14-2. genommen. Note the omission of the auxiliary; in what clauses only?
14-3. die drei Elstern, those three regular magpies.—The magpie as a symbol of garrulity.
14-4. Onkel, a customary address in students’ language.
14-5. sich (dat. of reciproc. pron.) = ?cf. Page 9, Note 8.
Page 15. —15-1. das. Note agreement with grammatical gender of Pärchen.
15-2. nur einmal (adverb, idiom), transl. perhaps: just for a moment.
15-3. das ist immer das erste (was ich an einem fremden Platze thue, being implied).
15-4. schaut’s (= schaut es ) aus, indef. = things or matters look.
15-5. es thut ausschauen, familiar paraphrase for es schaut aus.
15-6. zum andern (obsol. phrase.), for the second; in the second place; furthermore, besides.