6.--[6.8] =Aquel que=, 'that one who.'

[6.13] =Es que=, 'the fact is that.'--=veces=: see _vez_. Note that a

word ending in _z_ forms its plural in _-ces_.

[6.15] =has de saber=, 'you are to' (or 'must) know.'

[6.18] =lucha= is subject.

[6.22] =al dar el león=, 'when the lion gave.' Note that, by exception,

=al dar= can not well be translated 'when giving,' since the verb has a

subject (=león=).

[6.24] =le=, 'his': dative of possession.

[6.27] =bregar=, 'struggling.' Note that the infinitive, after a

preposition, is usually to be translated by the English present

participle.

[6.28] =debí huir=, 'I should' (or 'ought to) have run away.'

=7.=--[7.4] =le= is in apposition to =al león=. Do not translate =le=.

[7.8] =los culpables=, etc. The English word-order is _ellos son los

culpables_ ('the guilty ones').

[7.10] =debía=, 'it ought [to have done'].

[7.11] =volviéndose=, 'turning about.' Note that the personal pronoun

object follows the present participle, and is attached to it.

[7.13] =le=, 'at him.'

[7.16] =se la arrancaré=, 'I shall take it off of him.'

[7.19] =para sí=, 'to himself.'

[7.25] =hay que=, 'I must' (lit., 'one must').

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