1. The long and short of the matter is that (en pocas palabras) we had agreed he was to do it.
2. This is nothing short of dishonesty (esto se llama falta de honradez, nada menos).
3. No matter what he will say (diga lo que dijere) I am sure he will have to pay.
4. The estimate and the sketches attached reached us just in (á) time.
5. The cloth was run (plegada) in pieces of 20 yds. exactly, the consequence being that some pieces were found by the customer to be with cuts (cortes).
6. It is of no use (es inútil) our struggling any longer (por más tiempo) against adversity.
7. Your writing in that strain (en aquel tono) shows plainly that their action has cut you to the quick (profundamente).
8. By selling in time he managed (logró) to minimise the loss.
9. The shocking abuses that existed under the monarchy are being (se van) corrected by the Republican Government.
10. We shall show them that our firm is not to be trifled with.