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig

v B125 get
v [B125] get tired out from looking for s.t.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

volumes broke Gathering
Pensive I spoke, and cast mine eyes around; The roof, methought, return'd a solemn sound; Each column seem'd to shake, and clouds, like smoke, From dusty piles and ancient volumes broke; Gathering above, like mists condensed they seem, Exhaled in summer from the rushy stream; Like flowing robes they now appear, and twine 630 Round the large members of a form divine; } His silver beard, that swept his aged breast, } His piercing eye, that inward light express'd, } Were seen—but clouds and darkness veil'd the rest.
— from George Crabbe: Poems, Volume 1 (of 3) by George Crabbe

vow before God
"Can anything be worse than to make a solemn vow before God to love and honor a man I do not mean ever to see again—to swear to keep him in sickness and poverty, when all I wish for is that he may die a violent death to save me from my just debts?
— from The Imprudence of Prue by Sophie Fisher

Various buildings generally
Various buildings, generally antique, surrounded this prim, Quakerly square, some brick, and with low portals, others smart, and remodelled to suit the times; some were mere wooden offices or huts, with long dormers falling from the roof-ridge nearly to the eaves, like a dingy feather from a hat-crown, with a jewel in the end; and one was an old steep-roofed hotel, painted yellow, with a long, lounging side.
— from The Entailed Hat; Or, Patty Cannon's Times by George Alfred Townsend

very bones giving
I being the heaviest, had the most of it; but by the aid of a blazing fire, I slept warm and comfortable till the morning air struck me, when the time came to rise, and sent a shiver to my very bones, giving me at first horrible visions of consumption, night-sweats and early death.
— from The Game Fish, of the Northern States and British Provinces With an account of the salmon and sea-trout fishing of Canada and New Brunswick, together with simple directions for tying artificial flies, etc., etc. by Robert Barnwell Roosevelt

very busy going
In a short space of time he had made many friends, was very busy going to dinners and dances, and had fallen in love with an entirely new set of maids and matrons.
— from Adventures and Letters of Richard Harding Davis by Richard Harding Davis

very benevolent gentleman
[F] [F] A short time ago a reverend and very benevolent gentleman suggested as the subject of a book, The Beauty of Human Relations .—What
— from An Appeal in Favor of that Class of Americans Called Africans by Lydia Maria Child


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