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ever really got over
A few months later, on 13th January 1886, the end came suddenly to the elder, from the effects of an accident at his own door.[71] It may be doubted if Yule ever really got over the shock of this loss, though he went on with his work as usual, and served that year as a Royal Commissioner on the occasion of the Indian and Colonial Exhibition of 1886.
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Rustichello of Pisa

equal ratio gleichgestellt on
Glaswolle glass padding Glaube faith Gläubiger creditor Gläubigerausschuß board of creditors Gläubigerausschuß comittee of creditors Gläubigerausschuß committee of creditors Gläubigermehrheit majority of creditors Gläubigerübergang subrogation Glaubwürdigkeit credibility gleich equal gleich; entsprechend equal gleichartig similar gleichberechtigt on an equal footing gleichbleibendes Verhalten steady behaviour gleiche Entlohnung equal pay gleiche Größe same size gleiche Menge same quantity gleiche Person same person gleicher Betrag same amount gleicher Preis same price gleicher Verkäufer same salesman gleiches Akkreditiv similar credit gleiches Verhältnis equal ratio gleichgestellt on equal terms Gleichgewicht equilibrium Gleichgültigkeit indifference gleichlauten conform gleichlautend in conformity gleichlautende Abschrift true copy gleichmäßige Leistungsverteilung balancing of operations Gleichstellung; Ausgleich equalization gleichwertig; Gegenwert equivalent gleichzeitig simultaneous gleichzeitig ablaufende Tätigkeiten concurrent operations gleitende Arbeitszeit flexible working hours Gleitklausel escalator clause Gleitkommarechnung floating-point calculation Gleitskala sliding scale Gleittarif sliding tarif Gleitzeit gliding time Gliederung der Ausgaben classification of expenditures Glück fortune glücklich happy Glücksspiel gambling Glücksspiel game of chance Glücksspiel game of luck GmbH limited liability company GmbH private limited company Gnadenact act of grace Gnadenakt act of grace Gnadenfrist grace period Gold in Barren bullion Gold in Barren gold bullion Gold- oder Silberbarren bullion Gold- und Silberbestand bullion Goldabfluß flow of gold Goldabfluss gold outflow Goldabfluß outflow of gold Goldadagio gold premium Goldagio premium on gold Goldangebot gold supply Goldausfuhr gold export Goldbarren gold bar Goldbarren gold ingot Goldbestand gold holdings Goldbestand gold stock
— from Mr. Honey's Medium Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig

empty rooms giving on
"Don't go over there," she said, "to-night, but wait for me in the empty rooms giving on to a small passage at the back of these apartments of mine.
— from Hung Lou Meng, or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel, Book I by Xueqin Cao

exasperating resignation go on
“Go on, Mr. Betteredge,” he said, with the most exasperating resignation, “go on.”
— from The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins

ein reines Glück Out
Aus Mässigkeit entspringt ein reines Glück —Out of moderation a pure happiness springs.
— 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.

Erra red Gollas or
“Three endogamous sub-divisions exist in the caste, namely, the Erra (red) Gollas or Pedda Inti (big family), the Nalla (black) Gollas or Chinna Inti (small family), and the Vālus, who are also called Kudukuduppai Tottiyans.
— from Castes and Tribes of Southern India. Vol. 7 of 7 by Edgar Thurston

either rule guidance or
When a poem, or a part of a poem, shall be adduced, which is evidently vicious in the figures and centexture of its style, yet for the condemnation of which no reason can be assigned, except that it differs from the style in which men actually converse, then, and not till then, can I hold this theory to be either plausible, or practicable, or capable of furnishing either rule, guidance, or precaution, that might not, more easily and more safely, as well as more naturally, have been deduced in the author's own mind from considerations of grammar, logic, and the truth and nature of things, confirmed by the authority of works, whose fame is not of one country nor of one age.
— from Biographia Literaria by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

eyes rested gravely on
At the same time he was clearly much occupied with their quiet charge, and while she turned her back to him his eyes rested gravely on her slim, small figure.
— from The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 1 by Henry James

exceedingly rare groups of
Type J Type L Following the imposing array just described there come, in the exhibition, representatives of seven exceedingly rare groups of Beadle publications.
— from The Beadle Collection of Dime Novels Given to the New York Public Library By Dr. Frank P. O'Brien by New York Public Library

enough row going on
There's enough row going on all round to drown any we may make."
— from Under the Star-Spangled Banner: A Tale of the Spanish-American War by F. S. (Frederick Sadleir) Brereton

either rum gin or
By taking a horn I don't hint That he swigs either rum, gin, or whiskey; It's we who drink in his din worse than gin,
— from The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 05, March, 1858 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics by Various

extraordinarily rapid growth of
Fraudulent contracts, the grant of handsome monopolies to street railway, gas, electric-light, telephone, and pier companies, the purchase of land and material for public buildings, and the laying out of new streets—all these things, owing to the extraordinarily rapid growth of municipalities, afford such rich opportunities for theft, and this can be so easily hidden from the state attorney, that frightfully large numbers of unscrupulous people have been attracted into public life.
— from The Americans by Hugo Münsterberg

extremely rough GDP official
country comparison to the world: 201 note: Monaco does not publish national income figures; the estimates are extremely rough GDP (official exchange rate): $NA GDP - real growth rate: 0.9% (2000 est.)
— from The 2009 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

entire routine going on
Nobody seemed particularly unfriendly; in fact, an air of general good-fellowship pervaded the entire routine going on around them.
— from McAllister and His Double by Arthur Cheney Train

escorted Ren Gravenard out
She laid the book flat as the inner office door opened and Dr. Nale escorted Ren Gravenard out into the waiting room.
— from Unthinkable by Rog Phillips

extracted real good out
He was one of those who seemed to have extracted real good out of an English Public School education, while unaffected by its manifold vices.
— from Hurrell Froude: Memoranda and Comments by Louise Imogen Guiney


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