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 LESSON IX.—Commercial.


 * 1) How much is this?
 * 2)     (Lit. at what price do you sell this?)
 * 3) It’s too dear.
 * 4) I shan’t buy it.
 * 5) Have you any cheap ones?
 * 6) This is cheaper.
 * 7) There is a proverb which says:—
 * 8) Good things are not cheap:
 * 9) Cheap things are not good.
 * 10) This is business talk.
 * 11) You want to sell dear,
 * 12) So of course you say this.
 * 13) Have you any better ones?
 * 14) Bring them (for me) to see.
 * 15) If suitable, I shall buy.
 * 16) If they are a little dear, it won't matter.
 * 17) This is the best of its kind.
 * 18) There is nothing to compare with it.
 * 19) I think it’s imitation.
 * 20) It isn’t: it’s genuine,
 * 21) I am afraid it’s too old.
 * 22) This is no use.
 * 23) You don’t understand goods (i. e., know good from bad).
 * 24) He wants too much money.
 * 25) Tradesmen (or merchants) are not just.
 * 26) They all try to cheat people.
 * 27) There is another proverb which says:—
 * 28) Traders are three-parts (in ten) thieves.
 * 29) Don’t you get in a rage,
 * 30) I have a proverb which says:—
 * 31) If you keep your temper, you will get rich,
 * 32) Ah! you've no principle!