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LESSON X.—Commercial.

1. What business does he do?
2. I am a merchant,
3. Where is your hong?
4. What is it called? (its style).
5. How long have you been in business?
6. Call the comprador.
7. Have you made up your accounts?
8. I have not made them up clearly yet.
9. Every month you ought to make them up once.
10. This account is wrong.
11. It must be done over again.
12. Have these dollars been shroffed?
13. Call the shroff to shroff them.
14. If there are any bad ones, go and change them,
15. Weigh them. (Lit.—scale-passing-how-heavy.)
16. Ten of them are a little light.
17. Call the accountant.
18. Where is the tea-taster?
19. He is tasting tea.
20. What goods are these?
21. All miscellaneous goods.
22. Have they passed the Customs?
23. They have all passed.
24. He wants to open a new hong.
25. I'm afraid he'll lose his money (lit. capital).
26. There's not much business here.
27. Where is his shop?
28. Put these goods in the godown.
29. Tomorrow is Sunday; I shan't come.
30. When does the steamer leave?
31. How many passengers are there?
32. I want to send some letters (or a letter).