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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.