A divisão
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A divisão, que foi sempre uma das operações difíceis para mim, era para ele como nada: cerrava um pouco os olhos, voltados para cima, e sussurrava as denominações dos algarismos; estava pronto. Isto com sete, treze, vinte algarismos.
The division, which was always one of the difficult operations for me, was for him like nothing: he closed his eyes a little, turned upward, and whispered the denominations of the digits; he was ready. This with seven, thirteen, twenty digits.
The narrator describes how a character effortlessly performs division, a task that was always difficult for the narrator.
The narrator contrasts his own difficulty with division to the ease with which another character performs it, even with large numbers.
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