comes only now and then, but he is always welcome. 3. He is not exactly
my friend, but I like him. 4. We must not let ourselves be scared off.
5. I can say nothing but good of him. 6. He is at loggerheads with his
brother. 7. Henry, were you playing truant again? 8. Don’t crow too soon.
9. You will have to get along the best you can. 10. I will give him a
piece of my mind. 11. That is pure fiction. 12. There is some truth in it.
1. ziehen, erkälten. 2. dann, gern. 3. gerade, gern. 4. Bockshorn. 5.
nachsagen. 6. Streit. 7. schwänzen. 8. Abend. 9. fertig. 10. Meinung. 11.
Luft. 12. ohne.
VII
1. May I have the pleasure of the next dance with you, Miss North? 2. He
makes no allowance for the cold weather. 3. Stick to the point. 4. If
it did not rain so hard, we would pay our friend a visit. 5. If that’s
all, it will come out all right. 6. It will be a long time before that
happens. 7. He is over head and ears in debt. 8. You are on the wrong
track. 9. God is no respecter of persons. 10. He has feathered his nest.
11. I can’t quite see your argument. 12. I should not have thought him
capable of that.
1. auffordern. 2. Rücksicht. 3. Sache. 4. stark, abstatten. 5. weiter,
machen. 6. Ferne. 7. bis. 8. Holzweg. 9. Person. 10. Schäfchen. 11.
wollen. 12. zutrauen.
VIII
1. This remark does not refer to you. 2. He kills two birds with one
stone. 3. You are in bad humor to-day. 4. Why do you go about it so
gingerly? 5. They put me off with fine speeches. 6. At heart he is a good
man. 7. I wish to call your attention to the fact that agriculture takes
first rank. 8. They made a great fuss. 9. Why can’t you get along with
him? 10. It is a put-up job. 11. Is it absolutely necessary for me to
come? 12. She can’t bear the sight of him.
1. beziehen. 2. Fliege. 3. Laune. 4. Brei. 5. abspeisen. 6. Grund. 7.
aufmerksam, Stelle. 8. Wesen. 9. zurechtkommen. 10. abgekartet. 11.
durchaus. 12. leiden.
IX
1. I am sorry that their relations are strained. 2. I was uncertain as to
what I should do. 3. He did not mean to do it. 4. According to my opinion
you ought to let that pass. 5. I shall write at the first opportunity. 6.
I gave it to him good. 7. If you did not mail the letters, you will have
to go to the postoffice with them. 8. I shall not stand on a trifle. 9.
The matter is urgent. 10. Something has gone wrong with him. 11. I never
thought of such a thing. 12. Do you attach much importance to it?
1. leid, gespannt. 2. einig. 3. Fleiß. 4. nach, gut. 5. nächst. 6. Bad.
7. aufgeben, Post. 8. ankommen. 9. Eile. 10. Quere. 11. einfallen. 12.
Gewicht.
X
1. A person who lets everything go down with him will be fleeced. 2. I
do not care a rap what becomes of him. 3. We must accommodate ourselves
to the situation. 4. He knows how to keep a close mouth. 5. I will have
nothing to do with him. 6. If I had my way, he would have to go. 7. He is
from the neighborhood. 8. There is something mysterious about it. 9. Why
do you always keep putting it off? 10. You are just in time. 11. Leave me
alone. 12. Did any one ask for me?
1. aufbinden, Löffel. 2. liegen, aus. 3. fügen. 4. Mund. 5. schaffen. 6.
Willen, fort. 7. Nähe. 8. Ding. 9. Bank. 10. eben. 11. Ruhe. 12. nach.
XI
1. That will come into vogue again. 2. If my watch had not stopped, I
would have been here early in the morning. 3. Such as I dare not say
that. 4. This furniture was bought second hand and paid for in cash. 5.
Why should you not come to an understanding with him? 6. It is quite
correct that he styles himself a poet. 7. He would have many friends
if he did not keep to himself so [much]. 8. She is fond of him, and he
makes a great deal of her. 9. It all depends upon you whether we shall
accomplish this. 10. The house is for sale. 11. He is a big gun. 12. The
case is just the reverse.
1. Gang. 2. bleiben, Frühe. 3. einer. 4. Hand, bar. 5. rein. 6.
Richtigkeit, ausgeben. 7. Wesen. 8. lieb, Hand. 9. Weg, ankommen. 10. zu.
11. Tier. 12. umgekehrt.
XII
1. I received this watch as a present. 2. I have no alternative but to
move. 3. Well, going to be all day about it? 4. If you take that for
gospel truth, I will renounce you. 5. I am glad that you reminded me of
it. 6. He is a thorn in my flesh as it is. 7. Did you agree to that? I
had to. 8. I believe he is at death’s door. 9. I am a stranger here. 10.
Don’t you dare to offend him. 11. He can see through a brick wall. 12. He
isn’t worth a red cent.
1. schenken. 2. übrig, ausziehen. 3. na. 4. bar, lossagen. 5. erinnern.
6. Dorn, so. 7. eingehen, müssen. 8. lange. 9. Bescheid. 10. bei, Kopf.
11. Gras. 12. Heller.
XIII
1. I can’t help it that they are quarreling. 2. They are disputing about
trifles. 3. If you make such a fuss about it, it will be known far and
wide. 4. It shall not be said that I caused him to lose his fortune. 5.
It has come to such a pass with him that he has nothing at all. 6. Do you
know what play is on to-night? _Im weissen Röss’l_ is running now. 7. Now
I shall do it less than ever. 8. These goods meet with a brisk demand
although it is still cold. 9. They made short work of him. 10. Those
are just my sentiments. 11. Have you settled that among yourselves? 12.
Continued in our next.
1. dafür, Haar. 2. Bart. 3. Reden, breit. 4. heißen, bringen. 5. dahin,
gar. 6. geben. 7. recht. 8. Absatz, schon. 9. Prozeß. 10. Seele. 11.
ausmachen. 12. Fortsetzung.
XIV
1. That just suits his purpose. 2. You are mistaken if you think he is
out of his mind. 3. They made a hearty meal. 4. The youngsters made faces
when the conversation turned upon their teacher. 5. There is no telling
where it will end. 6. What’s the news? 7. Do as I do. 8. You found your
match there. 9. He stopped short. 10. I am opposed to it. 11. I shall
finish by to-morrow evening. 12. Is any one waiting on you?
1. Kram. 2. irren, Sinn. 3. lassen. 4. Gesicht, Rede. 5. absehen. 6.
geben. 7. so. 8. recht. 9. abbrechen. 10. dagegen. 11. bis. 12. bedienen.
XV
1. He spends a great deal and lives a merry life. 2. They took all he
had. 3. I hurt myself, it is true, but I had a lucky escape. 4. In
Germany one sees many things that are different in our country. 5. Even
his friends make fun of him. 6. Put out the light and close the window.
7. Since he has become rich, he does not want to have anything to do
with us. 8. What’s your hurry? 9. He is in politics. 10. He is a man of
honor. 11. That’s a long way off. 12. Nonsense!
1. drauf, Braus. 2. Haus. 3. weh, zwar, davonkommen. 4. anders, Haus.
5. selbst, auslachen. 6. ausmachen, zumachen. 7. wissen. 8. brennen. 9.
treiben. 10. Leib. 11. Weg. 12. ei.
XVI
1. Mind you don’t appropriate the work of others. 2. Never put off till
to-morrow what can be done to-day. 3. He coolly skipped. 4. I came near
falling. 5. Do your home-work, or you will have to stay in to-morrow. 6.
Then he thought better of it. 7. Will you give me another cup? 8. How is
your health to-day? My stomach is out of order. 9. That is out of place,
as matters stand. 10. What do you mean by that? 11. I know that by heart.
12. Just go on.
1. daß, eigen. 2. aufschieben. 3. nichts, durchbrennen. 4. bald. 5.
Aufgabe, nachsitzen. 6. bedenken. 7. noch. 8. Gesundheit, haben. 9.
Platz, liegen. 10. bedeuten. 11. auswendig. 12. nur.
XVII
1. My father used to say, “More haste, less speed.” 2. The patient has
taken no food in five days and is dying. 3. It is all very well for you
to talk. 4. What is the matter with you? 5. It is too funny for anything.
6. Here is the general delivery window. 7. Please send my letters in care
of Mr. N. 8. Answer my letter by return mail. 9. I shall write you before
the end of the week. 10. He is by far the best. 11. He is pretty much the
same age as I am. 12. Charity begins at home.
1. pflegen, Eile. 2. nehmen, Zug. 3. gut. 4. haben. 5. Totlachen. 6.
postlagernd. 7. bitten, per. 8. umgehen. 9. noch. 10. weit. 11. ziemlich.
12. nächst.
XVIII
1. Why don’t you broach the matter? 2. I am at your service. 3. If the
weather should change, perhaps you will feel like taking a walk? 4. It is
a long time since I saw you. 5. He was about to leave town, but we upset
his plans. 6. To tell the plain truth, he is a henpecked husband. 7. He
is superfluous. 8. He is not like the same fellow. 9. This day week I was
staying with my friend. 10. This day week we shall go to the country. 11.
It is hard to get along with him. 12. What can I do for you?
1. Tapet. 2. stehen. 3. sollen, Lust. 4. nicht. 5. Begriff, Rechnung.
6. sagen, Pantoffelheld. 7. Rad. 8. ähnlich. 9. heute, Gast. 10. heute,
Land. 11. Kirsche. 12. gefällig.
XIX
1. All aboard for Aachen. 2. Where do we change cars for Dresden? 3. Have
you bought your ticket? 4. Shall we travel second or third class? 5. Do
we go by way of Cologne? 6. We are going to make a little side-trip to
Mannheim, but for the present we shall stay here. 7. We shall arrive at
Frankfort this evening. 8. We may consider ourselves lucky that we did
not travel by that train. 9. That’s the way of the world. 10. When in
Rome, do as the Romans do. 11. Will the ladies and gentlemen dine now?
12. Waiter, the bill, please.
1. einsteigen. 2. umsteigen. 3. lösen. 4. fahren. 5. über. 6. Abstecher,
Hand. 7. eintreffen. 8. sagen. 9. hergehen. 10. heulen. 11. Herrschaft.
12. zahlen.
XX
1. How old do you take him to be? 2. He is some eighty years old. 3. What
is the state of his health? 4. He is ill, or even dead by this time. 5.
We do not wish to be a burden on you. 6. There is not a soul at home. 7.
What do you infer from that? 8. It is all Greek to me. 9. I have often
given him a lecture, but he always takes his own way. 10. His scheme came
to nought. 11. All is not lost yet. 12. He would be here unless he is ill.
1. schätzen. 2. einig. 3. Befinden. 4. gar. 5. Last. 6. Mensch. 7.
schließen. 8. böhmisch. 9. lesen, handeln. 10. Wasser. 11. Polen. 12.
müssen.
XXI
1. I am doing this of my own free will. 2. Now is the time to show your
colors. 3. I can not bring myself to put the old dog out of the way. 4.
Let us think no more of it. 5. Well, what strange things can happen in
this world! 6. We all had a narrow escape. 7. That comes in just right.
8. I am quite agreeable that you should try other means. 9. What has
become of my hat? 10. I have lost track of him. 11. A good beginning is
half the battle. 12. He sticks to me like a burr.
1. frei. 2. gelten, Farbe. 3. Herz, schaffen. 4. schlagen. 5. nein. 6.
knapp. 7. treffen. 8. recht, einschlagen. 9. hinkommen. 10. kommen. 11.
frisch. 12. Hals.
XXII
1. Can you give me change for five dollars? 2. Every one has his
limitations. 3. We shall not do that in any event. 4. There is no remedy
for death. 5. He is low-spirited and mutters. 6. They are hand and glove
together. 7. Not till then did it occur to me that I had no money about
me. 8. We could scarcely keep from laughing. 9. Time will show whether he
is adapted to the position. 10. It is all up with him. 11. That proved
effectual with him. 12. You must not make sport of him.
1. herausgeben. 2. Baum. 3. Fall. 4. Kraut. 5. Grille, Bart. 6. Decke. 7.
erst, bei. 8. enthalten. 9. lehren, passen. 10. Matthäus. 11. anschlagen.
12. best.
XXIII
1. If one has a well-filled purse, he can make his way through the
world. 2. Do not mispronounce the word. 3. There is no use crying over
spilt milk. 4. He has big ideas and puts on airs. 5. I do not trouble my
head about it. 6. He makes great pretensions, but is highly respected.
7. In short, from this day forth things must go differently. 8. He is
flourishing. 9. That beats everything. 10. He has his own troubles. 11.
You’d better not come. 12. In the abstract it is true.
1. Börse, Welt. 2. falsch. 3. ändern. 4. Kopf, breit. 5. kümmern. 6.
Anspruch, angesehen. 7. machen, an. 8. Weizen. 9. über. 10. Not. 11.
lieber. 12. für.
XXIV
1. It makes no difference whether he flares up or not. 2. I lose all
patience with those who are always picking a quarrel. 3. Do you attach
much importance to it? 4. They are on good terms with each other. 5. It
amounts to the same thing. 6. I do not agree with him. 7. If this seat is
not engaged, you may bring me a sandwich. 8. Will you do an errand for
me? 9. Do not stand on ceremony. 10. Do not be too hard on him. 11. It is
not as easy as it looks. 12. His life is at stake.
1. ausmachen, Feuer. 2. ausgehen, Händel. 3. legen. 4. Fuß. 5.
herauskommen. 6. übereinstimmen. 7. belegt. 8. Gang. 9. Umstand. 10.
Gericht. 11. Haken. 12. Leben.
XXV
1. Now tell us what to do. 2. You must accommodate yourself to his wishes
if you wish to accomplish anything. 3. Is he angry with you? 4. Somebody
must have given him a hint of it. 5. I gave him a good scolding. 6. The
physician has set him on his feet again. 7. I shall give him a lecture.
8. Don’t you do it. 9. I can not get it out of my head. 10. We come with
the intention of learning. 11. Where is he employed? 12. Open the book.
1. Rat. 2. richten, ausrichten. 3. böse. 4. stecken. 5. Pelz. 6. Damm. 7.
lesen. 8. bleiben. 9. Sinn. 10. Absicht. 11. anstellen. 12. aufschlagen.
XXVI
1. We must find that out. 2. Do you look forward to it with pleasure?
3. I will allow that you are right. 4. Shall we consider the matter in
private? 5. We will need that anyhow. 6. Do not act as if you were not in
your right senses. 7. Make yourself at home. 8. Tell me what it is all
about. 9. He spares no pains in anything. 10. Necessity knows no law. 11.
The worst is over. 12. Time will show.
1. ausfindig. 2. darauf. 3. sollen. 4. Auge. 5. so. 6. anstellen, bei. 7.
bequem. 8. handeln. 9. verdrießen. 10. Eisen. 11. schwer. 12. lehren.
XXVII
1. What is the use of crying? You escaped unharmed. 2. If he had not
abandoned me, I should have given him a fresh start. 3. It was intended
to anger me. 4. If I could get at him, I would give him a whipping. 5.
There is no doubt that he was rebuffed. 6. It is to be had for nothing.
7. Things have taken a new turn. 8. He is in reduced circumstances. 9. He
always paid in advance. 10. I’ll take no orders from you. 11. I can not
agree to that. 12. He makes a poor appearance.
1. sollen, Haut. 2. Stich, Bein. 3. anlegen. 4. beikommen, Schlag. 5.
Zweifel, abblitzen. 6. umsonst. 7. wenden. 8. herunter. 9. voraus. 10.
befehlen. 11. eingehen. 12. ausnehmen.
XXVIII
1. I am in the humor to give you a blowing up. 2. He tried to humbug me.
3. How is he behaving? 4. So far as I am concerned, I shall make short
work of it. 5. Please step this way. 6. They can manage him easily. 7.
How high up in his class is he? 8. That was a good guess. 9. Let him do
as he likes. 10. The enemy was put to the sword. 11. Why reject the good
with the bad? 12. Now we will stop work for the day.
1. Zug, Kopf. 2. X. 3. aufführen. 4. betreffen, Federlesen. 5. bemühen.
6. leicht. 7. wievielt. 8. raten. 9. schalten. 10. Klinge. 11. Kind. 12.
Feierabend.
XXIX
1. He is not the man for it. 2. Will he become a physician? He is not
likely to. 3. His name has slipped my memory. 4. You are bored because
you do not know how to take a joke. 5. A burnt child dreads the fire. 6.
I’ll make him suffer for it. 7. My plan miscarried. 8. His work has been
successful because he thought it worth while. 9. He departed this life in
his best years. 10. Mark what I tell you. 11. Everything is topsy-turvy
here. 12. I am in a hurry.
1. Zeug. 2. aussehen. 3. entfallen. 4. Langeweile, Spaß. 5. Erfahrung.
6. entgelten. 7. fehlschlagen. 8. geraten, Mühe. 9. zeitlich, Alter. 10.
acht. 11. drüber. 12. Eile.
XXX
1. They pulled themselves together and stood the test. 2. Were you
among the number, too? 3. They were all young people. 4. It is his way
to presume too much. 5. Will you join us in the trip? 6. Don’t be so
inquisitive. 7. Some time we will meet again. 8. We should consider it
our duty to do it. 9. Beware of this man. 10. I shall not put an obstacle
in his way. 11. He has a good reputation. 12. And there’s an end of it.
1. zusammennehmen, Probe. 2. darunter. 3. lauter. 4. Art, anmaßen. 5.
Partie. 6. Bauer. 7. Jahr. 8. ansehen. 9. hüten. 10. legen. 11. Ruf. 12.
Punktum.