A sum impossibly high
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exigio uma somma por tal forma exorbitante, que é quase impossivel o pobre homem arranjal-a.
'he demanded a sum so exorbitant that it is nearly impossible for the poor man to raise it.'
The cruelty made bureaucratic: name a price so high the father can never meet it, and refusal looks like mere terms of sale. The old master's trick becomes the plot's engine — and, unknown to Leôncio, Miguel is at that very moment climbing the stairs with the money.
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