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pingo

a low hill up to 50 m in height caused by hydrostatic pressure forcing up the soil over a solid ice core, in an area of permafrost.
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No Salao do Livro, ela quase desaparece, sufocada pela avalancha do resto: as obras brasileiras traduzidas para o frances, que ali se apresentam num pequeno stand coletivo ou nos balcoes da dezena de editoras locais que apostam nelas, sao pouco mais que um pingo no oceano.
Maria, 67 anos, e presenciar uma crise de dispneia na qual a mae fica roxa, morrendo ali na sua frente exigindo sua atitude rapida em preparar o aerosol para aliviar a falta de ar: Ela vinha roxa, sem um pingo de oxigenio.
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