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ead" being understood). 6. ~die +Hora+~ (Roumanian, pronounce ~H~ guttural like ~ch~ in ~Loch~ or ~Buch~; from Graeco-Latin: +{choros}+, +{choreia}+; +chorus+, +chorea+), _dance, country-waltz_. 7. ~+man+~ (indef. pers. pron.) +one+, _they, people_; frequently to be translated idiomatically by English passive. 8. ~+ihr+~ (idiomat. dat. of pers. pron.) ~in die Wangen~ for possess. pron. ~in +ihre+ Wangen~. 9. ~+man+~ (idiom.), cf. note 7. +Page 2.+--1. ~+zur Donau hinab+~, _i.e._ from the Carpathian Highlands _down to_ the Roumanian plain, N. of _the Lower Danube_. 2. ~+vergossen+~ (~habe~ or ~haette~ implied), auxiliary omitted, as frequently in "dependent" clauses. 3. ~+so+~, here: _in such a way, as_, or _so, as . . ._ 4. ~+wie+~, conjunction (colloq.) for ~als~, _when_. 5. ~+sich+~, dat. (here reciprocal pronoun = _each other, one another_). 6. ~+nachts+~ (adverbial genit. of indef. time _when_) formed in analogy with ~tags, morgens, abends~, though ~Nacht~ is feminine. 7. ~+sei+~ (indirect subjunctive)--the "statement," "thought," or "belief" of another related, not quoted. 8. ~+es+~ (indef.) ~klopfte~, _there_ was a knocking, or = ~jemand klopfte~, _some one_ was knocking. 9. ~+es war ihr+~ (idiom) = ~es schien ihr, es kam ihr so vor~. 10. ~sie hoerte sich +rufen+~, transitive infinitive with pass. sense, lit.: "she heard (some one) call her," _she heard herself called_. 11. ~+doch+~ (adverbial idiom) with an imperative adds force to the request = _please! won't you?_ 12. ~+ich+ bin +es+~ (idiomat. phrase, lit.: "I am it") = English? 13. ~+sich+ legen~ (reflexive form for pass. as often), _to be put, to be placed_. +Page 3.+--1. ~+auch+~ (adverb. idiom), here = _indeed, really_. 2. ~+seist+~, subjunctive in a dependent question, when narrated indirectly. 3. ~+o doch!+~ (idiomat. phrase) = ~o ja~; ~o gewiss~, _oh yes_; _sure enough_. 4. ~+zum+~ (definite article, idiomat.), as a (_as my_), for a (_for my_). 5. ~+werde+~ (pres. tense) ~ich~, for future ~werde ich +werden+~, as frequently in German. 6. ~+das+~ (anticipates idiomatically the contents of the following sentence), remains untranslated. 7. ~+das+ Gesicht~, definite article idiomatically for possess. pronoun = ~+ihr+ Gesicht~. +Page 4.+--1. ~+verlobt+~. Idiom? Cf. page 2, note 2. 2. ~+der Bucegi+~ or ~Bucsecs~ (pronounce ~Butschedsch'~), _Mount Butschetje_, the highest point of the Carpathian
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