Once more: German geeking!

Haven't done this in a while, but since I have more time on my hands now thanks to my contract being over, I thought it was high time to return to Der kleine Hobbit. Glancing back at the first couple pages of this thing, I'm finding my recollection of what I read through a couple of months ago to be unfortunately fuzzy. But well heck, I don't want to have to re-read it, and Bilbo needs to get going! So, onward!

When last we left our intrepid Abenteurerin, she had gotten as far as Gandalf showing up on Bilbo's doorstep to try to haul him off on his merry little treasure hunt! Except, well, I got hung up at the beginning of that paragraph and couldn't make it past the first few words. After tonight's little excursion back into Deutschland (or at least, the German version of Hobbiton), I have at last now gotten Gandalf actually on camera. But I'm stopping there, because my brain is full.

( Assorted interesting and confusing words and phrases... )