[53] comprar. Related Words: Compra, purchase; comprador, purchaser; gastar, to spend; ser parroquiano, or cliente, or consumidor, to be a customer; comprar al contado, to buy for cash; comprar a plazo, to buy on time.
[54] alimento y vestido. Note the omission of the article.
[55] toda persona civilizada, every civilized person. See I, 173.
[56] Note the position of the adjective.
[57] para. VARIANTS: A fin de; con el propósito de.
[58] objeto de venta, commercial article.
[59] personal, personnel. Related Words: Dueño, owner; socio principal, senior member of the firm; patrón, “boss”; gerente, manager; capataz, foreman; dependiente or vendedor, salesman; vendedora, shop girl; clerk; mancebo, shop boy; vigilante, inspector or floor walker; mandadero, errand boy.
[60] Note the agreement of persona and dueño.
[61] que no es raro, which is not unusual. VARIANTS: Que es frecuente; que se halla (or encuentra) a menudo.
[62] de primer orden. See 46. VARIANTS: De primera clase; de primera calidad; de importancia; principales; mayores; más grandes.