LESSON XXVII
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De la mentira sale mucha veces la verdad.[27]
—BENAVENTE.
83. REVIEW EXERCISES
(a) 1. I have known him only a short time. 2. They returned last night at the usual time. 3. They will always need me and so I shall keep on sacrificing myself for them. 4. She is very pretty, isn't she? Yes, very. 5. I don't feel like playing with them now. 6. The least that it had cost him was money and time. 7. In one of the houses a lady was playing the organ. 8. He sat down like one who is not in a hurry. 9. They congregate there every day at the same time. 10. Without the money, I don't like to go to (acudir a) them. 11. It must be time for them to arrive.
(b) 1. Even so, they know very little about that man. 2. From time to time he walked toward the door. 3. They have ordered him to appear before them to-morrow. 4. It appears that I was not right when I told you that. 5. Don't go without me. I can't go without asking permission. 6. It has grown very dark. It must be going to rain. 7. Tell them it must be done. They must know that already. 8. We must get him what he needs even if it costs a lot of money. 9. We are very, very tired. We haven't had even a moment to rest all day. 10. You need not explain. I heard from your companions that you had been dismissed. 11. It must be dinner time. You must dine with us this evening.
(c) 1. Please tell them that I haven't enough even now. 2. I need even more than that, this very minute. 3. What's the weather like just now? Oh, it rains every now and then. 4. You will have to give me more time. I have only two made. 5. The only thing I need just now is a piece of soap. 6. The only thing I succeeded in getting from him was advice. 7. If only she were not so ill! But I hear that she is getting better. 8. I heard a lady singing. She sang like a nightingale. 9. If you mean that you like the way he acts (say, his manner of acting) toward others, you are crazy, I mean, you are not wise. 10. You are right. It must be he. He must have arrived this morning. 11. One mustn't think that all things are like these.