Heath's Modern Language Series: José

by Armando Palacio Valdés

[120.2] por si, if, in case.

[120.3] que... sacase un rédito, for him to set up a nice little shop and get an income from it.

[120.4] nada, nothing of the sort.

[120.5] cuatro días, a few, a couple of days. Cuatro is used as an indefinite numeral.

[120.6] al paso, going along, passing by.

[120.7] cartuchito, little paper [roll].

[120.8] los buenos tiempos de la casa de Austria, the 16th and 17th centuries, during which the Spanish branch of the house of Austria occupied the throne.

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[121.1] subían de punto, increased.

[121.2] por dos o tres veces, twice or thrice over.