[141] Note the use of the verb in the singular.
[142] a la vista, in sight, in full view.
[143] mesa de trinchar, carving table; buffet. Extensively used in Latin America for trinchante, as it is called in Spain. In Spanish America, trinchante is used to designate the carving fork.
[144] con algún objeto, with some object. Compare with 108.
[145] la vajilla más fina. Note the superlative form, la ... más....
[146] Ya no, No longer. VARIANTS: Eso se usaba antiguamente (or en los tiempos antiguos, en los tiempos pasados, en tiempo viejo, antaño); eso ha pasado de moda (or a la historia), that has gone out of style, that has gone out of fashion.
[147] de miedo a, for fear of. VARIANT: Por temor a.
[148] diferencia alguna, any difference whatever. See 108.
[149] u hotel. See 114.
[150] americanos. Note the use here of the masculine form of the adjective.