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34-9: =ochavo=: (1/8) half a _cuarto_.

34-10: =corrian la francachela=: _were carousing_.

35-1: =contaria=: cf. note _no habria andado_, p. 8, 6.

35-2: =dijerase=: in either member of a conditional sentence (i.e.
condition or conclusion) the simple tense may be substituted for the
compound one. Thus _dijerase_ = _se hubiera_ (or _habria_) _dicho_.

35-3: =alguna vez=: _sometimes_. _Vez_ is often used in the singular
with plural value. Cf. _rara vez_, rarely.

35-4: =Quien... quien=: are used as correlatives: _this one... that
one_. _Cual... cual_ are used in the same way. They then bear the
accent-- which otherwise is used only when _quien_ and _cual_ are
interrogative or exclamatory.