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nes =estar en su centro= as "to be comfortable and happy in a place or occupation." =77= 11 =condujera=: cf. n. on p. 41, l. 13. =79= 8 =Ministerio de Fomento=: the government department "which has charge of promoting advancement and improvement in agriculture, industry, commerce, and public works" (and, before 1900, education). =79= 25 =si no puedo=: cf. n. on p. 40, l. 34. =80= 14 =seremos=: R. 1195; K.703,_c_; C. 266. =80= 28 =un=, =82= 1 =unas=: cf. n. on p. 46, l. 3. =82= 11 =le dan=: cf. n. on p. 38, l. 6. =82= 26 =Asi le ahorcaran=: 'I wish they'd hang him!' or simply 'hang him!' Cf. n. on p. 4, l. 13. =83= 5 =fueron entrando=: cf. n. on p. 76, l. 31. =84= 21 =hasta donde alcanzara=: 'in so far as ... might suffice.' =85= 1 =Hastiado=: 'bored.' =85= 9 =empujara=: cf. n. on p. 41, l. 13. =85= 17 =carcomido=: cf. =cara carcomida= = face marked with smallpox. =85= 32 =hacer cocos=: properly, to signify love by looks or gestures. =86= 5 =Antinoo=: 'Antinoues,' a Bithynian youth loved by the Emperor Hadrian, proverbial as a paragon of beauty in the male sex. =86= 18 =paises=: 'parts.' =86= 23 =derechito=: dim. of =derecho=, 'all straight.'--=espigado=: 'tall.' =86= 24 =Tenorio=: 'Don Juan.' The legend of Don Juan, so famous in European literature by reason of Moliere's play (_Le festin de Pierre_), Byron's poem (which uses, however, hardly more than the name), and Mozart's opera (_Don Giovanni_), originated in Spain. The hero of it is there represented to have been a Sevillan of illustrious family, Don Juan Tenorio by name. The story first appears in a Franciscan chronicle of Seville, written in the 16th century. It then attracted the attention of the great Spanish dramatists of the end of the 16th and beginning of the 17th century. The first complete use of it for literary purposes was by Tirso de Molina (whose true name was Gabriel Tellez), in his play _El Burlador de Sevilla y el Convidado de Piedra_. =87= 5 =Estado Mayor de Plazas=: body of staff officers charged with the supervision of forts or strongholds (Fr. _etat-major des places_). =87= 6 =el 54=: in July, 1854, the main army being in the south fighting insurgents, the populace of Madrid defeated the soldiery in a bloody street battle of three days, and turned the government out of office. =87= 15 =seran=: cf. R. 1195; K. 703,_c_; C. 266. =87= 33 =Si se alimentan=: cf. n. on p. 40, l. 34. =88= 10 =entroncar con
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