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Note 6 — Section 129. GOETHE’S DAILY LIFE AT WEIMAR. I.

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used to place, zu legen pflegte. ‘To use’, when employed transitively, is generally rendered by brauchen, gebrauchen, benutzen, an´wenden, and verbrauchen, whilst intransitively it is rendered by pflegen or gewohnt sein, in the sense of ‘to be accustomed to’, ‘to be in the habit of’, ‘to be wont to do’.

Return to Section 129. GOETHE’S DAILY LIFE AT WEIMAR. I.Return to Section 129. GOETHE’S DAILY LIFE AT WEIMAR. I.Return to Section 135. THE GOSPEL OF WORK. II.Return to INDEX TO THE GRAMMATICAL RULES AND IDIOMATIC RENDERINGS.