1. I regret having left the newspapers at the workshop, but I shall send for them.
2. He regretted the turn for the worse in the market which compelled him to request us to ask our friend for a guarantee.
3. English manufacturers are not asleep.
4. They have been asleep for many years but now they are wide awake (se han despertado bien) to the necessity of adopting up-to-date methods (modernos, á la altura de los tiempos) and adapting themselves to the requirements of the consumers.
5. Manufacturers are selling every day but usually (generalmente) in small lots.
6. Shirting makers want more money and find difficulty in getting it.
7. Dhooties (dhooties) and jacconets are now so well sold that producers (productores) will only book (aceptan órdenes) at good prices.
8. Heavy textiles (telas) are too stiff for general attention (demasiado firmes para atraer á los compradores) but makers are not hungry for (ansiosos de obtener) orders.
9. Indian business was barely (apenas) of normal dimensions (proporciones).
10. Will you set the books on that shelf (estante) and set (colocar) those papers in order?