He’s a chip off the old block for following in his father’s footsteps.

I have nothing against the girl (other than the fact she's a tab!), but it does strike me as a little daft!!

to purchase land, to purchase a house

Pepe's Food & Liquor […] carries a small stock of Brazilian goods, most importantly two kinds of cachaca, the rumlike sugarcane liquor critical to caipirinhas and batidas.