that he became (+werden+) ill; ‘and — sorry’, say ‘felt (+empfinden+) bitter repentance’.
‘to take’, here +ein´nehmen+.
Here follows the pron. ‘it’.
+wie ihr es hoffentlich auch nicht wieder thun werdet.+
Section 63.
TENDER, TRUSTY, AND TRUE.
III.
Now, just here I was trying to see what sort of boy David was when he grew bigger; and, when I shut my eyes, and so tried to see it all clearly, I heard a noise right under my study window. This was about four o’clock, Friday afternoon; the schools were out, and the children running home. I turned my head to see what was the matter, and then (App. § 14) I saw what I want to tell you. About ten boys were standing together. All at once a big boy knocked a little boy down, and rolled him in the snow. The little boy got up, and said: “What did you do that for?” Then the big boy again approached the little boy, and I believe he would have knocked him down again, had not the little boy walked sobbing away towards home.
+Hier wollte ich nun sehen.+
what sort of, +was für ein+.
+werden.+
+sich bemühen.+
just under the window of my study.
Here follow the words ‘on Friday afternoon’.
Supply here the prep. ‘at’, +um+.
The English ‘=home=’, after a verb denoting motion, must be rendered by +=nach Hause=+, and ‘=at home=’, after a verb denoting rest, by +=zu Hause=+.
=the matter is=, +=es giebt=+, verb impers. Use the Present of the Subj., according to App. § 32.
The auxiliary verb of mood ‘+=wollen=+’ expresses =wish= and =want=; as—
+Was ~wollen~ Sie?+
What do you wish?
+Zu wem ~wollen~ Sie?+
Who is it you want?
+neben einander+.
to knock down, +zu Boden schlagen+.
The noun ‘boy’ need not be repeated here.
Supply here the adverb ‘about’ (+umher+).
to get up, +auf´stehen+.
What ... for = Why. Use the 2nd pers. sing.
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