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 * 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).