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noun
She talks of poison, and a man with a scourge, and quicklime.
Habla de veneno, y de un hombre con un látigo, y de cal viva.
They’d whitewashed the exterior with quicklime, tinted it pink.
Habían pintado el exterior con cal viva y tinte rosa.
He certainly had it thrown into quicklime like a dog.
Sin duda, lo ha hecho arrojar, como un perro, en la cal viva.
Cover the body of the Jewish faith with quicklime.' 'And the Christian faith?'
Cubre con cal viva el cadáver de la fe judía. —¿Y la cristiana?
“Arlette used to put the quicklime to it pretty constantly,” I said.
—Arlette solía echarle cal viva constantemente —expliqué—.
On the roofs the heat was like a wall, into which one was immediately mortared with quicklime.
En los tejados, el calor era como una pared en la cual uno estuviera embutido dentro de cal viva.
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