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Journey to the Center of the Earth - Verne trnsl by G&F - 44 chptrs

Now Professor Hardwigg, my worthy uncle, is by no means a bad sort of man; he is, however, choleric and original.
Chpt 1

however = a word used to connect contrasting ideas as when using though, in spite of that, in contrast, nevertheless, etc.

The truth being told, however, the only article really attracted to my uncle's nose was tobacco.
Chpt 1

He received me in his study; a perfect museum, containing every natural curiosity that can well be imagined—minerals, however, predominating.
Chpt 1

My uncle, however, was in raptures.
Chpt 1

If, however, I prove wrong in this guess, we must try Spanish, French, Italian, Greek, and even Hebrew.
Chpt 2

One look, however, would tell me all I wished to know.
Chpt 3

It did, however, until two, when my sensations were terrible.
Chpt 3

I resolved however to show no fear.†
Chpt 3

My explanation however satisfied him, and having gotten the key, she soon contrived to get sufficient to satisfy our voracious appetites.†
Chpt 3

As soon, however, as dessert was over, he called me to his study.
Chpt 3

however = a word used to connect contrasting ideas as when using though, in spite of that, in contrast, nevertheless, etc.

His mood soon changed, however, and a smile took the place of a frown.
Chpt 3

At the end of an hour, however, on my way home, I found that my feelings had very much changed.
Chpt 4

At length, however, we went on board, and at half past ten were steaming down the Great Belt.
Chpt 5

He was, however, but a civil servant, a magistrate, the governor of the island—Baron Trampe.
Chpt 6

I afterwards heard, however, that Baron Trampe placed himself entirely at the beck and call of Professor Hardwigg.
Chpt 6

His absence was, however, more than compensated by the presence of M. Fridriksson, professor of natural science in the college of Reykjavik, a man of invaluable ability.
Chpt 6

They were now, however, absent on duty.
Chpt 6

I thank you, however, with all my heart.
Chpt 7

As, however, his down is not so soft, and has therefore no commercial value, the hunter does not take the trouble to rob him of his nest lining.
Chpt 8

They, however, readily understood one another.
Chpt 8

One stipulation, however, was made by the guide—the money was to be paid to him every Saturday night, failing which, his engagement was at an end.
Chpt 8

We had, however, an ample supply of gourds, and my uncle counted on finding water, and enough to fill them, as soon as we commenced our downward journey.
Chpt 8

Our horses, however, appeared not only well acquainted with the country, but by a kind of instinct, knew which was the best road.
Chpt 9

We must not, however, attempt to hurry him; we must allow him to have his own way, and I will undertake to say that between us we shall do our ten leagues a day.
Chpt 9

I saw, however, on consulting the map, that we avoided a good deal of this rough country, by following the winding and desolate shores of the sea.
Chpt 9

Little did I expect, however, the spectacle which awaited us when we reached the peninsula of Sneffels, where agglomerations of nature's ruins form a kind of terrible chaos.
Chpt 9

These sacred edifices are, however, very much like these people, who do without watches—and never miss them.
Chpt 9

The temperature, however, was very much lower than I expected.
Chpt 10

Both my uncle and myself, however, were very friendly with the whole party, and before we were aware of it, there were three or four of these little ones on our shoulders, as many on our boxes, and the rest hanging about our legs.
Chpt 10

As soon, however, as the inevitable soup was placed on the table, the natural taciturnity, common even to Icelandic babies, prevailed over all else.
Chpt 10

The unhappy wretches never came forward to beg; on the contrary, they ran away; not so quick, however, but that Hans was able to salute them with the universal saellvertu.
Chpt 10

There was no time, however, for us to take more than a cursory view of these phenomena.
Chpt 10

I had, however, nothing to fear, for she did not even show much inclination to receive us into her house.
Chpt 11

There was, however, no choice about the matter.
Chpt 11

When, however, these worthy islanders had reached the bottom of the crater, they were to go back and leave us to ourselves.
Chpt 11

That, however, is not the whole matter to be considered.
Chpt 11

I however made no remark.†
Chpt 11

My uncle, however, paid without bargaining.
Chpt 11

however = a word used to connect contrasting ideas as when using though, in spite of that, in contrast, nevertheless, etc.

The internal fires, however, had not as yet burst their bounds and flooded the exterior cake of Mother Earth with hot and raging lava.
Chpt 12

It will be seen that the first phenomena in connection with the formation of the island were simply eruptive; to these, however, shortly succeeded the volcanic phenomena.
Chpt 12

Suddenly, however, Hans cried a halt—that is, he made signs to that effect—and a summary kind of breakfast was laid out on the lava before us.
Chpt 12

That worthy, however, shook his head.
Chpt 12

Hans, however, did not think it prudent to pass the night on the bare side of the cone.
Chpt 12

I was presently, however, brought back to the realities of life by the arrival of the Professor and Hans, who joined me upon the lofty summit of the peak.
Chpt 13

This, however, is a matter of little consequence.
Chpt 13

In a few moments, however, my thoughts were far away, back in my German home, with Gretchen and the old cook.
Chpt 13

The fatal moment had, however, at last arrived.
Chpt 14

However, few as the minutes were during which I gazed down this tremendous and even wondrous shaft, I had a sufficient glimpse of it to give me some idea of its physical conformation.
Chpt 14

My uncle, however, was one of those men who are nearly always prepared with expedients.
Chpt 14

I, however, was very far from being in humor to discuss the matter.
Chpt 14

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(however as in: However, complications may...)
though (or another expression that connects contrasting ideas)

(Based on idea 1 we might not expect idea 2, but this is a way of saying that even though idea 1 exists, we still have idea 2. Synonyms include in spite of that, despite that, nevertheless, nonetheless, on the other hand, in contrastand but.)