1. To tell you the truth, I have not read the book. 2. Everybody says we made a lucky find. 3. It is hardly worth while. 4. As matters stand, they will not come to-day, but probably to-morrow. 5. Why don’t you do it on your own hook? 6. He lost his whole fortune. 7. The prettiest miss in the whole village gave him the mitten. 8. The cigars you gave me are not so bad. 9. When you get home, remember me to your mother. 10. I should like it if you did not mix me up in the affair. 11. If he does not run away, he will be put in jail. 12. I should rather die. 1. eigentlich. 2. Fund. 3. Mühe. 4. liegen, wohl. 5. Faust. 6. kommen. 7. Backfisch, Korb. 8. lassen. 9. Haus, empfehlen. 10. lieb, Spiel. 11. Staub, Loch. 12. lieber. IV 1. Why do you not get to work? 2. Get out of my way. 3. Excuse me. 4. Why do you pretend to be asleep? 5. Fortunately there was no one at home. 6. All’s well that ends well. 7. The Bible says, “Thou shalt honor thy father and thy mother.” 8. I saw him only yesterday, and to-day it is reported that he committed suicide. 9. I do not like you to put on airs. 10. Come, the sooner the better. 11. You must not be offended. 12. He is anything but stupid. 1. machen. 2. Weg. 3. entschuldigen. 4. tun. 5. Glück. 6. Ende. 7. heißen, sollen. 8. erst, heißen, bringen. 9. gefallen, breit. 10. je. 11. übelnehmen. 12. weniger. V 1. Will you do this to please me? That all depends. 2. The window looking on the yard affords a beautiful view. 3. We are in a dilemma. 4. You can depend upon it that he will accomplish it. 4. May I rely on him? 6. You can be absolutely sure of that. 7. He is the very man I am looking for. 8. He failed to pass the examination and was not promoted. 9. I will do my utmost. 10. He is thoroughly bad. 11. Boys will be boys. 12. What in the world can this mean? 1. Gefallen, je. 2. nach, gewähren. 3. Rat. 4. verlassen, Weg. 5. dürfen. 6. Gift. 7. eben. 8. durchfallen, sitzen. 9. möglich. 10. Grund. 11. Jugend. 12. Welt. VI 1. There is a draught in this room. I caught cold here yesterday. 2. He comes only now and then, but he is always welcome. 3. He is not exactly my friend, but I like him. 4. We must not let ourselves be scared off. 5. I can say nothing but good of him. 6. He is at loggerheads with his brother. 7. Henry, were you playing truant again? 8. Don’t crow too soon. 9. You will have to get along the best you can. 10. I will give him a piece of my mind. 11. That is pure fiction. 12. There is some truth in it. 1. ziehen, erkälten. 2. dann, gern. 3. gerade, gern. 4. Bockshorn. 5. nachsagen. 6. Streit. 7. schwänzen. 8. Abend. 9. fertig. 10. Meinung. 11. Luft. 12. ohne. VII