Ährenlese: A German Reader with Practical Exercises
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Ährenlese: A German Reader with Practical Exercises
German language -- Readers
das =Brāvō=, -s, Brāvōs ~_or_~ Brāvī ~[~v ~= v] (shout _or_ cry of)
“bravo” (applause), cheer~
=brechen=, bricht, brāch, gebrochen ~break;~ sich ~[~_dat._]~ den Hals
brechen ~break one’s neck~
der =Brei=, -e ~soft (sticky, pasty) mass (substance)~
=breit= ~broad, wide; spreading [~Baum~];~ weit und breit ~far and
wide, far and near~
=Bremen= ~[~Brēmen~] Bremen, after Hamburg the most important German
seaport~
=brennen=, brannte (~_past subj._~ brennte), gebrannt ~burn [_tr. or
intr._], be lighted~
das =Brett=, -er ~board, plank~
der =Bretterbaum=, ⸗bäume ~timber-tree~
der =Brief=, -e ~letter~
=briet= ~_see_~ braten
=bringen=, brăchte (~_past subj._~ brächte), gebrăcht ~bring; [_and,
because the action is regarded from the goal, rather than from the
starting-point_,] carry, convey, take, get~
das =Brōt=, -e ~bread; living, livelihood;~ sein Brot haben ~have
enough to live on (a competency), be well off~
der =Brōtteig=, -e ~bread dough~
die =Brücke=, -n ~bridge~
der =Bruder=, ̈– ~brother~
die =Brüderschaft=, -en ~(pledge of) brotherhood;~ mit einem
Brüderschaft trinken ~pledge a person as one’s comrade~
=brummen= ~hum, buzz; growl, grumble, mutter~
=brummig= ~(fond of) grumbling, peevish, querulous~
der =Brummler= ~grumbler, growler~
die =Brust=, ̈–e ~breast, chest, bosom~
das =Būch=, ̈–er ~book~
der =Bückling=, -e ~bow (and scrape)~
=bum!= ~[~u ~= u _in_ bull] boom! bang!~
das =Bündel= ~pack~
der =Bursche=, -n ~youth, lad; fellow~
die =Bürste=, -n ~brush~
=buschig= ~bushy, shaggy~
das =Buschwerk=, des -(e)s ~shrubbery~
die =Butter= ~[~u ~_as in_ full] butter~
C.
der =Cent=, -s, -s ~[~C ~= s _or_ ts] cent~
der =Chīnē´se=, -n ~[~ch ~_as in_~ ich~] Chinese~
=chīnē´sisch= ~[~ch ~_as in_~ ich~] Chinese [_Cf._~ holländisch~.]~
der =Chrĭstenmensch=, -en ~[~Ch = k~] (good) Christian~
das =Chrĭsttāgskleid=, -er ~[~Ch = k~] Christmas (Day) dress~
D.
=dā= ~_adv._ there, here, in such a case; then, at that time,
thereupon, now, this time; under these circumstances, accordingly,
consequently; in that (this) particular;~ 80, 4 was da will ~whoever
wishes (likes); [~da ~+ inversion _is preferred to_~ als ~+
transposition _as a rendering of the English_ when _after a temporal
clause_] when; _cf. 10, 6-7 and 76, 16_;~ ~[~da ~(_or, before vowels_,~
dar~) _is compounded with a prep., e.g._,~ damit~, _as a substitute
for_~ mit ihm~, ~dem~, _or_~ diesem~, etc., _when the antecedent of
the pron. denotes something inanimate. In such compounds the accent
usually rests upon the second syllable; but if the object of the prep.
is emphasized_, ~da ~_bears the accent_.]~
=dā= ~_conj._ [_always followed by transposition_] since, as, inasmuch
as; [_referring emphatically to a definite time or occasion_] when;~
jetzt, da... ~now that...; [_combining the ideas of time and cause_]
as, when~
=dā= ~_sep. pref._ [_expressing presence or existence_] there~
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