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85-2: =no se te olvide=: cf. note _se me ha olvidado_, p. 51, 3.

85-3: =iQue si tenemos hijos!=: this may be rendered as an indirect
question dependent on the verb _pregunta_ (he asks) understood. In such
cases the redundant _que_ is generally used after the interrogative
verb. Cf. note _dices que cuando_, p. 5, 2.

85-4: =zambombo, tonel, desagradecido=: _lout, wine-cask, ingrate_.

85-5: =Virgen de las Angustias=: cf. the Latin: _Mater Dolorosa_.

85-6: =tirando un pellizco=: _suddenly pinching_.

86-1: =plaza fuerte=: _stronghold_. Ceuta is garrisoned by Spanish
troops.

86-2: =chilava=: a garment with a hood.