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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.