1. May I have the pleasure of the next dance with you, Miss North? 2. He makes no allowance for the cold weather. 3. Stick to the point. 4. If it did not rain so hard, we would pay our friend a visit. 5. If that’s all, it will come out all right. 6. It will be a long time before that happens. 7. He is over head and ears in debt. 8. You are on the wrong track. 9. God is no respecter of persons. 10. He has feathered his nest. 11. I can’t quite see your argument. 12. I should not have thought him capable of that. 1. auffordern. 2. Rücksicht. 3. Sache. 4. stark, abstatten. 5. weiter, machen. 6. Ferne. 7. bis. 8. Holzweg. 9. Person. 10. Schäfchen. 11. wollen. 12. zutrauen. VIII 1. This remark does not refer to you. 2. He kills two birds with one stone. 3. You are in bad humor to-day. 4. Why do you go about it so gingerly? 5. They put me off with fine speeches. 6. At heart he is a good man. 7. I wish to call your attention to the fact that agriculture takes first rank. 8. They made a great fuss. 9. Why can’t you get along with him? 10. It is a put-up job. 11. Is it absolutely necessary for me to come? 12. She can’t bear the sight of him. 1. beziehen. 2. Fliege. 3. Laune. 4. Brei. 5. abspeisen. 6. Grund. 7. aufmerksam, Stelle. 8. Wesen. 9. zurechtkommen. 10. abgekartet. 11. durchaus. 12. leiden. IX 1. I am sorry that their relations are strained. 2. I was uncertain as to what I should do. 3. He did not mean to do it. 4. According to my opinion you ought to let that pass. 5. I shall write at the first opportunity. 6. I gave it to him good. 7. If you did not mail the letters, you will have to go to the postoffice with them. 8. I shall not stand on a trifle. 9. The matter is urgent. 10. Something has gone wrong with him. 11. I never thought of such a thing. 12. Do you attach much importance to it? 1. leid, gespannt. 2. einig. 3. Fleiß. 4. nach, gut. 5. nächst. 6. Bad. 7. aufgeben, Post. 8. ankommen. 9. Eile. 10. Quere. 11. einfallen. 12. Gewicht. X 1. A person who lets everything go down with him will be fleeced. 2. I do not care a rap what becomes of him. 3. We must accommodate ourselves to the situation. 4. He knows how to keep a close mouth. 5. I will have nothing to do with him. 6. If I had my way, he would have to go. 7. He is from the neighborhood. 8. There is something mysterious about it. 9. Why do you always keep putting it off? 10. You are just in time. 11. Leave me alone. 12. Did any one ask for me? 1. aufbinden, Löffel. 2. liegen, aus. 3. fügen. 4. Mund. 5. schaffen. 6. Willen, fort. 7. Nähe. 8. Ding. 9. Bank. 10. eben. 11. Ruhe. 12. nach. XI