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1. darü´ber (over it) idiomatic. anticipating the contents of the following sentence, remains untranslated. Comp. darauf (page 6, note 3).

2. spinne. Why the subjunctive? Cf. page 3, note 2. Direct question?

3. er hatte gar keinen Bart, he was young and smooth-faced, thus strikingly contrasting to the old gnomes with their long gray beards.

4. der (emphat.) = jener, that man, that fellow.

5. die im Thale (elliptic.), for die Leute, die im Thale wohnen, those in the valley.

6. du thust (pres. tense). Explain the idiom! Cf. page 13, note 1.

7. so wie so (colloq. phrase), anyway, at all events.

8. so (= so faul or so müßig) dasitzen (colloq. phrase), to idle away one’s time.