Eingeschneit: Eine StudentengeschichteFrommel, Emil
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Eingeschneit: Eine Studentengeschichte
Frommel, Emil
Austria -- Fiction; German language -- Readers -- English; Travelers -- Fiction
{Und hat dir Gott ein Lieb’ beschert,
Und hältst du sie recht innig wert,
Die Deine;
Es wird wohl wenig Zeit nur sein,
So läßt sie dich so ganz allein;
Dann weine!}
=Page 31.=--31-1. {=der Himmel hängt ihm voll Baßgeigen=} (a colloq.
phrase), _everything looks promising to him_; _he sees things ‘en
couleur de rose.’_
31-2. {=des Morgens=}--{=des Abends=}--and in the next line {=eines
Tages=}--are genitives expressing indefinite time _when_.
31-3. {=da´für=} (emphat.), _in return for this_ (or _that_).
31-4. {=sollte=}, here: _was to_.
31-5. {=im Leben=} for {in meinem Leben}. Explain the idiom. Cf. Page
4, Note 10.
31-6. {=ja=}--cf. Page 22, Note 2.
31-7. {=wohl=}--cf. Page 22, Note 4.
=Page 32.=--32-1. {=es=} refers forward to the contents of the
following sentence--remains untranslated.
32-2. {=wäre=}--mood? why? Cf. Page 28, Note 5.
32-3. {=sich=} (idiom.), reflexive form taking the place of passive,
as frequently.
32-4. {=fort=}--the perf. partic. of a verb of motion being implied.
32-5. {=es=} (introductory) = ?
32-6. {=sie durfte ins Freie=}. Explain the idiom. Cf. Page 5, Note
12.
=Page 33.=--33-1. {=jeden Abend=}--accusative expressing definite time
_when_; about indef. time see Page 31, Note 2.
33-2. {=brennend=} for {brennendes}--the neuter adjective ending {-es}
sometimes omitted in prose and frequently in poetry.
33-3. {=hin=} belongs also to {=-flackerte=}, = {hinflackerte}.
33-4. {=den=}--cf. Page 31, Note 5.
33-5. {=hätte=}--mood? why?
33-6. {=sei=}--mood? why?
33-7. {=es=} (introductory) = ?
33-8. {=Studien=}--sing.? rule?
=Page 34.=--34-1. {=der´art=} = {von der} (emphat.) {Art},
adverb. genit. of quality.
34-2. {=das=} refers to the contents of the letter.
34-3. {=die=} refers to {Briefe}.
34-4. {=aufs entschiedenste=}--form of the absolute adverb superlative
expressing a very high degree without implying comparison.
34-5. In English with indef. article.
=Page 35.=--35-1. The preposition {=durch=} (=through=) appended
adverbially to an accusative expressing duration of time.
35-2. {=die Lunge=} (sing.)--in English, pl.--comp. {die Asche}
(ashes), {der Dank} (thanks), {die Schere} (scissors), {die Zange}
(tongs).
35-3. {=die=} refers to {Reizbarkeit}.
35-4. {=wäre=}--cf. Page 13, Note 8.
35-5. {=Nizza=}, the German name for _Nice_ (Southern France) on the
shore of the Mediterranean Sea (“The Riviera”), a district noted for
its exceedingly mild climate.
35-6. {=Florenz´=}, the German name for _Florence_ (Ital.: “Firenze”).
35-7. Why {=das=} and not {die}? Cf. Page 15, Note 1.
35-8. {=Einen groß anschauen=}, phrase expressing astonishment.
35-9. {=Signo´ra=} (Ital., pronounce {sinjo´ra}), _young lady_.
35-10. {=bebenden Herzens=} (adverb. genit. of manner) = {mit bebendem
Herzen}.
35-11. {=da=} and {=hier=}, colloq. used one for the other.
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