27-3. {=der Blauen=} (“=Blue= Mountain”), name of one of the highest peaks in the Black Forest; in translation retain the German form of the name. 27-4. {=was=}, colloq. for {etwas}. 27-5. {=guck=}, colloq. for {sieh!} 27-6. {=mal=}, colloq. for {einmal} (indef., adverb. idiom), cf. Page 20, Note 6. 27-7. {=siehste=}, colloq. contraction of {siehst du}, “you see”; _you know_; _you must know_. 27-8. {=das= sind die Alpen} (idiom), _these_ are the Alps.--The neut. sing. of the demonstrat. pron. ({das}), when immediately preceding or following the auxil. {sein}, is used without regard to the gender and number of the logical subject (here {die Alpen}). 27-9. {=der Sankt Gott´hard=}, _St. Gothard_, a mountain-group of the Lepontine Alps of Switzerland. 27-10. {=wollten=} (idiom., infinit. {gehen} or {reisen} being understood), cf. Page 5, Note 12. 27-11. Remember that the longing of the Germans for Italy is proverbial. 27-12. {=Land=} for {das Land}. Note the force of the ellipsis. 27-13. {=wo die Citro´nen blühen=}, likewise a quotation from Goethe’s ballad „Mignon,“ the text of which is found on Page 28. 27-14. {=zu tragen=} = {welcher in der Hand _zu tragen war_}, cf. Page 10, Note 5. 27-15. {=es=}. Account for the idiom. Cf. Page 24, Note 9. 27-16. {=Mai´land=}, the German name for _Milan_ in the Lombard plain. 27-17. {=Ge´nua=}, the German name for _Genoa_ in Northern Italy, a seaport charmingly situated on the Gulf of Genoa in the Mediterranean Sea. 27-18. {=wat=} (dialect of the Lower Rhine), for High German {„was}.“ 27-19. =avan´ti!= (Ital.), _forward!_ 27-20. {=der Vesuv´=}, _Mount Vesuvius_, the most noted volcano in the world, situated on the Bay of Naples, nine miles southeast of Naples (Italy). 27-21. {ging’s} = {=ging es=} (indef.), cf. Page 3, Note 4. 27-22. {=Vene´dig=}, the German name for _Venice_; {„über Venedig,“} by way of Venice; _via_ Venice. 27-23. {=fest´geschneestöbert=} (perf. partic.), a bold verb-formation consisting of {„fest“} (fast; up) and {„das Schneegestöber“} (snow-storm) = {eingeschneit}, _snowed up; snow-bound_. 27-24. State three mistakes in the Englishman’s German. =Page 28.=--28-1. {=al´so die=} (emphat.), _so, they_, or _they, then_.--Remember that {also} is never = English “also.” 28-2. {=gewesen=}. Explain the idiom and supply the proper form of the auxiliary. 28-3. In English with definite article. 28-4. {=mal=}, cf. Page 27, Note 6. 28-5. {=Einem im Garten wachsen=} (colloq. phrase), _to fall to one’s share_; {wenn doch ... =wüchse=}.--The past subj. expresses a wish the realization of which is not expected by the speaker. 28-6. {=Hora´tius=}, _Horace_.--Quintus “Horatius” Flaccus (65-8 B.C.), a famous Roman lyric and satirical poet. {=Virgil´=}, _Vergil_.--Publius “Vergilius” Maro (70-19 B.C.), a famous Roman epic, didactic, and idyllic poet.--Both Horace and Vergil extol in their works Italian life and scenery.