These are the answers not found in the back of German Quickly.

I have placed alternate

translations in parentheses, and I have placed some words in brackets to indicate that they
can be added to smooth out the translation. I have italicized words that students often
mistranslate.
Answer Key for German Quickly
1.2
a words peppermint, church mouse, ni!htin!ale, to dance
b proverbs "lood is thicker than water# The rats abandon the sinkin! ship# $ich people
have fat cats
c book titles %note that this is plural because there are lots of them# Buchtitel could
otherwise be either sin!ular or plural& The 'ivine (omedy# )amlet, *rince of
'enmark# All+s ,ell that -nds ,ell# Kin! .ear# ,aitin! for /odot# ,ho+s Afraid of
0ir!inia ,oolf# "arefoot in the *ark# The 1ld 2an and the 3ea
1.4 the sin!er# the university# the youth %boy&# the men# the apple# the writin!# the
house# the books# the ni!ht# the female students# the eye# the friendship# the
friendliness# the ladies# the !randfathers# the title# the weeks# the rules# the autos# the
names# the bears# the !irls# the revolution
2.5 she thinks# he finds# I for!et# they have# you are# they let6leave# I !ive# they are#
he has# I say# it heals# she does# you make# they help
2.7 du liest 8 you read %lesen&# es !eschieht 8 it happens %geschehen&# er wei9 8 he
knows %wissen&# sie l:9t 8 she lets6leaves %lassen&
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2. (hildren and fools speak the truth.
<. =o answer is also an answer
>. The doctor helps, nature heals.
?. The heart does not lie.
7. A !ood word finds a !ood place.
;. /ood conversation shortens the way.
12. I am a "erliner6 I am a @elly dou!hnut. %Aohn B. Kennedy said this in a speech he !ave
in "erlin. )e should have said Ich bin Berliner, but because he added the article ein, he
said CI am a @elly dou!hnut.D )is audience applauded him for tryin! to speak any
/erman at all.&
2.1E
1. B. 2. has two !ood cats.
2. 3he is beautiful.
<. The children are !ood.
>. )e helps a lot.
5. The doctor does not help.
2.12 these place names are strai!htforward# some are in the re!ular answer key
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1. *ractice makes the master. %1r *ractice makes perfect.&
2. The limpin! messen!er brin!s the truth.
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4. )aste breaks le!s.
7. Barmers love lon! sausa!es and short sermons.
;. 2isfortune has broad6wide feet.
1E. ,ork overcomes all difficulties.
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>. )aste is the mother of imperfection.
?. The eyes are the mirror of the soul.
4. (urses are the devil+s maFims.
1E. The youn! woman loves the friend of the doctor.
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1. ,inter does not harm the industrious hamster.
>. -verythin! tastes !ood to the hun!ry stomach.
5. The child tells the truth to the mother.
4. B.2. bakes an apple cake for the mailman.
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2. The mother and the children see the cow and the calves.
<. The child reads the children+s book.
?. The mother cooks the father and the child a !ood meal.
5. The professor shows the film to the students.
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1. $epetition is the mother of wisdom.
>. 'ili!ence is the father of fortune %happiness, luck&.
5. )ealth is the dau!hter of work.
4. A !uilty conscience is the foretaste of hell.
;. Time is the medicine of wrath.
1E. -ach thin! has two sides.
11. The father writes the dau!hter.
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1. The people often tell the truth.
>. The mailman does a lot.
?. -verythin! tastes !ood to the hun!ry man.
5. -ach friend of the mailman knows B.2.
4. .uck6fortune6happiness is all too short.
7. The answer is unclear to these students.
;. The cats are in the kitchen.
11. A !ood person has many friends. %=ote that Mensch could be a woman as well as a
man.&
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1. A hun!ry bear dances badly.
>. 3trict lords6masters6rulers do not rule for a lon! time.
?. Borbidden fruit is sweet.
7. An old wound bleeds easily.
1E. A !ood conscience is a soft pillow.
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12. 1ne hand washes the other.
1<. ,ork has bitter roots, but sweet fruit.
1?. The devil hinders and spoils the daily life and all !ifts of /od.
14. ,ind with dark clouds brin!s rain, and secret !ossip creates sour faces.
1;. B.2. kills the evil !nats. Gou know that B.2. is the sub@ect because the verb is
sin!ular and gnats is plural.
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1. The wine drinker often has a !uilty conscience.
2. The cats of B.2. are perhaps hun!ry.
>. A poor man has no friends.
5. ,hat is forbidden to the rulersH
4. -ven one enemy is too many.
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1. A faith without deed is like a field without seed.
<. .ove without love in return %reciprocal love& is like a Iuestion without an answer.
4. ,hat kind of man is the mailmanH
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1. )un!er drives the wolf out of the bush.
<. *assion is a !raspin! animal with sharp teeth.
>. I speak of ducks and you speak of !eese.
?. 2an does not live by bread alone.
4. (hildren are a brid!e to heaven.
;. Illness comes by special delivery and !oes away a!ain like snails.
11. )ope is a ship with a mast of straw.
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1. Time, ebb and flow %or time and tide& wait for no one.
>. /rass and misfortune !row over ni!ht.
5. In wine is the truth. %In vino veritas.&
4. The little herb CpatienceD does not !row in all !ardens.
7. 3orrow stands before the door and misery beats the drum.
;. 3leep brin!s no money into the house.
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2. The father of the mailman lives outside the city.
<. "ecause of the beautiful weather, B.2. is in a !ood mood.
>. Instead of a letter, B.2. !ets a present from the mailman.
5. 'urin! the drama, Waiting for Godot, the mailman becomes tired.
4. 1ne kisses the child often for the sake of the mother Jin order to please herK.
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<. -ach mile is JlikeK two in winter.
>. =o one %or none& amon! these students understands the philosophy of ).
5. In spite of his unhappy childhood, the mailman has much hope for the future.
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B.2. lives in /ermany, but she is not a typical /erman woman, for the /ermans are
mostly hardLworkin!, but B.2. is a little JbitK lazy. 3he remains at home with her cats and
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works partLtime as a matchmaker. %3he helps sin!les, and sometimes these JpeopleK
marry because of her help.& 3he receives many interestin! letters, and the mailman visits
her and speaks with her daily. B.2. and the mailman have different world views, and
their conversations are very lively for that reason.
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1. /od helps the worker.
<. 1ne does not write !ood deeds in the calendar.
?. The wolf eats an impertinent little sheep.
4. The last sentence belon!s to the accused.
;. A mouse fri!htens the !uilty one.
12. "ecause of the wool, one sheers the sheep.
1?. ,ho speaks all lan!ua!es and always retains the last wordH An echo.
15. ,hat is the name of the wife of HerculesH Answer Mrs.cules JThis is a pun with
Herr %2r.& and Frau %2rs.&.K
5.4
>. 'o you believe in love at first si!htH
5. Is a teacher without life %animation& like a cloud without rainH
4. Aoke only with people like you.
;. 'oes B.2. often let the cat out of the ba!H JAnswer yesMK
1?. Avoid your worries, and avoid pain# then life is a @oke
5.;
2. Is love always beautifulH
?. At midni!ht, a philosophically minded man thinks about the si!nificance of eFistence.
4. Bor whom is the lazy man waitin!H
7. ,hat is without fearH
4.>
1. Er findet es.
2. ie !eht ohne ihn.
4. Er hilft ihr!
4.5
1. ,hen B.2. sees the mailman with another woman, she becomes an!ry with him.
2. )e often helps them.
?. It is not clear to him.
4. They help him.
7. ,hen the mailman sees a student, he says C/ood dayD to her.
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2. Briendship has its limits.
>. .ittle Tom in !reat need
sin!s evenin!s for his supper,
sin!s for butter and for bread,
yet he does not have a knife,
and he does not !et a wife Jliterally and a wife, her he does not !etK
5. -ach flow has its ebb.
;. $epentance is a limpin! messen!er# it comes slowly, but surely.
1E. -very hair has its shadow and every ant has its wrath.
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11. .aziness !oes so slowly that poverty catches up with it.
1<. 3chool, as it is, dulls children because it distorts their spiritual6intellectual
capabilities.
1>. 0erily, I say unto you.
1?. .ove is like dew# it falls on roses and on nettles.
15. -very cloud has its silver linin!.
4.12
1. 3he makes him happy.
>. (aution saves you time %or saves time for you&
7. The child always wears his blue coat because it pleases him.
;. 3he does not know him.
12. 3he buys him an interestin! book.
1<. 3he sees my friend often.
1>. 'oesn+t he know usH
15. 1ur friendship is very important to me.

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<. 2isfortune speaks powerfully to the heart.
>. Bire in the heart brin!s smoke to the head.
;. ,hy are the footprints of the ele"hant roundH 3o that his feet fit in. J=ote that Elefant
is sin!ular because of vom.K
7.4 JAlthou!h this is a tedious eFercise, it is nonetheless %doch& usefulK
eine /ute 8 feminine nominative and accusative
der /ute 8 masculine nominative
die /ute 8 feminine nominative and accusative
die /uten 8 plural nominative and accusative
des /uten 8 masculine !enitive
dem /uten 8 dative masculine
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4. 2an+s life han!s by a thread.
7. The healthy and the sick have different thou!hts.
12. ,ho knows the old one %mas! acc!&
1<. B. 2. asks about the old ones %dat! "l!&
1>. )ope is the bread of the miserable one.
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2. =o wolf bites the other.
<. =o crown helps JforK a headache.
>. 2any paths lead to $ome.
?. There is no di!nity without a burden.
5. There are too many cooks in the kitchen.
4. -ven a blind person6man finds an acorn.
;. The person6man hopes as lon! as he lives.
11. The rulers never chan!e# only the names chan!e. J=ote that in the second clause, the
sub@ect is the names!K
$eadin! 3election The *roverb
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In every country, one hears proverbs. The followin! proverbs are probably already
familiar to you "lood is thicker than water# A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush#
and so forth %usw., etc.&
2ost proverbs are very old. 2any appear even in the "ible. Typical fi!ures of the
proverbs are the farmer, the kin!, the prince, the obedient wife, the doctor, the thief, the
saint, /od, and the devil. *roverbs often portray the desirable behavior of a respectable
person. 3uch a person works a lot, he fears %and loves& /od, and he is careful. )e is also
of the opinion, his luck may not last lon!.
In the proverbs, one also encounters many animals. Typical animals are the fowl, the
cow %and her calf&, the horse, the donkey, the do!, the cat, the mouse, the wolf, and the
foF. ome proverbs describe the relationship between the person and the animal.
-Famples are ,hen the rider amounts to nothin!, he !ives the blame to the horse %or
he blames the horse&# ,hoever hunts two rabbits at once captures neither %or none&. 1ld
hens make !ood soups# A barkin! do! does not bite.
=aturally, one finds still recurrin! themes in the proverbs. The observations about hope,
fortune, poverty and old a!e are especially interestin!. ,hen you now read the proverbs,
notice how different proverbs are treated.
1E.>
1. A threeLday !uest become a burden.
2. The mailman will !o to the zoo with B.2.
>. At some point the student will learn a forei!n lan!ua!e.
4. ,ill B.2. ever understand the world view of the mailmanH J*robably notMK
1E. ,hen the mountain does not come to the prophet, then he will !o to it. %will is added
to make the sentence more idiomatic# it is not absolutely necessary to add.&
11. ,anderer+s =i!htson!
1E.?
2. A !uest, like a fish, does not remain fresh for a lon! time.
<. 1ne day, they will help the poor.
>. *erhaps the students will study the philosophy of 3.
4. ,ho knows what the evenin! will brin!H
11.11
1. The thinner the do!, the fatter the fleas.
2. The sweetest !rapes han! the hi!hest.
<. The eyes are lar!er than the stomach.
11. 3leep after lunch is as healthy as a rotten fish. J=ote that faul means la#y when
referrin! to people, but rotten when referrin! to food.K
12. Bor the cobbler, the shoe is more important than the foot.
1<. There are more old wine drinkers than old doctors.
1?. The Jor AK lie is JlikeK a snowball# the lon!er one rolls it, the lar!er it becomes.
15. 'oes B. 2. become more and more beautiful with each dayH JIf you could not
translate this correctly, please refer to 11.>, towards the end of the eFplanation.K
14. .ove is stron!er than death.
17. A !ood reputation is more costly than !reat wealth, and attractive character is better
than silver and !old.
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11.12
<. )e is as hun!ry as a church mouse.
>. Bun costs more than it is worth.
?. 'octor 2oderation, 'octor Nuiet, and 'octor /ood (heer are the !reatest doctors.
JThe difference between $oktor and %r#t is that a $oktor could also be a person who has
a *h.'., while an %r#t is always a physician.K
7. -ach horse finds his pack the heaviest.
1E. The darker the ni!ht, the more beautiful the mornin!.
11.1< =ote that the followin! are superlative die schOnste Brau# die nettesten )unde#
am hOchsten
12.2
1. 3he asks about it.
<. )e speaks of6about it.
4. )e speaks a!ainst it.
1E. 3he is afraid of it.
12.5
2. 2arria!e is Jlike aK birdca!e. ,hoever is in it wants out.
>. ,here /od builds a church, the devil places a chapel neFt to it %namely a tavern&.
;. The youn! doctor does not always know what he is talkin! about.
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The director of the zoo is not an honest man. )e uses the animals merely as the means of
his own career. In his zoo, the !iraffe has a short neck, the porcupine has no Iuills, and
the raccoon does not wash %itself&. This situation is all the more de"lorable Jnote that um
so P a comparative Q all the moreK because often many school children !o to this zoo.
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"ut the director of the zoo has a secret plan. -lephants are, to be sure, very eFpensive.
Instead of a livin! animal, the zoo will therefore receive an elephant of rubber. Bor
everyone knows, elephants are very slu!!ish# thus a si!n will be placed in front of the
rubber elephant, on which is written, C-specially slu!!ish.D Jor one will place a si!nR
on which one writesRK
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Thus, the director of the zoo buys an elephant JmadeK of rubber. Then two employees
have the task of inflatin! it. "ut this task is impossible for them because the elephant is
simply too lar!e. ,hen the two men rest, they notice a !as pipe, and they come up with a
wonderful idea. They will inflate the rubber elephant with the !as from the !as pipe.
They do that, and the elephant immediately becomes very lar!e. The employees observe
the animal with @oy. "ecause it is now very late, the employees return home satisfied.
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1n the neFt mornin!, the director of the zoo places the elephant neFt to the monkey ca!e.
The si!n, C-specially slu!!ish 8 does not move at allD stands6is in front of it. In the
director+s opinion, the elephant is splendid.
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4
Amon! the first visitors of6to the zoo are many school children and their teacher. The
teacher has a !ood knowled!e of zoolo!y. )e eFplains much about the lar!eness and the
stren!th of the elephant.
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Binally, the rubber animal is found. It lies smashed to pieces on the !round in the vicinity
of a cactus plant.
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2. ,hoever !oes to bed with do!s !ets up with fleas.
<. A small pot soon overflows.
5. ,here elephants dance, the ants stay away.
7. Bear is often catchin!.
;. .ove your nei!hbors, but do not take down the fence.
1E. "utchers and pi!s do not a!ree.
12. A rollin! stone !athers no moss.
1<.1E
<. The father of the mailman complains about the behavior of his son.
>. ,hen the sun shines, the moon pales.
5. ,hen does B.2. eFpect the mailmanH
;. ,ho will tear the u!ly photo to piecesH
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!lauben, bewe!en, lOsen, lernen, !ehOren, setzen, le!en, loben, machen, hSten
kaufen, schauen, antworten, setzen, leisten, loben, lieben, hSten
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2. The old oF has also been a calf.
>. The /olden A!e eFisted at that time when !old did not yet eFist %or was not yet
available&
?. The devil was handsome in his youth.
5. C/ood and evil are the pre@udices of /od,D said the snake.
;. *ussycat, pussycat, what did you do thereH I fri!htened a little mouse under her chair.
1E. ,here did B.2. live three years agoH
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1. )ope has fallen into the well.
?. Today, one discovers what one did not know yesterday.
4. 2ore people have died from abundance than from poverty.
1E. *oor Aack )orner sat in a corner and ate his plum puddin!.
11. It was late evenin! when the stran!er arrived. The villa!e lay in deep snow.
12. In the be!innin!, /od created )eaven and earth.
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1. Tau!ht6educated fools are the best. JThey say the most interestin! stupid thin!s.K
<. *ainted windows do not make the room bri!ht. %gemalte is from malen 8 to paint&
>. Tninvited !uests do not belon! to the festival.
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1. )e follows the man.
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2. )e followed the man.
<. )e followed the man. %1r )e has followed the man&
>. )e had followed the man.
?. 3he tells the truth.
5. 3he told the truth.
4. 3he told the truth. %1r 3he has told the truth&
7. 3he had told the truth.
11. 3he sin!s the son!.
12. 3he san! the son!.
1<. 3he san! the son!. %1r 3he has sun! the son!.&
1>. 3he had sun! the son!.
1?. $id she sin! the son!H
14. They are often here.
17. ,as he hereH
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J/od tried6tested Abraham and spoke to him AbrahamM And he answered )ere I am.
And he spoke Take Isaac, your only son, whom you love, and !o %forth& to the country
of 2oria and sacrifice him there as a burnt offerin! on a mountain about which I will tell
you.
Then Abraham !ot up early in the mornin! and saddled his donkey and took with him
two servants and his son Isaac and split wood for the burnt offerin!, set out, and went to
the place about which /od had told him.
1n the third day, A raised up his eyes and saw the place from afar and spoke to his
servants 3tay here with the donkey. The boy and I will !o there, and when we have
prayed we will return to you.
And A took the wood for the burnt offerin! and placed it on his son Isaac. )e however
took the fire and the knife in his and, and the two went with each other. Jaber is Can
adverb of convenience,D sort of the literary eIuivalent of Cum.D ,hen this happens, it is
best translated as Chowever.DK
Then Isaac spoke to his father A 2y fatherM A answered )ere I am, my son. And he
spoke 3ee, here is fire and wood# but where is the sheep for the burnt offerin!H
A answered 2y son, /od will select a sheep for the burnt offerin!. And the two went
with each other.
And when they went to the place of which /od had told him, A built an altar there and
placed the wood on it and bound his son Isaac, placed him on the altar, up on the wood.
And he stretched out his hand and seized the knife so that he would be able to slay his
son.
Then an an!el of the lord from heaven called to him and said A, AM )e answered )ere
I am.
)e spoke 'o not place your hand on the boy and do not harm him %1r do nothin! to
him&, for now I know that you fear /od and have not spared your only son for my sake.
Then A raised up his eyes %aufheben& and saw6perceived a ram behind him with his horns
stuck and went there and sacrificed him in his son+s stead.
3in!ular or plural eFercises on pp. 125L24
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friendliness# the lon! list# the friendly poets# the cats# !ood children# the new lamp
the film# the !ood historian# of the old historians# in front of the youn! cat# the !ood
son!s of old musicians
with the ideas# for the man# with the students# without the friend# the children %dative&#
in the park
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friendly cats# in the woods6forest# the child of the old poet# the !ood children of the old
poets# the old poet# the !ood poets# the !ood poetesses
15.5
1. .awyers and soldiers are the devil+s playmates.
2. A !uilty conscience has the teeth of a wolf.
?. An industrious mother has lazy dau!hters.
4. The eyes seek what pleases the heart.
7. 2any strokes fell the !reat oak.
1E. /ood teachers have !ood students.
11. The observations of the old historians surprised B.2.
12. "eautiful birds have beautiful feathers.
1<. The snake lurks in the !rass.
1>. Bleas !et %come& even into the fur of an aristocrat+s do!.
(hapter 14 has a full answer key in the book.
17.2
>. A livin! do! is better than a dead lion.
?. In the !ame, there is no friendship.
4. The !reat indestructible miracle is human belief in miracles.
7. Bor /od, nothin! is impossible.
;. A !entle ton!ue is a tree of life, but a lyin! one brin!s sufferin!.
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comical# audible# friendless# twice# 3now ,hite# !oin!# brin!in!# unemployment#
optimism# realist# weekly# sunny# improvement# divine# childless# fully# westerly#
thankless# cosmetic# mi!hty# warmth# triviality
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2. 1ne cannot conceal love and cou!hin!.
<. The work indicates what the man can do.
>. In the months without CrD %2ay, Aune, Auly, Au!ust&, one should kiss little and drink a
lot.
4. B.2. wanted to improve herself# therefore she took a correspondence course and
studied !eo!raphy.
;. ,itches have red eyes and cannot see far, but they have a fine sense of smell like
animals and notice when people approach.
1E. ,hoever seeks the water of life must be able to thirst for a lon! time.
11. 'o not spit into the well if you still must drink from it.
1>. The mailman had to help B.2. with her homework.
1E
1?. Gou are permitted to eat of all the trees of the !arden# you are not permitted to eat
only from the tree of knowled!e of !ood and evil# for on the day on which you eat of it,
you must die.
$eadin! selection
*ara!raphs 2L4
CGes, =ovember,D said the other.
C3oon it will be (hristmas,D he said.
)e had bou!ht heatin! oil, he owned a winter coat, he was prepared for the winter, but he
was afraid. In winter, one is lost. In winter, everythin! terrible is possible, war for
eFample. In winter, one can lose one+s @ob, in winter, one catches cold. 1ne can protect
oneself a!ainst the winter JwithK scarf, coat collar, !loves. "ut it could become still
colder.
It is not worth it to say Csprin!D now.
The show windows are lit up, they fei!n warmth. "ut the church bells clank. In the
taverns, it is hot, at home, the children open the windows and leave the livin! room door
open, at the office, one for!ets his hat.
*ara!raph ;
"efore he leaves the house, he counts his money a!ain.
*ara!raph 11
Breezin! women are beautiful, women are beautiful.
*ara!raph 1<
C1ne will accustom oneself to the cold,D he said to the other. CGes, it has become colder,
=ovember,D said the other.
2E.1E
2. =o prophet can look at the other without lau!hin!.
?. /od closes no door without openin! another.
4. 1ne must leave on time, then one does not need to run.
1E. -ven in *aradise it is not !ood to be alone.
12. B.2. was in a condition of !reat eFcitement, and eFcited women tend always to say
somethin! more than necessary.
1<. )avin! !ood friends is a @oy.
15. -verythin! has its hour, and there is a time for every matter under the sun. A time for
birth and a time for death, a time to plant and a time rip out that which has been planted
%to harvest&, a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to rend and a time to build up, a time
to weep and a time to lau!h, a time to mourn and a time to dance, a time to cast away
stones and a time to !ather stones, a time to embrace and a time to refrain from
embracin!, a time to seek and a time to lose, a time to protect and a time to cast away, a
time to rip up and a time to sow, a time to be silent and a time to speak, a time to love and
a time to hate, a time of war, and a time of peace.
2E.11
1. The old man stands up in order to say somethin!.
2. This evenin! the mailman seems to want to write many eLmails.
<. Instead of workin!, B.2. wants to write a love poem.
>. B.2. does not need to study too much.
11
?. B.2. opens the door in order to !reet the mailman.
5. *eace cannot be lost.
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1. -ast or west, home is best. %.iterally at home, it is best&
2. -ither confess or burn.
?. *overty is neither scandal nor dishonor.
5. 3eek a wife not at the ball, but in the stable.
7. 3he said and did that.
11. without lookin! to the ri!ht or the left, he crossed over the street and climbed %up& the
steps of the cathedral.
12. The child is until his fifth year his mother+s master, until his tenth year, her servant,
until his fifteenth year her confidant, and then he is either her friend or her enemy.
22.?
2. .earn to be silentM .ife and death depend on it.
<. *raise is easier to obtain than to maintain.
>. 3u!!estions rise and set with the sun.
?. ,e came immediately and broke open the door. The man lay dead on the floor. )e
had a bullet %shot& wound in his head and a pistol in his hand. It seemed a clear case of
suicide.
5. 2any years a!o, B.2. had wanted to become an actress, but her mother was a!ainst it.
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?. In a park, a father !ave his children several bonbons.
5. A father with many children wanted to !o to a park.
4. A father went to a park with his children.
1E. In a park, a woman with many children could hear the son!s of the birds.
11. A woman played with her children in a park every day.
12. In a park, a woman will tell her friends a story.
1>. In a park, the woman with many children sin!s a son!.
1?. A year a!o, the friend of the woman often went to a park.
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The Kin!dom of heaven will be like ten vir!ins who took their lamps and went out to
meet the bride!room.
"ut five of them were foolish, and five were clever.
The foolish took their lamps, but they did not take JanyK oil with them.
The clever, however, took oil in their vessels to!ether with their lamps.
"ecause the bride!room was delayed, all !rew sleepy, and they fell asleep.
At midni!ht, however, a cry was heard 3ee, the bride!room comes# !o out to meet himM
Then the vir!ins all !ot up and trimmed their lamps.
The foolish, however, spoke to the clever /ive us JsomeK of your oil, for our lamps are
!oin! out.
Then the clever answered and said =o, the oil is not enou!h for us and for you# but !o
to the merchants and buy for yourselves.
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And when they went to buy, the bride!room came# and they who were ready went with
him to the weddin!# and the door was closed.
Binally the others also came and spoke .ord, .ord, open up for usM
)e answered, however, and said 0erily I say to you, I do not know you.
1n that account, watch out# for you Jihr is the informal you, pluralK know neither the
day, nor the hour in which the 3on of 2an will come.
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2. An ape remains an ape, even if he wears a !olden chain.
<. 1ne must make hay while the sun shines.
4. As lon! as a fool is silent, one considers him clever.
7. 3ome people pursue happiness and do not know that they have it at home.
;. ,hen two ride on one horse, one must sit behind.
12. ,hen a sheep leaps over the ditch, the remainin! ones will follow.
1<. As soon as we believe in morality, we condemn eFistence.
1>. ,hen he heard that J=ietzsche+s aphorism in U1<K, the mailman !rew furious.
1?. "ecause the mailman was furious, B.2. did not want to !o to the zoo with him.
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1. ,hoever talks a lot must know a lot, or lie.
2. ,hoever lives in hope dances without music.
<. ,hen the devil is sick, he wants to become a monk. ,hen he is healthy, he remains as
he is.
?. 1ne should easily for!ive whatever happens on account of poverty.
5. ,hatever heaven sends is a blessin! to the earth 8 even thunder and li!htnin!.
4. 1ne must take people as they are.
7. -verythin! that is a!ainst the conscience has harsh thorns.
1E. ,hoever loves B.2. also loves her cats.
11. ,hoever sticks nothin! on the fishhook captures nothin!.
12. ,hatever is dear to you is not distasteful to me.
1<. ,hoever wants to eat with the devil must have a lon! spoon.
1>. ,hen she discovered that 3now ,hite was still alive, the stepmother went into a
Iuite hidden, lonely room and made there a poisonous, poisonous apple. 1utwardly, it
looked beautiful, but whoever ate a little piece of it had to die.
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1. The cows that moo the most !ive the least milk.
<. I do not eFtin!uish the fire that does not burn me.
>. Time is the material out of which life is made.
;. The greatest step is the one out of the door.
11. ,e all wear masks, and the time comes at which we can no lon!er remove them
without removin! pieces of our skin alon! with them in so doin!.
1<. There is certainly no lan!ua!e in the world that is so unsystematic, so slippery to
!rasp. Jliterally in order to !rasp itK
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2. In a park that had many trees, a man heard the beautiful son!s of the birds.
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5. 1ften, a father who had two children wanted to !o to a park.
4. *erhaps the mother who had three children went with her children to a park.
7. In a park, a woman with three children, who wanted to play with each other, saw
beautiful flowers.
1E. In a park, B.2. will sin! a son! with her friend who is very hardLworkin!.
11. A year a!o, a friend of a hardLworkin! woman often went to a park that had beautiful
trees.
12. Bor three years, the student, who wanted to learn many lan!ua!es, lived in a lar!e
city.
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I0. )ere lay a heap of slain ones# here a voice still moaned under the rubbish# here,
people cried down from burnin! roofs# here, people and animals battled with the
undulations# here a coura!eous rescuer took pains to help# here, another one stood, pale
as death, and s"eechlessly stretched tremblin! hands to heaven.
0. In the meantime, the most beautiful ni!ht had descended, full of a wonderfully mild
scent, as silverLlustery and Iuiet as only a poet mi!ht dream of it.
0I. They found a splendid pome!ranate tree that widely spread its branches full of
fra!rant fruits# and the ni!htin!ale whistled in the treetops its deli!htfully pleasant son!.
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1. ,hat one says to oneself heaven hears like thunder.
<. The !ods themselves stru!!le in vain a!ainst stupidity.
>. Bortune does not help those who do not help themselves.
7. B.2. has no desire to !o to the zoo with her former sweetheart, for she must wash her
hair.
1E. (harity be!ins with oneself. %1r at home&
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2. ,hoever !oes astray on his way to school does not find his way his entire life.
4. B.2. relies more and more on the mailman.
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2. 'uke ,ilhelm von "reisach returned from a %1& meetin! %2& held %<& in ,orms with
the /erman emperor %>&.
>. Is the mailman a %1& man %2& persecuted %<& by fate %>&H
?. The woman seized a %1& !lass vase %2& filled %<& with lilies %>&, and flun! it into the
fireplace where it shattered into a thousand pieces.
4. *oseidon !rew bored with his seas. The trident fell from him. )e sat Iuietly by a
rocky coast, and a %1& sea!ull %2& dazed %<& by his presence %>& drew precarious circles
around his head.
;. The youn! !irl sat there Iuite Iuietly and tried with all her stren!th to suppress the %1&
tears %2& so unfamiliar %<& to her %>&.
1E. The man who loved the %1& woman %2& livin! %<& with many cats %>&, often had to !o
with her to the vet.
1>. A %1& cockroach %2& sprin!in! %<& hi!h into the air %>& fri!htened B.2. while she sat
with the mailman.
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1?. The mailman saw in the plucky %1& hippo %2& who had recently escaped %<& from the
zoo %>& a symbol of the cravin! for freedom of all people and animals.
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1nce there was an old !oat who had seven youn! little !oats. 1ne day, she wanted to !o
to the woods in order to !et somethin! to eat. Then she called her children into the house
and said C'ear children, I want to !o to the woods. If the wolf comes, you are not
permitted to let him into our little house. If he were to come in, he would eat you all.
The creature dis!uises himself well, but you will know him immediately by his voice and
his black feet. The children whom their mother loved very much said, C'ear mother, you
need not have any fear.D 3o the %1& old !oat %2& very confident %<& about the security of
her children %>& went happily to the woods.
3oon, someone knocked at the door and called C1pen up, dear children, your mother is
here and has brou!ht somethin! for each of you.D "ut the kids reco!nized that it was the
wolf. C,e won+t open up,D they called, Cyou are not our mother# she has a fine voice, but
your voice is rou!h. Gou are the wolf.D
*ara!raph > %end& Rand opened the door. "ut the wolf came in.
Then they all suffered mortal fear. Althou!h they hid well, the wolf found them
nevertheless and ate them up, one after the other. )e did not find only the youn!est !oat
who had hidden in the boF of the wall clock. After the wolf had eaten the siF, he went
away, lay down outside under one of the %1& many trees in front of the house %2& shaded
%<& by pines %>& and be!an to sleep.
3oon the old !oat came home a!ain from the woods. AlasM ,hat did she see thereH
-verythin! was strewn about. 3he looked for her children, but she did not find them.
3he called them all by name, but no one answered. Binally, when she called the name of
the youn!est, a fine %1& voice %2& very welcome %<& to her %>& answered C'ear mother, I
am in the clock boF.D 3he !ot him out, and he eFplained to her that the wolf had come
and had eaten the others.
Binally, she went out and the youn!est kid went with her. ,hen they came in front of the
house, the wolf lay there under the tree and snored loudly. C1h, /od,D she thou!ht,
Cperhaps my children are still aliveMD Then the youn!est kid had to !o to the house and
fetch scissors, needle, and thread. Then she cut the wolf+s belly open, and scarcely had
she made one cut when already a little !oat stuck his head out, and finally all siF spran!
out, and all were still alive. That was naturally a @oy to herM The old one said C=ow, let
us look for stones# we will fill the wolf+s belly with them while he is still sleepin!.D The
seven kids did that, and the old one sewed him up a!ain.
,hen the wolf awoke, he !ot up and because the %1& stones %2& placed %<& in his belly by
the youn! !oats %>& made him so thirsty, he wanted to !o to a well and drink. "ut when
he came to the well and wanted to drink, the stones pulled him into the well, and he had
to drown. ,hen the kids, who now were over@oyed, saw that, they went past and called
loudly, CThe wolf is deadMD and lau!hed and danced around the well with their mother.
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2. )i!h climbers and deep swimmers do not !row old.
?. $ome was not built in a day.
5. =o poor person should be despised, for (hrist was also poor on earth.
;. Briendship must be rewarded.
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1<. The affectionate cats of B.2. have often been petted.
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1. It is done.
2. It was done.
<. It has been done.
>. It had been done.
?. It must be done.
5. It had to be done.
4. It will be done.
7. The people are heard.
;. It is reco!nized.
1>. The pictures are seen.
14. The door was closed.
17. The !rammar is studied.
2E. 3he will !o to the library.
21. The fruit is eaten.
22. It was buried.
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2. The devil is not as black as he is painted.
<. Bor every pot, a cover is found.
5. .uck can be found. Keepin! it is an art.
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2. 1ne should not sell the bearskin before the bear is stabbed.
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"efore $abbi 2 of = reco!nized his callin!, he mana!ed a small trade6business. After
every trip that he took Jin orderK to sell his wares, he tended to save a little money in
order to buy an -tro! for the Beast of the Tabernacles. ,hen he had several rubles
to!ether, he went to the town and thou!ht incessantly on the way whether it would be
!ranted to him, amon! the %1& fruits %2& offered %<& there %>& to !et the most beautiful.
Then he saw a water salesman standin! in the middle of the street who !rieved for his
dead horse. )e dismounted and !ave the man all of his money so that he mi!ht buy
himself another one. C,hat difference does it makeHD he said lau!hin! to himself.
C-veryone will say the blessin! over the -tro!, and I will speak my blessin! about this
horse.D At home, he found a ma!nificent -tro!, which friends in the meantime had
bou!ht for him.
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1. A !uilty conscience constantly thinks, the wolf is behind the oven.
<. .on! live the Kin!M
7. The "ible salesman su!!ests .et us read the "ibleM
1E. ,hoever fears that he does too much always does too little.
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1. ,ithout music, life would be an error.
<. If he were here, she would be happy.
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4. If work were so fun and easy, then the mayor would do it himself.
;. If it had been possible to build the Tower of "abel without climbin! it, it would have
been permitted.
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<. If he were to write her an eLmail, she would be happy.
>. 3he looks as if she has much to do.
?. 3he looked as if she had done a lot.
;. If she were here, he would also be here. %1r ,ere she hereR&
1E. )e says he has many friends.
11. )e says he has many friends. %"ut we do not entirely believe him.&
12. 3he wished she had many friends.
1<. )e acted as if everythin! were in order.
1>. /od help himM %1r 2ay /od help him.&
1?. /od helps him.
17. If he had not lost his voice, he would sin! with us.
21. If the youn!est !oat had not hidden so well, it would have been found and eaten by
the wolf.
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<. *erhaps the man should have told his secret %his deli!ht in music boFes& to his wife.
>. ,ho would like to !o to 3witzerland with B.2.H
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2. ,ere foolishness the !out, one would see few people at the dance.
>. If chastity were to come to the dance, she would dance in !lass shoes.
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In the park, there was a swan. Its adornment was a swan. 1ne day, the swan had
vanished. )ooli!ans had stolen him.
The municipal park district procured a new swan. In order to spare it the fate of his
predecessor, a personal !uard was allotted to him.
*ara!raph ? The inn was filled with warmth and the smell of bakin!. The old man set
the swan opposite him on a chair in order to keep an eye on him. Then he ordered a
modest meal and a small !lass of vodka in order to warm himself.
*ara!raph 4 1n the neFt evenin! it was cold a!ain. The stars !listened especially
stron!ly and each star was like a cold nail in the warm, lonely heart of the old man. "ut
he fou!ht a!ainst the temptation.
*ara!raph 7 In the middle of the pond, the swan swam as a softly illuminatin! white
spot.
*ara!raph 1E Thus, he took the bird under his arm and proceeded into the inn.
*ara!raph 11 And a!ain an evenin! came, and a!ain melancholy overcame the old man.
"ut he had firmly decided not to !o to the inn. Gesterday, on the way home, the swan had
danced and sun! unbelievable thin!s.
*ara!raph 1< 1ne month later, the old man was fired, alon! with the swan. The swan
swayed in the water in broad dayli!ht. The mothers, who came to the park with their
small children in order to rest and to look at the bird had complained. 1n account of the
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children. Brom this, one infers that moral behavior is necessary even for the most modest
post.
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<. If need knocks, then love will open the door.
5. If an old do! barks, one should look up. %Bor an old do! does not bark irresponsibly.&
4. If one speaks of the wolf, then he is already lurkin! behind the bush.
;. If the mountain will not come to me, then I will !o to it.
1>. If the @u! falls on the stone, then it breaks to pieces# and if the stone falls on the @u!,
it also breaks to pieces.
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2. ,hoever does nothin! for others does nothin! for himself.
>. 1ne shares abundantly and has more and more# another is stin!y when he should not
be and becomes still poorer.
?. 1ne of the proverbs, which B.2. especially likes, !oes *eacock, look at your le!sM
5. =o one may escape his fate.
1E. There is nothin! new under the sun.
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,hat if one day or ni!ht a demon crept to you in your loneliest loneliness and said to
you CThis life as you live it now and have lived it you will have to live once a!ain and
still countless times, and there will be nothin! new to it, but rather every pain and every
@oy and every thou!ht and moan, and everythin! unspeakably small and lar!e of your life
must return to you, and everythin! in the same order 8 and likewise this spider and this
moonli!ht between the trees and I myself. The eternal hour!lass of eFistence is turned
over again and again, and you with it, little speck of dust of dust. ,ould you not cast
yourself down and !nash your teeth and curse the demon who so spokeH 1r have you
once eFperienced a wondrous moment when you would answer him, CGou are a /od, and
never have I heard anythin! more divine.D
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1. As one eats, so one also works.
<. The best peace is amon! e&uals.
5. 1n a note penned6written by the mailman to B.2. is written CI love you.D
11. B.2. and the mailman have !one to the city in order to !et married.
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2. Almost everythin! that B.2. does is a!reeable to her bride!room.
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