=Page 40.=--40-1. {=der alte Gemsbart=}, humorously for {der alte Führer mit dem Gemsbart} (cf. Page 5, Note 1) {am Hut}. 40-2. {=zu=}--_to_, _towards_, _in the direction of_--in this sense always following its case--or may be taken as prefix of comp. verb {zuziehen}. 40-3. {=indem sie ... segneten=} (by pres. partic.), _praising_. 40-4. {=seinen=} refers to {Tauernwirt}. 40-5. {=Kaiser Franz Joseph in Gold=}, the picture of _Francis Joseph I_, the present _emperor_ of Austria, _on a gold-piece_. 40-6. {=möchte für ihr Leben gern=} (phrase; lit., “would like for her life”), _is exceedingly anxious_. 40-7. {=es=} (indef.) {=klopft=}, _there is a knocking_, or _somebody knocks at the door_. 40-8. {=bei=} = {in dem Hause}. 40-9. {=es wird ihm ganz italienisch zu Mut=} (humorous phrase), _he begins to feel like a genuine Italian_, or _as if he were in Italy_. 40-10. “=Entra´te pure!=” (Ital.), _Just come in! won’t you?_ 40-11. {„=als=“} (Alpine dialect), cf. Page 5, Note 10. =Page 41.=--41-1. {=seid Ihr es?=} (idiom., lit., “are you it?”) = ? 41-2. {=sie wollten=}--idiom? 41-3. {=wanderte fort=}, _was thrown away_; cf. Page 4, Note 12. 41-4. {=wie wenn=} = ? cf. Page 39, Note 2. 41-5. {=ist=} (idiom.). The German present tense expresses what “has been and still is” = Engl. perfect tense. 41-6. {ist =es=} (indef.), cf. Page 15, Note 4. 41-7. {=englisch=}, _English style_.--This remark would suggest that since their first meeting a lively intercourse and close friendship had sprung up between Mr. Brown and the second Tenor. 41-8. {=vom feinsten=} ({Tabak} being understood). 41-9. {=dazu´=} (i.e. {zum Thee}). 41-10. {=seinem=}, refers to {der zweite Tenor´}. 41-11. {=klang=}, syn. {erscholl} or {wurde gesungen}, _was heard_, _was sung_. =VOCABULARY= {=A.=} {=a=} (_dialect._), {ein, eine, ein}, a (an); (= {auch}) also, too. {=ab=} (_adv._), off, down; {auf und ab}, up and down. {=A´bend=}, _m._ (_pl._ {-e}), evening, night; {heute Abend}, this evening, tonight. {=A´benteuer=}, _n._ (_pl._ {--}), adventure. {=a´ber=}, but, however; {wohl aber}, but (much more.) {=ab´nehmen= (nahm, genommen)}, to take off. {=ab´schneiden= (schnitt, geschnitten)}, to cut off. {=ab´schwenken=}, to wheel aside; {rechts abgeschwenkt!} to the right wheel! {=Ab´sicht=}, _f._ (_pl._ {-en}), intention; {seine Absicht auf ihre Hand}, his thinking of marrying her. {=abson´derlich=}, uncommon, strange, surprising. {=Ab´teilung=}, _f._ (_pl._ {-en}), division, class. {=ab´wärts=}, downwards, downhill. {=ab´werfen= (warf, geworfen)}, to throw off _or_ down. {=ach!=} (_interj._), ah! oh! {ach was!} (_interj._), ta, ta, ta! whew! {=acht´zehn=}, eighteen. {=addie´ren=}, to add up, to sum up. {=Adres´se=}, _f._ (_pl._ {-n}), address. {=ah´nen=}, to anticipate, to suspect. {=ähn´lich=}, similar. {=Ähn´lichkeit=}, _f._, resemblance, likeness. {=Ak´tenstaub=}, _m._, dust of old legal rolls _or_ documents.