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Suffocated
Sofocado
Strangled
Estrangulado
Tempestuous
Tempestuoso
Crags
Riscos
Torch
Antorcha

The Count of Monte Cristo (Excerpt)

An excerpt from The Count of Monte Cristo, the famous novel by Alexandre Dumas.

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The Count of Monte Cristo (Excerpt)

An excerpt from The Count of Monte Cristo, the famous novel by Alexandre Dumas.

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Dantès, although stunned and almost suffocated, had sufficient presence of mind to hold his breath, and as his right hand (prepared as he was for every chance) held his knife open, he rapidly ripped up the sack, extricated his arm, and then his body; but in spite of all his efforts to free himself from the shot, he felt it dragging him down still lower.

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