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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.