See Spesen in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"english": "Twenty-five thousand to Frankfort^([sic]), as compensation on the house, leaves five hundred and ninety-five thousand—which is what we should have had at Father′s death if we hadn′t partly made up for all these expenses through years, by a profit of some two hundred thousand marks current.",
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"text": "Nach Frankfurt wurden als Entschädigungssumme 25000 gezahlt: macht 595000, und so hätten die Dinge bei Vaters Tode gelegen, wären alle diese Spesen nicht im Laufe der Jahre durch rund 200000 Kurantmark Verdienst korrigiert worden.",
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"english": "“May I ask the inspector for a little advance first? No, not so much an advance,” Borkhausen corrected himself, “as some cash toward my expenses.”",
"ref": "1947, Hans Fallada: Jeder stirbt für sich allein. Roman. 1st edition, Aufbau-Verlag, Berlin, p. 243 (GoogleBooks; retrieved October 12, 2015)",
"text": "Translation:\n2010, Hans Fallada; Michael Hofmann (translator): Every Man Dies Alone. 6th printing, Melville House Publishing, New York, p. 226 (GoogleBooks; retrieved October 12, 2015):\n»Ich möchte noch um einen kleinen Vorschuss gebeten haben, Herr Kommissar. Nein um keinen Verschuss«, verbesserte er sich, »sondern um Geld für meine Spesen«.",
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