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8-4: =se los=: cf. note _se la_, p. 4, 6.

8-5: =iA la paz de Dios!=: (a familiar formula of leavetaking) _God
be with you, good-by_, etc.

8-6: =No habria andado=: _he could not have gone_. The conditional
mood is often employed to express conjecture as to a (usually) past
event, just as the future indicative is used to express conjecture about
a (usually) present event.

8-7: =volver pies atras=: _retrace his steps_.

9-1: =estupefacto=: words having originally an initial _s_ followed
by a consonant prefix an _e_ on becoming Spanish, as: _estupor_, stupor;
_escuela_, school.

9-2: =se echo... a la cara=: _brought up to a level with his face_.