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80-5: =cuidado=: _take care_.

80-6: =Valencia=: a large seaport of eastern Spain. Its richly
colored paving tiles are its most famous specialty.

80-7: =de mas de vara en cuadro=: _more than a yard square_.

80-8: =so pena=: in this and a few other expressions the antiquated
preposition _so_ (= _bajo_, under) still survives.

80-9: =hay que excavar=: cf. note _lo que hay que hacer_, p. 12, 4.

80-10: =dice hubo trampa=: _says (that) there was some trickery_. The
conjunction _que_ is occasionally omitted after _decir_.

80-11: =tengo entendido=: cf. note _llevo echados_, p. 34, 1.