1. I was a young girl.
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2. I used to swim like a fish.
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3. My shoulders were wider
than any boy's in San Felipe.
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4. I'd go swimming
on the slightest whim.
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5. None of the boys had
the nerve to follow me.
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6. They'd shout from the beach,
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7. "Sharks, Clotilde!
Come back before they eat you!"
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8. Then, they'd sing:
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9. "Come back, my love
Back into my arms"
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10. No shark ever got near me.
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11. Sometimes,
I'd take my oldest boy.
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12. I'd leave him sitting on the rocks,
and go in for a swim.
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13. I never wanted to come back.
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14. But I always did.
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15. Poor Jójó, he'd cried so hard
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16. he'd almost fall off the rocks,
holding his arms out to me.
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17. I'd swim back close to the beach
and float there
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18. and watch him cry.
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19. Sometimes, he seemed like
he'd burst crying.
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20. But he never did.
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21. I'd sit with him until
the sun went down.
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22. I knew the boys were watching me
from above.
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23. But they'd give up,
and stop singing.
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24. aka COLOSSAL YOUTH
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25. Bete!
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26. Your mother's gone.
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27. She doesn't love me anymore.
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28. She won't spend the rest
of her life with me.
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29. She doesn't want the new house.
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30. I've been having this nightmare
for more than 30 years.
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31. It started in the sheds
of the Social Housing Institute
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32. on the Amadeu Gaudéncio
construction site.
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33. The anxiety tormented me
night after night.
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34. Venture, you got the wrong door.
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35. No, I don't.
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36. I used to get it wrong all the time.
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37. I'd come back drunk from work
and collapse into a strange bed.
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38. I'd walk into Totinha's house,
Nina's house, Maria's house
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39. and I'd fall in a heap. Even snore.
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40. They'd take me home at dawn.
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41. All doors looked the same back then.
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42. You got the wrong door
and the wrong daughter.
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43. When your mother had a child,
she'd pray it wouldn't be a drunk.
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44. She doesn't love me anymore.
She doesn't love anyone.
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45. She doesn't love her children.
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46. - How's it going?
- Good.
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47. - See you, Xana.
- See you, Ventura.
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48. - Not hungry?
- No.
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49. I didn't have supper last night.
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50. Your mother left me.
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51. She stabbed me with a knife.
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52. The blood's already dry.
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53. The woman wrecked the house.
The bed, the wardrobe...
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54. She destroyed everything.
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55. She took the new suitcase,
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56. all my embroidered shirts
and my jackets...
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57. She just left a few things.
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58. Really?
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59. In the bathtub, I think.
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60. She wrecked thousands in furniture.
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61. What woman?
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62. She had Clotilde's face,
but it wasn't her.
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63. I don't know if it was Clotilde
or another woman I slept with.
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64. - Eat.
- Sure.
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65. Vanda!
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66. Where do you live?
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67. What do you want, Ventura?
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68. - They gave you a basement flat?
- Yeah. What do you want?
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69. A beer.
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70. - You got money?
- Sure.
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71. Your mother didn't come home?
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72. Look, it's stealing its food.
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73. She didn't sleep here last night?
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74. Look at the little monkey.
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75. She took the suitcase and left.
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76. Ventura, my mother's buried
at Amadora Cemetery.
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77. I looked for her all over.
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78. What can I do about it?
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79. I also want lots of things
I don't have...
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80. Reducing the methadone.
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81. No more pain.
No more suffering.
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82. I want to be at peace.
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83. I want my daughter with me,
but I don't have her.
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84. I want unemployment benefits
but I don't get them.
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85. - You still get nothing?
- Nope.
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86. I haven't had a thing
in 15 months.
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87. I'd like some cash
so I can eat shrimp.
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88. You still have something.
Not much, but you do.
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89. I want to have some luck
but I have none!
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90. If my mother was still alive,
I wouldn't be like this.
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91. That's for sure.
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92. Shit! Why'd I wipe my eyes
with those Dodots?
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93. Good for me!
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94. - Dodots?
- Yep.
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95. I wiped my eyes with them.
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96. Look at that snake! Christ!
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97. Anaconda.
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98. Look at that.
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99. It swallowed it whole.
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100. Dodots?
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101. Look at the size of it, Papa!
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102. 40 feet.
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103. He got it!
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104. Look, a crocodile.
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105. Dodots?
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106. Yeah, Dodots.
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107. No more Mr Crocodile!
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108. Dead as a doornail.
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109. Did you see the size of its jaws?
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110. What are Dodots?
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111. They're towelettes
for wiping babies' bottoms.
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112. Look.
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113. You've never seen Dodots?
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114. - Nappies?
- Yeah.
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115. Look at that crocodile
and those huge jaws!
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116. See you, daughter.
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117. See you, Papa.
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118. You're gonna eat this one.
Three points.
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119. This one too.
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120. Seven.
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121. Nine.
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122. Twenty.
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123. I need you to write
for me to my wife.
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124. - To send her money?
- To tell her I miss her.
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125. It's Arcângela's birthday on 4th December,
and mine on the 5th.
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126. A sort of love letter.
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127. Nha cretcheu, my love,
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128. being together again will brighten
our lives for at least 30 years.
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129. I'll come back to you
strong and loving.
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130. I wish I could offer you
100,000 cigarettes,
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131. a dozen fancy dresses,
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132. a car,
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133. that little lava house
you always dreamed of,
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134. a threepenny bouquet.
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135. But most of all,
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136. drink a bottle of good wine
and think of me.
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137. Here, it's nothing but work.
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138. There are over a hundred of us now.
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139. 77 points.
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140. 43.
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141. And after that?
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142. - Take a pen.
- There are no pens in the shack.
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143. There are no pens in the shack?
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144. That's sad.
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145. Lento?
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146. You asleep, Lento?
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147. Listen good.
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148. Being together again will brighten
our lives for at least 30 years.
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149. I'll come back to you
strong and loving.
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150. I wish I could offer you
100,000 cigarettes,
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151. a dozen fancy dresses,
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152. a car,
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153. that little lava house
you always dreamed of,
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154. a threepenny bouquet.
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155. But most of all,
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156. drink a bottle of good wine
and think of me.
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157. Here, it's nothing but work.
There are over a hundred of us now.
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158. That's a beautiful letter.
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159. Yeah, a beautiful letter, Lento.
Learn it by heart.
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160. Good night, Lento.
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161. Good night, Ventura.
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162. I bought chicken.
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163. Mr Ventura?
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164. That's me alright.
Labourer, retired.
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165. André Semedo, locksmith,
transferred to the administration.
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166. - North or south islands?
- Totally south!
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167. Chan do Monte, Aguas Padres,
Santa Catarina.
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168. Principal, Chã da Horta, Tarrafal.
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169. Your wife's not coming?
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170. 3pm, 1 November, 2001.
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171. Fourth floor, right.
The flat is full of light.
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172. My head's spinning.
I'm aching all over.
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173. I can't open it.
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174. Temple, shack, household god.
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175. How lucky to be protected
by the household gods.
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176. It's too small.
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177. - I want bedrooms for my children.
- Bring me their papers.
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178. There's no mention of children
in your file.
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179. - I want bedrooms.
- How many?
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180. A bunch of rooms.
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181. Everyone asks for rooms.
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182. I need them more than others.
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183. When I had my daughter,
I had pains for over three days.
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184. Pains?
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185. In my back. All over.
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186. I said to my husband,
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187. "I can't stand it.
But I'm not due yet."
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188. "Careful, darling!
Don't give birth here.
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189. "If you're feeling bad,
we'll go to the hospital."
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190. I suffered three days.
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191. I didn't want to go.
I was scared.
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192. It was a Saturday.
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193. I had my daughter on a Saturday.
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194. I went...
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195. The nurse held me back -
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196. "You're not going anywhere."
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197. I said, "Excuse me?
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198. "But I've got to go home, miss.
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199. "Why can't I?"
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200. "Because the baby's head
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201. "But I'm all alone here!
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202. "I have to get my husband.
I don't know his phone number."
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203. And she said,
"You're not leaving here.
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204. "Give me your address.
I'll send someone."
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205. And I was in such pain! Christ!
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206. Waves of pain every ten minutes.
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207. So I said,
"Ow! It hurts so bad!"
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208. The pains were coming
twice as fast.
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209. "Listen, it's getting worse."
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210. "You're having your baby
and you...
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211. "Come with me."
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212. So I went.
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213. They put me in the delivery room
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214. and put this thing on my belly.
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215. I had the same belly I have now.
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216. I didn't even have a belly.
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217. It was the same as it is now.
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218. They put this CTG on me.
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219. It's a kind of belt.
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220. And I went, "Oh!
Get this crap off me! It hurts!"
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221. "We can't, ma?“
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222. "It's to hear the baby's heart!"
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223. "Take it off!" I said!
"Or else, I will!"
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224. "But, ma'am, you can't take it off."
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225. When I realised I was stuck,
I said,
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226. "My husband's outside.
Go and get him."
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227. "You were alone
and now your husband's here?"
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228. "He's just outside. Go get him.
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229. - "What's your husband's name?"
- "Paulo Jorge."
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230. He came in -
"What is it, darling?"
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231. "I can't stand it here.
It hurts too much.
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232. "Help me, darling. It hurts!"
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233. Then an Indian came in.
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234. Plus my husband and five others.
Seven in all.
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235. The Indian got on top of me,
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236. because when I pushed,
my daughter moved up here.
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237. It was hard.
She was like a little mouse.
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238. Otherwise, she'd have come out quicker.
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239. But the small ones
all come up this way.
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240. And the doctor said,
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241. "We have to do something.
She can't take anymore."
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242. And all those guys on top of me,
with their knees and hands.
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243. They went like this,
they pushed and pushed...
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244. until the child came out...
Whoosh!
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245. Once she was out,
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246. or if it was a boy or a girl.
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247. I never saw her again.
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248. They said, "You're not going anywhere.
You're sick."
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249. "I'm not fucking sick!
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250. "Get the hell out of here,
you little whores!"
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251. And my husband says,
"Insulting the ladies now?
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252. "Shut up. You're staying here."
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253. And me, all stitched up as I was,
I couldn't even walk.
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254. Otherwise, I'd have run.
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255. I wouldn't have hesitated.
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256. They put me in a room.
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257. First, on a gurney,
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258. next to another girl
who'd just delivered.
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259. She was young, too.
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260. We didn't have pillows.
We had to lie flat.
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261. So the blood could circulate.
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262. Sol raised myself up like this and said,
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263. "I'm starving."
And she said, "You can't eat."
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264. "Miss, give me something.
I'm starving!"
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265. The girl next to me said,
"You can't eat anything.
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266. "Lie back down
so the blood doesn't go to your head."
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267. "Well then,
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268. I felt nauseous.
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269. And I couldn't walk
because of the stitches.
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270. When Hooked up...
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271. An hour later,
they came for the gurney
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272. and took me God knows where.
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273. I crossed the whole Amadora Hospital
on a gurney.
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274. The doctor pushed me.
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275. We took an elevator.
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276. Then we took another one
and ended up on the sixth floor.
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277. All alone in a room!
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278. All alone.
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279. I swear by my mother's soul,
by my daughter's health!
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280. By my mother's soul!
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281. I was left alone in a room.
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282. And I cried every day.
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283. My God! All I had was a TV.
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284. I never saw the doctor's face,
just his eyes.
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285. They all wore masks.
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286. I asked them,
"Why are you wearing those?
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287. "Am I that sick?
What's the matter with me?"
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288. "Nothing much.
You just have a spot on your lung
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289. "and we have to be careful.
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290. "For your health and for ours."
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291. Did I cry!
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292. One day, I said to my husband,
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293. "Get me out of here
before I jump out the window.
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294. "I'll kill myself.
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295. "Like our neighbour did yesterday.
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296. "I'll kill myself."
My husband got scared.
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297. He told them,
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298. "Keep an eye on her.
She'll kill herself with the oxygen."
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299. I had one of those oxygen things,
there on the wall.
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300. If you open it, it's like gas.
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301. Alone in a room, without doors
or windows, nothing.
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302. Locked in. I could have died.
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303. "I'll open the bottle
and they'll find me stiff.
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304. "Get me out of here, honey.
I feel better now.
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305. "I want to leave, darling."
And I cried...
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306. Then, one day:
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307. "So you won't let me out?
Alright then!
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308. "Where is my daughter?"
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309. I asked the doctor, a Spanish lady.
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310. She said, "She's in an incubator.
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311. "You can't see her yet."
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312. "I can't see my daughter?
You bet I can!"
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313. "No you can't."
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314. I let her leave,
and I put my mask on.
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315. And I put on those paper slippers
they have...
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316. You know, those paper slippers...
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317. I slipped them on.
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318. When they found me,
I was already with my daughter.
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319. "Why can't I see her?
I have to get to know her.
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320. "You took her away.
I hadn't even seen her face."
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321. "You're out of your mind!
You've no right to be here!"
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322. "What do you mean?"
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323. From then on,
they came every day and took me
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325. Me in a wheelchair!
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326. I went to see my baby girl.
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327. But it was so painful.
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328. She was in need, just like me.
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329. She jerked up and down
in that fucking incubator!
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330. You know, those glass incubators.
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331. She kept jerking up and down
and hitting the glass.
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332. That'll stay with me.
I'll never forget that, ever.
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333. Shit.
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334. But, thank God, my girl's fine.
It's a real miracle.
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335. She just has trouble breathing.
But it could've been worse.
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336. May God help you both.
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337. Raising them is hard,
but it's worth it.
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338. It's true.
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339. Now they're the ones...
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340. Yours are grown.
Now they're the ones...
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341. - They all help me!
- You see! It's true.
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342. My daughter helped me a lot.
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343. Without her,
I'd still be hooked, Papa!
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344. That's hardly a life!
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and my husband,
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346. I'd still be on drugs.
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347. - You'd be dead, too.
- I sure would.
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348. I swear it.
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349. My daughter gave me such courage.
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350. God knows how much
my husband helped me.
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351. If I told you his life story,
all he's done for me...
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352. No man would do that. No man!
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353. He didn't even know
about the drugs.
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354. I'd send him to buy them.
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355. I'd say, "Go to such
and such a place,
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356. "and ask to speak
to such a person." Shit.
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357. That's why I love him so much.
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358. He helped me so much.
Maybe too much.
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359. Are you off drugs, Zita -
I mean - Vanda?
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360. Absolutely, it's been almost two years.
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361. If I hadn't stopped,
I wouldn't be like this.
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362. Papa, honestly!
That's life.
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364. Today's 3 holiday.
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365. In my time,
we didn't work on holidays.
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366. Some more rice?
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367. That's enough.
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368. How are things at home?
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369. - Come for lunch Sunday?
- Alright.
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370. And your wife?
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371. Your daughter?
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372. She's grown.
She's at day care now.
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373. When you were small,
I took you to school,
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376. up that way, by the supermarket.
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377. I'd come home exhausted.
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378. My love,
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379. being together again will brighten
our lives for at least 30 years.
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380. I'll come back to you
strong and loving.
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381. I wish I could offer you
100,000 cigarettes,
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382. a dozen fancy dresses.
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383. But most of all,
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384. drink a bottle of good wine
and think of me.
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385. Here, it's nothing but work.
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386. There are over a hundred of us now.
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387. Still nothing from you.
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388. Some other time.
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389. Hurry up, ventured Let's go.
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390. I'm waiting.
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391. Every day, every minute,
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392. I learn beautiful new words
for you and me alone.
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393. Still nothing from you.
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395. 19 August, 1972.
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396. I was on a big jet
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397. with 400 immigrants,
plus the young girls,
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398. me and my cousin Augusto.
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399. Once up in the sky,
he started to cry.
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400. They served us horse steak
with Castelo Branco wine.
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401. He didn't eat.
late his portion.
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402. At the airport, we met his uncle.
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403. He took us to Salitre Street.
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404. The next day, we started
with Construção Técnica,
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405. at the Borges Brothers Bank
downtown.
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406. I earned 1,800 escudos
every two weeks.
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407. At the shacks, a parrot sang,
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408. "Nigger! Nigger! Your stinking face!"
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409. I went to work for Amadeu Gaudêncio.
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410. They sent me here
to the Gulbenkian.
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411. I earned 7,500 escudos,
plus overtime.
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412. I made 16,000
plus the Christmas bonus.
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413. This was all brushwood here.
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414. Me and Correia the mason cleared
it all away with the eucalyptus.
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415. Me and Correia the mason
laid down sewage pipes.
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416. Me and Anténio the tiler
laid the stone and tiles.
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417. There were clouds of frogs here.
Thousands of them.
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418. Once, we set up the statues
of Mr Gulbenkian and the penguin.
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419. At their feet, the ground was muddy.
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420. We planted grass to pretty it up.
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421. We watered it.
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422. They say Mr Gulbenkian
has lots of oil,
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423. and lots of heirs.
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424. Guarding this isn't like
guarding the mall back home.
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425. Here, you need an iron hand
in a velvet glove.
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426. Over there, it's all an iron hand,
nothing but poverty.
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427. Blacks, whites, gypsies,
old people, children. They all steal.
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428. So much hunger and gloom
it makes you uneasy.
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429. I know what I'm talking about.
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430. Here it's another world.
An ancient, easy world.
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431. No-one shouts or runs
or spits on the ground.
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are sacred to me...
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435. There's trouble when someone
like you turns up.
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436. But you don't see people
like us here often.
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437. We're left in peace.
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438. I have to make a living.
I became a father last month.
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439. - Your first child?
- Yes.
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440. - A boy or a girl?
- A girl. Her name's Thaïs.
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441. I took a spill there.
I slipped and fell off the scaffold.
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442. Shall we play a hand?
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443. I'll make some food.
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444. Come and play.
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445. I'm gonna make an egg sandwich.
Want some?
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446. Sit down and play.
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447. Get this into your head!
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448. Nha cretcheu, my love,
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449. being together again
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450. will brighten our lives
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451. for at least 30 years.
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452. You need rest.
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453. I'll come back to you
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454. strong and loving.
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455. I wish I could offer you
100,000 cigarettes,
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456. a dozen fancy dresses,
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457. a car,
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458. that little lava house
you always dreamed of,
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459. a threepenny bouquet.
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460. You need to relax.
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461. But most of all,
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462. drink a bottle of good wine
and think of me.
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463. Here, it's nothing but work.
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464. There are over a hundred of us now.
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465. Two days ago, for my birthday,
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466. I thought about you for a long while.
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467. Did my letter arrive safely?
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468. Still nothing from you.
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469. I'm waiting.
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470. I'm waiting.
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471. Every day,
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472. every minute,
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473. I learn new beautiful words,
just for you and me,
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474. made to fit us both,
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475. like fine silk pyjamas.
Wouldn't you like that?
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476. I can only send you
one letter a month.
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477. Still nothing from you.
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478. Some other time.
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479. You're tough.
You always beat me.
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480. Lucky you had your hard hat.
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481. - Why?
- You didn't hurt your head.
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482. A green pen and a black pen.
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483. I'm hungry. Aren't you?
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484. Raise your arms
and shout "Freedom!"
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485. Shout, oh independent people!
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486. Shout, oh liberated people!
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487. Shout, oh independent people!
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488. Shout, oh liberated people!
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489. The fifth of July means freedom -
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490. The fifth of July, the road to happiness -
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491. The fifth of July means freedom -
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492. "Long live Cabral!"
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493. Freedom fighter for our nation...
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494. "Long live Cabral!"
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495. Freedom fighter for our nation...
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496. Mama!
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497. Alright?
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498. Mama is sick.
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499. See how my daughter said,
"Alright?"
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500. It's as if she'd said,
"So, Mama,
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501. "are you well?"
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502. My little girl...
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503. Mama just wants to raise you.
Then I can die.
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504. It's over. I'm better now.
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505. Look at your baby booties.
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506. Look at the little suitcase.
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507. Today, I'm visiting my other daughter.
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508. - Who's that?
- Bete.
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509. She still in Fontafnhas?
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510. She's waiting for housing.
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511. - She likes shrimp too.
- Does she?
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512. She likes them?
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513. Not as much as you
but she's crazy about them.
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514. Then I have to see her,
so we buy two pounds each.
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515. We'll eat until we get stuffed.
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516. As soon as I see her, I'll tell her.
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517. See, Papa, just three spurts of this
and it goes away just like that.
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518. Use it all the time.
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519. I'd better not
or it'll become a habit.
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520. When everything's closed up,
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521. I get edgy.
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522. It's like that when you can't breathe.
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523. I can't take the elevator.
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524. I use them, but I get nervous!
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525. It scares me, I don't know why.
I shake all over.
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526. Here, dear!
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527. Listen to Mama, baby.
Mama is turning it on.
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528. But when Frank/in comes on,
I'll turn it off, alright?
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529. My daughter asks me, "Alright?"
Poor little thing!
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530. She feels what I feel.
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531. Dance, baby! Dance!
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532. Dance! Shake your ass! Like this!
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533. How does it go?
No. Your hips!
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534. She's worried.
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535. I can tell she's nervous.
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536. Look at her face!
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537. Ba by, Franklin is coming on.
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538. Mama is sick.
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539. You know, Bia... Look at me.
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540. Mama doesn't think
she can raise you.
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541. Look at her dance!
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542. Dance, baby!
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543. How did Mama teach you?
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544. Mama can't raise her child.
Mama is sick.
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545. Sing, baby.
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546. Your mouth is full, you little piggy.
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547. Dance, baby!
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548. She's mad.
She saw how sick I am.
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549. Look, Franklin!
Let's turn that off now, okay?
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550. That's it!
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551. Look at Franklin!
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552. - Papa, look, it's Franklin.
- There he is.
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553. How dearly I love you
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554. How dearly I love my mother,
O flower
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555. I love you dearly
For our happiness
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556. You know you have a dead son.
Do you remember his name or age?
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557. The one who drifted
from door to door.
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558. No-one helped him.
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559. The other day,
I had breakfast at the coffee shop.
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560. There were some workers there.
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561. They were discussing
a work site in Porto
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562. and mentioned a worker named Nhurro
who worked in Porto.
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563. But I doubt my brother is alive.
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564. Remember the day
you were in the vegetable garden
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565. digging up potatoes
and you cut him with the hoe?
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566. Like this living-room furniture?
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567. I also have a nice bedroom set.
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568. I don't need one.
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569. Are you clean, Nhurro?
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570. I'm not the same Nhurro
you left in that hole,
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571. in that shanty town.
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572. But being really clean...
No-one can claim that.
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573. Being clean means
eating four full meals,
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574. not stealing,
not wiping car windows,
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575. having a decent job,
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576. learning the ropes.
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577. Fontainhas...
they razed it already?
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578. There's nothing
but dirt, weeds, and rats.
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579. They relocated everyone?
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580. Bete is the only one left.
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581. I'm here with you
but my mind is back there,
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582. with my mother.
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583. She hasn't had a drink
in three weeks.
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584. She's going through withdrawal.
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585. She phoned me and said,
"When will you come visit?
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586. "When will you come see your mother?"
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587. Every time I say, "Mama,
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588. "it's a problem.
There's no-one to replace me.
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589. "But the first chance I have,
I'll come see you."
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590. She said, "Son, the cachupa
is on the stove.
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591. "It's hot. I'm expecting you."
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592. She's already been relocated.
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593. I have to open her water
and electricity accounts,
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594. get some lamps,
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595. a water heater, a stove,
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596. a washing machine, carpeting,
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597. clean everything up...
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598. My father also called me -
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599. "Son, I have my ticket
for a week from now.
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600. "Hold on, Papa.
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601. "I'm coming to help you,
to calla taxi,
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602. "carry the luggage,
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603. "take you to the airport,
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604. "help you check in,
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605. "weigh the luggage,
since you can't read.
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606. "Then, if we have time,
we'll go have a beer,
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607. "like father and son.
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608. "I know you hoped to return
to Cape Verde to die.
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609. "Mama thinks
you'll come back some day.
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610. "As for me, I don't know."
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611. Nha cretcheu, my love,
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612. being together again
will brighten our lives
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613. for at least 30 years.
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614. I'll come back to you
strong and loving.
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615. I wish I could offer you
100,000 cigarettes,
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616. a dozen fancy dresses,
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617. a car,
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618. that little lava house
you always dreamed of,
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619. a threepenny bouquet.
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620. But most of all,
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621. drink a bottle of good wine
and think of me.
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622. Here, it's nothing but work.
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623. There are over a hundred of us now.
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624. Did my letter arrive safely?
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625. Still nothing from you.
Some other time.
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626. Every day, every minute,
I learn beautiful new words
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627. for you and me alone
made to fit us both,
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628. like fine silk pyjamas.
Wouldn't you like that?
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629. I can only send you
one letter a month.
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630. Still nothing from you.
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631. Some other time.
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632. I often get scared
building these walls.
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633. Me with a pick and cement,
you with your silence,
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634. a pit so deep,
it swallows you up.
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635. It hurts to see these horrors
that I don't want to see.
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636. Your lovely hair slips
through my fingers like dry grass.
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637. Often, I feel weak and think
I'm going to forget you.
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638. Good morning.
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639. We sure have trouble with the keys.
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640. But we'll find a solution.
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641. How did you get in?
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642. The door was open.
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643. - All alone again?
- All alone.
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644. We're better off alone...
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645. First floor, right.
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646. The living room is big.
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647. 130 square feet
of good construction.
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648. There's room for couches,
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649. a sideboard, a TV.
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650. It can make a good lounge.
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651. This is a move for the future.
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652. This neighbourhood includes
a day care centre for the youngest,
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653. and an outdoor centre
for the older children,
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654. social services for everyone,
a health care centre,
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655. a library,
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656. a skating rink,
and a police station.
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657. It's full of spiders.
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658. This bedroom is perfect
for you and your wife.
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659. Usually, the wife comes along
to see the place.
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660. Usually, the entire family, too.
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661. Let's conclude with
the do's and don't's for residents:
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662. Unpaid rent means expulsion.
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663. Unpaid water bill
means no showers.
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664. Unpaid gas bill means no cooking.
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665. Unpaid electricity bill
means no light.
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666. Most of all, no dealing
of any kind on these premises.
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667. Is that clear?
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668. Everything alright?
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669. The City has nothing bigger.
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670. It's five rooms at the most.
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671. How many children do you have?
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672. I don't know yet.
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673. Yes?
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674. - Does it work?
- Yes, it does.
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675. - Good luck.
- Thank you.
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676. Papa, keep to yourself
what I'm going to tell you.
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677. I made a pledge
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678. to take my daughter to Fátima.
But keep this to yourself.
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679. I will.
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680. I want to take a group excursion
with someone from around here.
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681. If my daughter was born healthy
and if I was clean,
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682. I'd take her to Fátima.
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683. I'll come with you
and pay for the trip.
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684. The cripple wants to go too!
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685. He keeps pestering me.
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686. I help him with stamps
from cigarette packets.
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687. These ones.
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688. The State already gave him a leg.
This time, it's for a motorbike.
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689. He needs two pounds of these things
to get a motorbike.
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690. If he wasn't so needy,
he'd get it in no time.
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691. But since he's needy...
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692. My methadone
also comes from the State.
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693. The other day, the State
lost the key to the safe.
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694. Panic!
They had to call in the army...
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695. to give our methadone to us,
who were badly off.
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696. So they showed up.
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697. They always have to leave
two vials, just in case.
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698. It has to be locked away.
It's more precious than gold.
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699. I have to reduce the dose.
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700. I sweat too much.
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701. I have it down to 40.
But I have to go even further.
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702. I'm tired of suffering.
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703. You can't imagine what
my husband and I have been through.
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704. No-one would do
what he's done for me.
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705. Really, no-one.
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706. The times I found him
alone at night, crying.
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707. It's true.
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708. He sold everything
to keep me from being in need.
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709. The TV, the stereo, the DVD player,
at least seven mobile phones.
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710. Gold, everything.
He sold it all, everything.
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711. The day I gave birth,
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712. we didn't have enough money
because of those fucking drugs.
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713. We had to take the bus...
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714. the 155 bus
which goes to the hospital.
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715. I had terrible pains.
Mother of God!
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716. I made a fucking mess of everything.
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717. She was born so tiny.
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718. She looked like a little mouse,
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719. with her skinny little arms and legs.
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720. The lord and master is home.
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721. We've eaten already...
Did you think we'd wait for you?
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722. - Papa, want some fruit?
- I'm full.
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723. Did you come to eat with Vanda?
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724. Cutlets.
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725. Try to borrow your boss's van
so we can get rid of this shit.
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726. I've had enough of these couches.
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727. Papa, I can't believe what I see.
Looks like ghosts.
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728. Like a woman or a girl.
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729. White shapes...
They get up, sit down,
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730. they move back and forth.
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731. My daughter sees them too.
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732. She never comes here by herself.
She gets scared.
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733. I have to get rid of this junk
to buy new stuff.
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734. Same for the bedroom furniture.
It's all falling apart.
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735. The bed goes...
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736. Like that.
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737. If I had the money,
I'd buy new stuff.
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738. One day, I found
a little white table,
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739. brand new...
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740. If it had been nearby,
I'd have brought it home right off.
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741. It had two panes of striped glass.
Really pretty.
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742. When I went back there,
it was gone.
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743. And I found a box
with a lamp like this one,
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744. even bigger and newer!
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745. He wouldn't let me take it.
He thinks he's a rich man.
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746. He's ashamed.
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747. I'm not.
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748. I retrieve anything when I'm alone.
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749. Papa, what about your old
furniture from FontaÃnhas?
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750. Clotilde smashed it all.
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751. Clotilde,
or a woman just like her.
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752. What happened?
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753. She smashed everything before she left.
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754. She didn't leave a thing.
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755. Not even the suitcase.
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756. My new suitcase.
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757. She took everything?
Where did you sleep?
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758. On the floor.
Clotilde destroyed our iron bed.
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759. It only happens to you.
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760. - You didn't have a fight?
- She stabbed me with a knife.
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761. With a knife?
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762. Don't cross the utensils.
Want any more?
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763. Had enough?
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764. Papa, want any fruit?
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765. I'm full.
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766. You're married to Vanda?
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767. - An apple?
- Why not.
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768. Lento, is that you?
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769. Lento!
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770. Come and learn something!
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771. Nha cretcheu, my love,
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772. being together again will brighten
our lives for at least 30 years.
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773. I'll come back to you
strong and loving.
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774. I wish I could offer you
100,000 cigarettes,
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775. a dozen fancy dresses,
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776. a car,
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777. that little lava house
you always dreamed of,
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778. a threepenny bouquet.
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779. But most of all,
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780. drink a bottle of good wine
and think of me.
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781. Could you please open the door?
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782. This is the fellow who comes by
from time to time.
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783. I came to ask you something.
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784. If you could help me out...
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785. - Paulo?
- I'd be very grateful.
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786. Sorry to bother you.
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787. Some guy came by to beg
for money for your funeral.
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788. I wanted to give him something,
but your mother refused.
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789. My mother...
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790. My leg is still weak.
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791. No more crutches, Paulo?
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792. He's a creep.
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793. I taught him everything he knows.
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794. Addresses, streets,
buzzers, doors...
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795. He always waited downstairs.
I would go up.
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796. I'd ring.
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797. "Hello, Dona Gina.
It's Wednesday. How are you?"
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798. "Fine, Paulo.
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799. "Just a minute,
I'll see if I have anything."
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800. And she'd come back
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801. with a package of rice,
a can of sausages.
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802. Then the next floor.
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803. "Dona Teresa, how are you?
It's Wednesday. It's Paulo.
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804. "And is your sister better?"
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805. "She is, thank God.
The operation went well. And you?"
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806. "I'm feeling a bit better too.
Thank God."
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807. "I'll see what I have."
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808. And she'd come back
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809. with socks, a pair of sneakers,
four euros.
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810. "Here, Paulo. My son's gym shoes.
They might fit you."
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811. "They should, Dona Teresa.
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812. "Thank you very much.
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813. "I hope your sister gets better.
See you next Wednesday."
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814. Once downstairs,
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815. "See what I managed to find
in one building?
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816. "Do like I do and you'll go far."
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817. A little later,
what does that moron go and do?
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818. He gets a file folder, some paper,
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819. puts on a half-clean shirt,
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820. and cuts to the chase.
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821. He rings Dona Gina's door.
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822. "Dona Gina, I have some sad news.
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823. "Paulo the Crutch
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824. "had his leg cut off
at the hospital.
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825. "In despair, he climbed up
on Santa Cruz Bridge,
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826. "threw himself in front
of a train and died."
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827. - "It can't be!"
- "It's the truth."
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828. "So I decided to come here
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829. "and ask for donations
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830. "from you and his other friends,
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831. "so that he can have a decent funeral.
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832. "To buy him flowers,
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833. "a casket,
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834. "a headstone."
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835. But a few days later,
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836. I went by Dona Gina's.
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837. Imagine the lady's shock
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838. when I knocked at her door!
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839. She almost had a heart attack
when she saw me.
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840. - "You're alive, Paulo?"
- "Yes, Dona Gina. Why?
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841. "My leg's doing better."
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842. "You know why I said that?
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843. "A friend of yours
came by not long ago.
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844. "He was taking donations
for your funeral."
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845. "Unbelievable!"
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846. He was out of luck.
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847. Dona Gina was married
to the chief of police.
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848. I last saw him go by
in the police van.
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849. Nowadays, I go around
to the same people,
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850. and they're even happier
to give me things.
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851. Your mother left me, Paulo.
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852. - Why?
- I don't know.
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853. - The flat's too big for you alone.
- It's for all of us.
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854. What's in your bag, Paulo?
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855. Toys I sell outside schools.
I don't make much.
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856. Nothing at all.
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857. Begging around here is useless.
Everybody's poor.
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858. We'll need gas,
tobacco, and matches.
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859. We'll have to manage on our own.
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860. Just when things are working out for us,
this coup d'état breaks out.
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861. Soldiers all over...
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862. Ferocious. In their armoured cars...
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863. Checking IDs...
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864. They're bound to come here.
Don't go out for anything.
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865. I went to confession.
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866. The priest asked me
if I ever ate human flesh.
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867. Come learn the letter.
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868. Yesterday at dawn,
they passed by in a jeep.
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869. They took Yaya
to the Sintra Woods.
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870. They beat him up
and tied him to a pine tree.
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871. He was the first
but not the last.
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872. Come and learn.
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873. What's the use now?
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874. The letter will never reach Cape Verde.
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875. Being together again
will brighten our lives...
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876. There's no more mail, Ventura.
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877. No boats or planes or anything.
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878. They're all on strike.
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879. Another one departing...
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880. 'ma, Lena's daughter.
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881. The usual poison.
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882. It wasn't poison she took.
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883. It was all the poison taken for her
before she came into the world.
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884. - See you, Ventura.
- See you, Xana.
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885. You hear a woman crying?
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886. - No.
- Well, I do.
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887. What I see are two turtles.
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888. - See them in that corner?
- I don't see a thing.
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889. Now I see a hen,
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890. with its comb.
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891. - See it?
- No.
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892. Look, there's a uniformed cop
with a cap.
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893. Behind him are lots of houses.
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894. Under the cop, I see a lion
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895. baring its teeth.
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896. - A what?
- A lion...
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897. baring its teeth.
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898. I see a man and a woman.
The man has a tail.
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899. - Where?
- Over the lion.
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900. With a tail?
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901. - Then he's a devil.
- Probably.
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902. Are you a good man or a bad man?
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903. I'm a good man.
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904. In the houses of the departed,
there are lots of figures to see.
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905. Where have you been?
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906. In Porto?
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907. Did you see him?
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908. I was in real pain.
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909. I just heard someone crying
in the street.
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910. You're a good man.
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911. When they give us those white rooms,
we'll stop seeing these things.
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912. That's true.
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913. It'll all be over.
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914. It's hot.
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915. Papa, Zita was your daughter,
but she was my sister first.
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916. I know.
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917. Nha cretcheu, my love,
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918. being together again will brighten
our lives for at least 30 years.
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919. I'll come back to you
strong and loving.
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920. I wish I could offer you
100,000 cigarettes,
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921. a dozen fancy dresses,
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922. a car,
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923. that little lava house
you always dreamed of,
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924. a threepenny bouquet.
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925. But most of all,
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926. drink a bottle of good wine
and think of me.
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927. Here, it's nothing but work.
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928. There are over a hundred of us now.
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929. Two days ago, for my birthday,
I thought about you for a long while.
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930. Did my letter arrive safely?
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931. Still nothing from you.
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932. Some other time.
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933. Every day, every minute,
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934. I learn beautiful new words
for you and me made to fit us both,
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935. like fine silk pyjamas.
Wouldn't you like that?
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936. I can only send you
one letter a month.
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937. Still nothing from you.
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938. Some other time.
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939. I often get scared
building these walls.
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940. Me with a pick and cement,
you with your silence,
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941. a pit so deep,
it swallows you up.
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942. It hurts to see these horrors
that I don't want to see.
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943. Your lovely hair slips
through my fingers like dry grass.
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944. Often, I feel weak and think
I'm going to forget you.
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945. That's an awful letter, Ventura.
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946. It's me, Paulo.
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947. I had too much anaesthesia.
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948. My head...
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949. They took flesh from this leg
and put it on this one
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950. and to plug up the holes
the Lizaroff made.
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951. It's a kind of scaffold-like device
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952. to stretch the bone.
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953. But in my case,
it stretched the tendons too.
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954. The doctors are all excited.
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955. They're taking photos, making films.
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956. They sent them to the United States
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957. so their colleagues
can study the method.
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958. In another two or three days,
they'll discharge me.
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959. If they don't,
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960. I'm leaving on my own.
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961. It's costing me a lot.
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962. I'm paying 12.50 euros a night
for a hotel room.
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963. My girlfriend Paula can't pay.
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964. She's sick.
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965. It has to be my lady friends
from Pontinha,
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966. Colina do Sol, and Benfica.
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967. But they're fed up.
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968. "Paulo, will these operations
go on the rest of your life?"
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969. "No, not if you find me a job
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970. "in construction work: labourer,
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971. "tiler, carpenter..."
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972. Goldsmith would be perfect.
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973. It's the trade I learned
as a kid.
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974. I can do it all.
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975. Weld chains and bracelets,
adjust rings.
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976. I even did wedding rings.
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977. The Mint was home to me.
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978. I want you to come with me
to see my mother.
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979. Your mother?
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980. I know she does her knitting
every afternoon
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981. on a café terrace in Trafaria.
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982. She's all alone there.
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983. I'm sure
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984. if we go together,
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985. she won't run away...
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986. Seven or eight years ago,
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987. it was a disaster.
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988. I went with a buddy, Nhurro.
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989. My Nhurro?
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990. Yeah. She got scared.
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991. It's understandable.
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992. She threw me 5,000 escudos.
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993. "What can I do with 5,000,
you skinflint!
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994. "Go up and get me more dough!"
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995. If we go together
and you talk to her...
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996. What would I say to her, Paulo?
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997. "Hello, Lurdes.
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998. "Remember this boy?
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999. "Is his face familiar?
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1000. "This dirty hair,
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1001. "these hands blue from the cold,
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1002. "these legs full of bullets?
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1003. "You don't remember, do you?
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1004. "I do.
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1005. "It wasn't you who washed him,
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1006. "gave him hot soup at night,
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1007. "went to fetch him
in the oil drum he slept in?
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1008. "Why these tears?
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1009. "Feeling regrets?
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1010. "I've brought you your son,
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1011. "just as he is.
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1012. "I did what I could."
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1013. I just want you to tell me
my daughter's address.
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1014. I haven't seen her in 15 years.
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1015. They told me I'm a grandfather.
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1016. Come on, dear.
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1017. Come on. Be careful!
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1018. Put on the coat!
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1019. You little monkey!
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1020. Are you in pain, Ventura?
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1021. Let me by.
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1022. Let me by, ventured!
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1023. Is it that rat again?
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1024. The shack floor is shaking.
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1025. We need bricks and cement.
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1026. Have you eaten?
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1027. Tonight, we'll sleep warm and cosy.
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1028. You're barefoot?
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1029. Don't you want the letter anymore?
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1030. I can't learn it.
I can't write and you won't write.
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1031. I'll get some electricity in here.
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1032. Electricity?
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1033. Monday, I have to go to Social Security.
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1034. I have to go early to get a number
to wait and queue.
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1035. I have to go to the cemetery
to clean my mother's and Zita's graves.
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1036. I haven't had the courage
to do Zita's.
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1037. Tomorrow, I stop mourning.
Enough is enough.
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1038. It's as if I were
in mourning for myself.
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1039. Papa, your socks don't match.
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1040. Want some more?
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1041. I took your mother
some grilled chicken at the hospital.
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1042. The day you were born,
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1043. I was working on the building site
of a bank in the city.
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1044. My brother came by and told me
you'd been born.
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1045. How did you win over my mother?
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1046. It was at the Ãguas Podres River,
in Assomada.
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1047. She was getting water in a can.
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1048. I was riding my donkey, Pogo-Serra.
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1049. It took me three years to win her over.
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1050. At first, she wouldn't even
look at me.
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1051. On 5th July,
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1052. Independence Day,
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1053. she was there among the violins,
flags, accordions and drums,
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1054. and she started to sing:
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1055. The fifth of July, raise your arms, Liberty!
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1056. Shout! Shout "Cabral"!
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1057. Peoples of liberated Guinea
and Cape Verde,
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1058. Shout! Shout "Cabral"!
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1059. Raise your arms and shout, Liberty!
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1060. Shout! Shout "Cabral"!
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1061. But she didn't know how to sing.
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1062. I went up to her
and started to tease her.
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1063. "You sing off-key!"
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1064. She whacked me with the flagpole...
and started to take to me.
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1065. - Was she beautiful?
- Yes, she was.
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1066. - And am I beautiful or ugly?
- You're beautiful.
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1067. It's a wonderful story
to tell your children and grandchildren.
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1068. I'm glad you told it to me.
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1069. They say you jumped out the window.
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1070. They say you jumped out the window,
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1071. with your four children,
your wife,
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1072. and that you landed on a car.
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1073. They say you yelled a lot.
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1074. I yelled my head off.
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1075. I yelled for my mother, my father,
the fire department,
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1076. Santa Bárbara the Generous.
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1077. I even yelled your name.
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1078. Then everything went black.
See my hands?
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1079. All burnt.
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1080. They were stuck to the wall.
It was 1000 degrees in there.
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1081. When I heard that, I cried.
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1082. You cried for me?
I already cried a lot for you.
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1083. Don't you remember?
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1084. Was that you I heard crying?
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1085. I was afraid you'd die.
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1086. I was afraid you'd drown
in the pond at the park.
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1087. That fear of death
we had back then!
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1088. This was the children's room.
We locked ourselves in.
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1089. Nobody came.
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1090. We broke the window.
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1091. But...
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1092. neither the cops,
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1093. nor the revolutionary militia,
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1094. nor the gypsies,
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1095. nor the whites
succeeded in burning down our shack.
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1096. I threw a match on the mattress.
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1097. - Why?
- Because of our problems.
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1098. - And now?
- Now?
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1099. - What will you do?
- Do?
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1100. We'll live here.
I'll be your neighbour.
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1101. I'm just across, at no. 6,
first floor, right.
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1102. We've lived closer once.
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1103. - I have a bunch of rooms.
- And your kids?
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1104. Is that them I see at the window?
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1105. Is that Clotilde I see at the window?
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1106. Stop it. There's no-one there.
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1107. You got everything in the end -
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1108. water, electricity, gas, an ID card.
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1109. You worked day and night.
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1110. I sleep alone, Lento.
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1111. I wish I could offer you
100,000 cigarettes,
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1112. a dozen fancy dresses,
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1113. a car,
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1114. the little lava house
you always dreamed of,
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1115. a threepenny bouquet.
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1116. But most of all,
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1117. drink a bottle of good wine
and think of me.
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1118. This was the bedroom
Arcângela and I had.
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1119. This is where it all began.
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1120. See you, Lento.
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1121. See you, Ventura.
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1122. Papa, good timing.
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1123. I'm off to do house cleaning
for a lady.
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1124. Stay with my daughter, okay?
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1125. Sure.
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1126. FOR CILA, FOR ZITA
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