Note.—The numbers in the notes after each exercise refer to the corresponding sentences of the exercise. The words after the numbers are the heavy-face key-words under which the required German idioms will be found.

I

1. The favor of an early answer is requested. 2. I am sorry to say he is a marked man. 3. By my watch, which however is slow, it is only eight o’clock. 4. The father says his son will never succeed because he blurts things out. 5. The old man became a charge upon the town. 6. Why did you not heed my words? 7. We all have our hands full. 8. You can not put me off like this. 9. I can’t quite see that. 10. He did come, but it was too late. 11. Will you be one of us? 12. They came a short time ago.

1. baldig. 2. leider, Register. 3. auf, nachgehen. 4. grÜn, TÜr. 5. fallen. 6. hÖren. 7. Hand. 8. abfertigen. 9. wollen. 10. zwar. 11. dabei. 12. kurz.

II

1. What day of the month is it? 2. There must be a change. 3. One must help his neighbor in distress. 4. Do not always be harping on the same old string. 5. We can’t make head or tail of it. 6. How many persons are occupying this house? 7. He will not set the world on fire. 8. That caps the climax. 9. They have cheated him. 10. They want to deceive me. 11. It seems I always get the worst of it. 12. This cloth is cheap, but the quality is in keeping with the price.

1. wievielt. 2. werden. 3. nÄchst. 4. anstimmen. 5. daraus. 6. inne. 7. Pulver. 8. Krone. 9. Ohr. 10. Licht. 11. kurz. 12. danach.

III

1. To tell you the truth, I have not read the book. 2. Everybody says we made a lucky find. 3. It is hardly worth while. 4. As matters stand, they will not come to-day, but probably to-morrow. 5. Why don’t you do it on your own hook? 6. He lost his whole fortune. 7. The prettiest miss in the whole village gave him the mitten. 8. The cigars you gave me are not so bad. 9. When you get home, remember me to your mother. 10. I should like it if you did not mix me up in the affair. 11. If he does not run away, he will be put in jail. 12. I should rather die.

1. eigentlich. 2. Fund. 3. MÜhe. 4. liegen, wohl. 5. Faust. 6. kommen. 7. Backfisch, Korb. 8. lassen. 9. Haus, empfehlen. 10. lieb, Spiel. 11. Staub, Loch. 12. lieber.

IV

1. Why do you not get to work? 2. Get out of my way. 3. Excuse me. 4. Why do you pretend to be asleep? 5. Fortunately there was no one at home. 6. All’s well that ends well. 7. The Bible says, “Thou shalt honor thy father and thy mother.” 8. I saw him only yesterday, and to-day it is reported that he committed suicide. 9. I do not like you to put on airs. 10. Come, the sooner the better. 11. You must not be offended. 12. He is anything but stupid.

1. machen. 2. Weg. 3. entschuldigen. 4. tun. 5. GlÜck. 6. Ende. 7. heißen, sollen. 8. erst, heißen, bringen. 9. gefallen, breit. 10. je. 11. Übelnehmen. 12. weniger.

V

1. Will you do this to please me? That all depends. 2. The window looking on the yard affords a beautiful view. 3. We are in a dilemma. 4. You can depend upon it that he will accomplish it. 4. May I rely on him? 6. You can be absolutely sure of that. 7. He is the very man I am looking for. 8. He failed to pass the examination and was not promoted. 9. I will do my utmost. 10. He is thoroughly bad. 11. Boys will be boys. 12. What in the world can this mean?

1. Gefallen, je. 2. nach, gewÄhren. 3. Rat. 4. verlassen, Weg. 5. dÜrfen. 6. Gift. 7. eben. 8. durchfallen, sitzen. 9. mÖglich. 10. Grund. 11. Jugend. 12. Welt.

VI

1. There is a draught in this room. I caught cold here yesterday. 2. He 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.