ucedio que se declaro en quiebra: It happened that he filed his
petition in bankruptcy.

In the sentences:

Me bastan diez libras: L10 are enough for me.
Me parecen justas sus razones: His reasons seem to me to be right.
Le sucedieron muchas desgracias: Many misfortunes happened to him.

the verb is =personal=, and this accounts for its being in the plural.
In "me bastan diez libras," "diez libras" is the subject.

The verb is impersonal when referring to a whole statement, as--

(Ello) es necesario: It is necessary.

Of _Haber_ and _Hacer_ as impersonal verbs, we have treated in Lesson
VIII and Lesson XVI.

We add here that _Hacer_ is used impersonally before certain nouns to
denote the state of the weather or of the temperature, as--

Hace calor, frio, lluvia, viento, sol, etc.: It is warm, cold, rainy,
windy, sunny, etc.

_Valer_ used impersonally = "to be better," as--

Mas vale asi: It is better so.

Expressions like "?Que se dira?" or "?que diran?" (What will people
say?) may also be called impersonal uses of the verb.

+--------------------+----------------------------------------+
| =Irregular Verbs= (_contd._). |
+--------------------+----------------------------------------+
| =Andar= (to walk, to go). |
|_Past Def._, | Anduve,-iste,-uvo,-uvimos-uvisteis-uvieron.|
+--------------------+----------------------------------------+
| =Dar= (to give). |
|_Pres. Indic._,| Doy,[132] das, da, damos, dais, dan. |
|_Pres. Subj._, | De, des, de, demos, deis, den. |
|_Past Def._, | Di, diste, dio, dimos, disteis, dieron. |
+--------------------+----------------------------------------+

[Footnote 132: Only 6 verbs in Spanish do not end in _o_ in the 1st pers.
sing., pres. indic., viz., Doy (I give), Soy (I am), Estoy (I am), Voy
(I see), He (I have), Se (I know).]

VOCABULARY.

=algo=, somewhat
=asunto=, matter
=calor=, heat
=carranclanes, guingas=, ginghams
=cerrar el trato=, to conclude the bargain
=cheques=, cheques
=circular=, to circulate, to go round
=cobrar=, to collect (money)
=comprometer=, to compromise
=costa=, coast
=cuesta=, slope
=cuidar=, to take care
=cuidarse=, to take care of oneself
=decididamente=, decidedly
=decidir=, to decide
=despues=, afterwards
=drogas=, drysalteries
=durante=, during
=faltar, hacer falta=, to be wanting,