Translation for "cerrar firmemente" to english
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Siendo así, Hackett y Andrew recibieron instrucciones de cerrar firmemente todas las puertas de la verja de hierro que rodeaba los terrenos colindantes al palacio con nuevas cadenas y candados, candados para los que (esperábamos) nuestros oponentes no tendrían llaves, y serían reacios a hacer saltar por los aires con más cargas de pólvora negra y algodón pólvora.
Hackett and Andrew were therefore instructed to secure all the gates of the iron fence that surrounded the inner grounds of the palace with new chains and locks, locks to which our opponents would (we hoped) possess no keys and which they would be reluctant to demolish with further charges of gun-cotton and black powder.
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