Spanish Tales for Beginners

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[[35-14]] Luisa: see this name, and those that follow, in the Vocab.

[[35-15]] le tiró por los..., 'pulled his....'

[[35-18]] oí exclamar á Luisa=oí á Luisa que exclamaba.

[[35-30]] de su misma edad, 'of the same age as they.'

36.—[[36-2]] debía de ser, 'must have been.'

[[36-9]] visto lo cual por su amiga, 'her friend having observed this' (lit., 'which seen by her friend').]

[[36-11]] lo que la ponía, 'what made her.'

[[36-13]] ya no: see ya no, under ya, in Vocab.

[[36-16]] Mañana hace un mes que = hará ('it will be') un mes mañana que.

[[36-17]] Á mí... me: translate by an emphatic 'me.' The double construction is here used for emphasis.—toda la tarde la pasé=pasé toda la tarde. The redundant la is here used because the object precedes the verb.