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Adverb
de claro en claro
- (idiomatic, dated) sleeplessly; without sleeping a wink
1877, Benito Pérez Galdós, Gloria:la excelente mujer no durmió en la noche del 24, porque toda ella se la pasó de claro en claro, ora batiendo huevos ora desplumando aves - the most excellent lady did not sleep on the night of the 24th, because she spent it sleeplessly, be it beating eggs , plucking birds
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