[27-15]. es. Account for the idiom. [Cf. Page 24, Note 9.]
[27-16]. Mai´land, the German name for Milan in the Lombard plain.
[27-17]. Ge´nua, the German name for Genoa in Northern Italy, a seaport charmingly situated on the Gulf of Genoa in the Mediterranean Sea.
[27-18]. wat (dialect of the Lower Rhine), for High German „was.“
[27-19]. avan´ti![E-6] (Ital.), forward!
[27-20]. der Vesuv´, Mount Vesuvius, the most noted volcano in the world, situated on the Bay of Naples, nine miles southeast of Naples (Italy).
[27-21]. ging’s = ging es (indef.), [cf. Page 3, Note 4.]
[27-22]. Vene´dig, the German name for Venice; „über Venedig,“ by way of Venice; via Venice.
[27-23]. fest´geschneestöbert (perf. partic.), a bold verb-formation consisting of „fest“ (fast; up) and „das Schneegestöber“ (snow-storm) = eingeschneit, snowed up; snow-bound.
[27-24]. State three mistakes in the Englishman’s German.