Note 14 — Section 32. REYNARD[1] CAUGHT.
Reading edition
[1] Der überlistete Reineke (or Reinhard).
[2] to observe = to see; at roost, auf ihrer Stange sitzen.
[3] to — speeches, durch glatte Worte ihrer habhaft zu werden.
[4] charming news = something pleasant. To render ‘you’ use the dat. of the persnl. pron. of the 2nd pers. pl. For the construction see App. § 7.
[5] The words indicating the speaker, after a quotation, must be rendered in an inverted form (see App. § 13).
[6] to conclude, ab´schließen, str. v. tr.; the agreement of universal peace, der allgemeine Friedensvertrag; to come down, herun´terkommen; supply the adv. also between the verb and the separable particle.
[7] feiern.
[8] Beschluß, m.
[9] to look all around, sich nach allen Seiten um´sehen.
[10] to inquire the reason, sich nach der Ursache erkundigen.
[11] I was observing = I observed (beobachten). Which are coming = which come. The English compound forms of the verb with the auxiliary and the present participle, and of the verb ‘to do’ with the infinitive (I do come = I come. I did come = I came), must be rendered by the corresponding simple forms.
[12] dieses Weges.
[13] sich zum Davonlaufen bereit machen.
[14] Wie.
[15] ‘not yet’, here noch nichts.