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Use the attribut. const.

+wie.+

= which is embraced (+umschlin´gen+, insep. comp. str. v.) by (S. 106, N. 23) a delicate (+zart+) creeper (+Schlingpflanze+, f.).

= men.

= which were so arranged that they resembled (+gleichen+, to be like, str. v. governing the Dat.) a sock.

= antiquated, +veraltet+.

+verdrängt+, i.e. displaced.

Say ‘Although fashion here is far from (+weit davon entfernt+) being (S. 1, N. 3) immutable.

to abide by a thing, +bei etwas verbleiben+. Use the attributive constr. in this clause.

+Auf diese Weise+, which place at the head of the period. ‘Old’, here +bejahrt+; ‘to stamp’, here +aus´prägen+.

to assume the airs of a dandy, +den Stutzer spielen+. Render ‘not’ by ‘not possibly’, +unmöglich+.

= but generally also.

= When we returned to the vessel.

Yesterday I witnessed a very pretty scene, +gestern bot sich mir ein sehr hübsches Schauspiel dar+.

= Numerous children.

+und die in der Nähe stehenden Bäume.+

= who formed a circle (+Kreis+, m.), sang verses in their mother-tongue (i.e. native language).

= and joined them (+sich an´schließen+, sep. comp. str. v. refl., governing the Dat.).

+aus dem Stegreif.+

= and related (+sich beziehen+, insep. comp. irreg. v. refl.), I believe (inverted), to (+auf+) our arrival.

the ‘line’ of a verse is generally rendered by ‘+Strophe+’, f.

which — parts, +welche von den übrigen mehrstimmig aufgenommen wurde+.

= and formed.

made — aware, +legte unzweifelhaftes Zeugnis davon ab+.

= that we found ourselves.

here +vielbesungen+, adj.

Section 172.

AUDUBON, THE AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGIST, RELATES HOW NEARLY A THOUSAND OF HIS ORIGINAL DRAWINGS WERE DESTROYED.

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