EXERCISES
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.