Mit raschen =Zügen= skizzierte er das Mädchen. He sketched the girl with rapid strokes. Ich habe den =Zug= verpaßt. I missed the train. Ich bin im =Zuge=. I am in the humor. =Greifen= Sie =zu=! Help yourself. =Mache= die Tür =zu=! Shut the door. Das Kind hat eine schwere =Zunge=. The child has an impediment in its speech. Sein Name schwebt mir auf der =Zunge=. His name is on the tip of my tongue. Ich kann mit ihm nicht =zurechtkommen=. I can’t get along with him. Er =nahm= sich =zusammen=. He pulled himself together. =Schreiben= Sie das sich selbst =zu=! Blame yourself for that. Das hätte ich ihm nicht =zugetraut=. I should not have thought him capable of that. Es ist mir in der Seele =zuwider=. I abominate it. Sie haben drei Kinder =und zwar= einen Sohn und zwei Töchter. They have three children, namely one son and two daughters. Er hat geschrieben, =und zwar= recht ausführlich. He has written, and, what is more, very explicitly. Er kam =zwar=, doch war’s zu spät. He did come, but it was too late. Es unterliegt keinem =Zweifel=, daß er kommt. There is no doubt that he will come. 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. III