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1. das bin ich, refers back to the preceding. The English this (that), these (those), when immediately preceded or followed by the verb “to be” are rendered in German by the neuter pronoun dieses (usually shortened to dies or das), without any regard to the number or gender of the noun referred to.

2. zu was? here = für was? zu welchem Zwecke? for what purpose?

3. es geht (impers. phrase), it can be done, it will do; es wird nicht anders gehen (about the idiomat. use of the future, cf. page 14, note 2), that cannot be done otherwise (or without it), I suppose.