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.
{=Ak´tenvieh=}, _n._ (_colloq._, _perhaps_) legal paper-worm,
red-tapist.
{=all=}, all, every.
{=al´le=} (_adv._), at an end, no chance; {es ist alle}, there is no
hope, there cannot be thought of ...
{=allein´=}, alone.
{=al´lemal=}, everytime, always.
{=al´lerhand=}, all kinds of.
{=al´lerseits=}, all around, on every side.
{=al´les=}, all, everything.
{=al´lesamt=}, each and every one.
{=al´leweil=}, always, all the time.
{=al´li=} (_dialect._) = {all, ganz}, all, altogether; {d' Lieb alli}
(_dialect._) = {die ganze Liebe}.
{=allmäh´lich=}, gradually, by degrees.
{=all´zugroß=}, far too great, over-great, altogether too big.
{=Alm=}, _f._ (_pl._ {-en},) Alpine meadow, mountain-pasture; {auf der
Almen}, (_old dat. sing._)
{=Al´pen=}, _pl._ Alps.
{=Al´pensteigen=}, _n._, mountain-climbing.
{=Al´penstock=}, _m._ (_pl._ {[:-]e},) "Alpenstock," mountaineer's
pole (with a ferrule).
{=als=} (_adv._), as, like; than; (_conj._) as, since, when; (= {als
ob},) as if; (_dialect._) = {immer}, always; {nichts als}, nothing
but.
{=al´so=}, thus, therefore, so, there.
{=alt=}, old, aged; {der Alte}, old man.
{=äl´tere=}, _see_ {alt}.
{=am= = an dem}.
{=Amts´diener=}, _m._ (_pl._ {--},) beadle, bailiff; office-boy.
{=Amts´leben=}, _n._, official life _or_ work.
{=Amts´stube=}, _f._ (_pl._ {-n},) office, bureau, court.
1. {=an=} (_dat._, _accus._), on, at, in, near, by; to, for. {das
Erstaunen war an ihr}, it was now for her to be surprised.