Note 10 — Section 69. DESPATCH OF BUSINESS[1].
Reading edition
[1] Schnelle Geschäftserledigung.
[2] Use the 2nd pers. sing. Personal and Possessive Pronouns used in letters, and referring to the person addressed, require a capital initial in German.
[3] to beware of stumbling over a propensity, sich hüten, einem Hange zu verfallen. See S. 1, N. 3, and S. 34, N. 10.
[4] beschleichen.
[5] from the habit, wenn Du Dich daran gewöhnst.
[6] ‘to employ’, here aus´füllen.
[7] Supply here the pronominal adverb damit.
[8] bezeichnend.
[9] Zeitvergeudung.
[10] was.
[11] is to be done = must be done. See S. 62, N. 4, and S. 2, N. 1.
[12] choose your hours of recreation (Erholungsstunde, f.).
[13] business = work, which use with the def. art.
[14] it = the same.
[15] to be under march, auf dem Marsch begriffen sein.
[16] to be thrown in confusion, in Unordnung geraten.
[17] The verb must be in the singular after a collective noun in the singular.
[18] ‘to move’, here fort´marschieren.
[19] gleichmäßig.
[20] Say ‘And so it is likewise (auch) with business (Arbeit)’.
[21] If — hand, Wenn die gerade vorliegende Arbeit.
[22] stetig.
[23] erledigen.
[24] other — accumulate, so häufen sich inzwischen andere Sachen an.
[25] die Arbeiten, after which place the words ‘all at once’, alle auf einmal. For the place of the verbs see App. § 19.
[26] can — confusion, der Verwirrung gewachsen ist.