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Nov 2025
19m 10s

La aventura de la vida, parte 5

SMALL TOWN SPANISH TEACHER
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Sandra barely escaped death in an underground river. Now she and Gabriel must find their way out. Each twist and turn of the dark caverns brings them deeper into the underworld. This story is in the third person and present tense, with some present subjunctive and other verb forms used as needed to tell the story. Important vocabulary in the story include ... Show More
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