Excerpt from A Dictionary of the English and German Languages for Home and School, Vol. 2 of 2: In Two Parts, With Special Reference to Dr. Felix Flügel's Universal English-German and German-English Dictionary; German-English Apart from containing a larger number of idioms, the present work differs from most other dictionaries of a similar size in paying more attention to the customs, manners, and institutions of the two countries, in briefly, but let us hope sufficiently explaining words relating to literature, history, and social life, and in inserting many poetical quotations, as well as foreign expressions, of frequent occurrence in English writers. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.