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.