1. If one has a well-filled purse, he can make his way through the world. 2. Do not mispronounce the word. 3. There is no use crying over spilt milk. 4. He has big ideas and puts on airs. 5. I do not trouble my head about it. 6. He makes great pretensions, but is highly respected. 7. In short, from this day forth things must go differently. 8. He is flourishing. 9. That beats everything. 10. He has his own troubles. 11. You’d better not come. 12. In the abstract it is true. 1. Börse, Welt. 2. falsch. 3. ändern. 4. Kopf, breit. 5. kümmern. 6. Anspruch, angesehen. 7. machen, an. 8. Weizen. 9. über. 10. Not. 11. lieber. 12. für. XXIV 1. It makes no difference whether he flares up or not. 2. I lose all patience with those who are always picking a quarrel. 3. Do you attach much importance to it? 4. They are on good terms with each other. 5. It amounts to the same thing. 6. I do not agree with him. 7. If this seat is not engaged, you may bring me a sandwich. 8. Will you do an errand for me? 9. Do not stand on ceremony. 10. Do not be too hard on him. 11. It is not as easy as it looks. 12. His life is at stake. 1. ausmachen, Feuer. 2. ausgehen, Händel. 3. legen. 4. Fuß. 5. herauskommen. 6. übereinstimmen. 7. belegt. 8. Gang. 9. Umstand. 10. Gericht. 11. Haken. 12. Leben. XXV 1. Now tell us what to do. 2. You must accommodate yourself to his wishes if you wish to accomplish anything. 3. Is he angry with you? 4. Somebody must have given him a hint of it. 5. I gave him a good scolding. 6. The physician has set him on his feet again. 7. I shall give him a lecture. 8. Don’t you do it. 9. I can not get it out of my head. 10. We come with the intention of learning. 11. Where is he employed? 12. Open the book. 1. Rat. 2. richten, ausrichten. 3. böse. 4. stecken. 5. Pelz. 6. Damm. 7. lesen. 8. bleiben. 9. Sinn. 10. Absicht. 11. anstellen. 12. aufschlagen. XXVI 1. We must find that out. 2. Do you look forward to it with pleasure? 3. I will allow that you are right. 4. Shall we consider the matter in private? 5. We will need that anyhow. 6. Do not act as if you were not in your right senses. 7. Make yourself at home. 8. Tell me what it is all about. 9. He spares no pains in anything. 10. Necessity knows no law. 11. The worst is over. 12. Time will show. 1. ausfindig. 2. darauf. 3. sollen. 4. Auge. 5. so. 6. anstellen, bei. 7. bequem. 8. handeln. 9. verdrießen. 10. Eisen. 11. schwer. 12. lehren. XXVII 1. What is the use of crying? You escaped unharmed. 2. If he had not abandoned me, I should have given him a fresh start. 3. It was intended to anger me. 4. If I could get at him, I would give him a whipping. 5. There is no doubt that he was rebuffed. 6. It is to be had for nothing. 7. Things have taken a new turn. 8. He is in reduced circumstances. 9. He always paid in advance. 10. I’ll take no orders from you. 11. I can not agree to that. 12. He makes a poor appearance.