cht sehen+~, here: _to have weak eyes, to be short_
(or _near-_) _sighted_.
7. ~+dem+~, with emphasis. Why?
8. ~+sollte+~ (+should+), _was to_; _was_ (_said_ or) _threatened
to . . ._
+Page 30.+--1. ~+die Haare+~ (idiomat. pl.), _hair_; comp. ~die Luefte~,
air.
2. ~+sich+ fangen~ (reflexive for passive, as often), _to be caught_.
3. ~+als+~, here = ~als wenn~; cf. page 1, note 5.
4. ~+Einen mit grossen Augen anschauen+~, a phrase expressing surprise
and astonishment.
5. ~+unter+~ = +under+ (place); _among_ (number?) = Here = ?
6. ~+ja+~ (adverbial idiom) = ? Cf. page 12, note 8. See also page 31,
line 1 (of the text) and state which of the two words ~ja~ found there,
is affirmative particle (= _yes_) and which adverbial idiom (= _why!_ or
_you know_).
+Page 31.+--1. ~gern~ (positive), "gladly," "willingly"; ~lieber~
(comparative), "rather," "better"; ~am liebsten~ (superlative), "best of
all"; ~+ich moechte lieber+~, _I should_ (rather wish) _prefer_.
2. ~+streicheln sogar+~ (elliptic. ~"darfst du es"~ being implied).
3. ~+heissen+~ = 1) to call _or_ to name; 2) to be called _or_ named; 3)
_to bid, to order_. Here = ?
4. ~+es+~ (idiomat.) ~wird mir bange~ (impersonal phrase), _I become
alarmed, I begin to feel uneasy_.
5. ~+das alles+~ (neut. sing., idiomatically relating to persons of
different gender) for masc. and fem. pl. ~alle diese (Leute)~, _all
these_.
+Page 32.+--1. ~+das+ bin ich~, refers back to the preceding. The
English _this_ (_that_), _these_ (_those_), when immediately preceded or
followed by the verb "to be" are rendered in German by the neuter
pronoun ~dieses~ (usually shortened to ~dies~ or ~das~), without any
regard to the number or gender of the noun referred to.
2. ~+zu was?+~ here = ~fuer was? zu welchem Zwecke?~ _for what purpose?_
3. ~es geht~ (impers. phrase), it can be done, it will do; ~+es wird
nicht anders gehen+~ (about the idiomat. use of the future, cf. page 14,
note 2), _that cannot be done otherwise_ (or _without it_), _I suppose_.
+Page 33.+--1. (~umgeben~, pass.) ~+von+~ = ?
2. ~+staunender Freude+~, genitive, dependent on adj. ~voll~, _full
of . . ._
3. ~+Euer, Eu(e)re, Euer+~ possessive form of pers. pronoun ~Ihr~, which
in earlier language was used in polite address (= modern ~Sie~), _your_.
4. ~+noch gar nicht+~ (adverb. idiom), _not yet, by any means_.
5. ~+es+~ (neuter) referring to ~das Ehegemahl~, obsol. (= 1. husband;
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