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Word: falta (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...most expensive at $425-four rooms. Often there was a demand for "key money," say $200, to speed negotiations. We saw only two apartments that had no dirty dishes in the sink. It was not that the maids were lazy. Rio as usual was suffering from a falta d'agua (water shortage). All but two had a bathtub of rusty water with a saucepan nearby for a dipper. Water ran briefly only at morning & night...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BRAZIL: Apartment in Rio | 3/31/1947 | See Source »

Porque no tiene, porque le falta...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ECUADOR: Reefer Ring | 10/14/1946 | See Source »

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