When I was really studying German in 2011...
sich aus'ruhen = to relax, to have a rest
ruhe = peace, quiet, calm, rest, silence
A Mystery Solved
As chronicled in your researcher's journal as I researched my history of early lifestyles in South Asia...
I was wondering about some Sanskrit literature stuff, and M.R. Kale (1923) explained it well for me. Thank you, Dr. Kale! Way too often the very best, patient, thorough work on these Sanskrit writers is from people long ago (though of course there are fabulous ones today too, such as Patrick Olivelle)
Current time travel apparatus location: Pondicherry, India
Patrick Leigh Fermor, AKA Mr Wonderful Writer
I adore Patrick Leigh Fermor's writings on his travels! Look how he sees some long-ago history (from Between the Woods and the Water: On Foot to Constantinople, about a walk that began in 1933)...
"On the fringe of allegory, dimly perceived through legendary mist and the dust of chronicles..."
And how's this for a rare perspective on war and peace: Of a time of peace: "For a while, generations of house-martins could return to the same eaves each year, and storks to their chimneys, without finding everything in ruins."
"On the fringe of allegory, dimly perceived through legendary mist and the dust of chronicles..."
And how's this for a rare perspective on war and peace: Of a time of peace: "For a while, generations of house-martins could return to the same eaves each year, and storks to their chimneys, without finding everything in ruins."
More Vocabulary-Learning Ideas
From intensive language study notes from 2010:
A lot of these are adapted from my newly acquired LANGENSCHEIDT BASIC GERMAN VOCABULARY, which I love. I'm going to try them out with the language I'm studying but know the least, German.
1. AMAP study your vocabulary by topic. (More below re this.)
2. At least after you've learned the most common terms you need, go 1st in your vocab books/lists to topics you like or require most.
3. What works best for me is to learn 1 page or 1 spread of most vocab books at a time, though it depends on the list....
a. They suggest you study all of that portion, then
b. cover either the foreign or the translation and see if you remember them.
c. Work on any necessary.
d. Then quickly review your whole portion again.
4. DO memorize any example sentences that you find really helpful for difficult words.
5. Whenever you need a good portable review, of any words you keep forgetting -- from vocab books, from your reading, etc. -- consider
a. the homemade wide paper flashcards I described in an earlier post that you can fold in half with the foreign on eg the left and the translation on the right. (Both on the same side of the actual paper so you can open them up to see the whole story.)
b. Add any really helpful example sentences to the cards, per #4. (Which side is up to you if you don't need the translation.)
c. Organize the cards by topic for when you're learning them, clipping them together. (Choose whatever topics are most helpful for you, and change as you wish.) (Though this does give you a clue, it's supposed to stick in your head better that way. You can always mix them up for a super review time.)
d. To keep track of what you already have cards on so you don't redo them, type up just the foreign term in eg MS Word and use the software to alphabetize it; occasionally print out a fast-print small copy if you often work on your cards away from your computer. (If you're making and using them in the software of course just keep an alphabetized copy for reference.)
6. After you're done with 1 topic in a vocab book/list, review old topics. (This is a good reason to do most-required/wanted 1st, so they get the most reinforcement.) IN add new cards per #5 for important stuff you're forgetting.
7. Put into your calendar to review quite old but necessary cards you've pretty much learned and set aside. After a while if you keep reading/otherwise using words, you'll probably be able to set some/many cards aside permanently.
A lot of these are adapted from my newly acquired LANGENSCHEIDT BASIC GERMAN VOCABULARY, which I love. I'm going to try them out with the language I'm studying but know the least, German.
1. AMAP study your vocabulary by topic. (More below re this.)
2. At least after you've learned the most common terms you need, go 1st in your vocab books/lists to topics you like or require most.
3. What works best for me is to learn 1 page or 1 spread of most vocab books at a time, though it depends on the list....
a. They suggest you study all of that portion, then
b. cover either the foreign or the translation and see if you remember them.
c. Work on any necessary.
d. Then quickly review your whole portion again.
4. DO memorize any example sentences that you find really helpful for difficult words.
5. Whenever you need a good portable review, of any words you keep forgetting -- from vocab books, from your reading, etc. -- consider
a. the homemade wide paper flashcards I described in an earlier post that you can fold in half with the foreign on eg the left and the translation on the right. (Both on the same side of the actual paper so you can open them up to see the whole story.)
b. Add any really helpful example sentences to the cards, per #4. (Which side is up to you if you don't need the translation.)
c. Organize the cards by topic for when you're learning them, clipping them together. (Choose whatever topics are most helpful for you, and change as you wish.) (Though this does give you a clue, it's supposed to stick in your head better that way. You can always mix them up for a super review time.)
d. To keep track of what you already have cards on so you don't redo them, type up just the foreign term in eg MS Word and use the software to alphabetize it; occasionally print out a fast-print small copy if you often work on your cards away from your computer. (If you're making and using them in the software of course just keep an alphabetized copy for reference.)
6. After you're done with 1 topic in a vocab book/list, review old topics. (This is a good reason to do most-required/wanted 1st, so they get the most reinforcement.) IN add new cards per #5 for important stuff you're forgetting.
7. Put into your calendar to review quite old but necessary cards you've pretty much learned and set aside. After a while if you keep reading/otherwise using words, you'll probably be able to set some/many cards aside permanently.
Tea in UK, early 1930s
from The Provincial Lady in America (when the heroine was still in England, at an Agricultural Show, with her husband, Robert, July 10):
Robert says...What about some tea?
We accordingly repair to tea-tent....I drink strong tea and eat chudleighs, and cake with cherries in it.I read about chudleighs at the very helpful and admirable http://www.foodsofengland.co.uk/tivertonchudleighs.htm ...
Probably not a good text for a Mother's Day greeting card
"The man said, 'Many are my mother's virtues, and I acknowledge her
claims upon me; but my virtues are still more numerous.' Then he
described her faults in a couple of stanzas." (Jataka Tale No. 546)
(By the way, I have a great mom! With many more virtues than I!)
(By the way, I have a great mom! With many more virtues than I!)
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