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Ya sabemos qué nos gusta y como somos y nos complacemos, y a la vez soy un romántico discreto;
"You cook breakfast. I'll blog it." Ann Althouse 2009
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Unitevi a Stanley Portobello, il famoso ma discreto spiaparazzo!
No Fat Clips!!! : ART GROOTFONTEIN – Snap!shots of the Year 2009
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In the Second Part, Cervantes repeatedly reminds the reader, as if it was a point upon which he was anxious there should be no mistake, that his hero's madness is strictly confined to delusions on the subject of chivalry, and that on every other subject he is discreto, one, in fact, whose faculty of discernment is in perfect order.
Don Quixote 2002
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In the case before us these consist in a moderate cathedraticum to be determined by the bishop (discreto arbitrio episcopi imponendum).
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy 1840-1916 1913
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Fray Miguel García; and, as discreto of the general chapter, father
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The subprior and procurator-general, four definitors, two visitors, the discreto of Manila, the provincia and his associate bring the number up by ten [_sic_], and make thirty-nine; and the absolute provincial bring it up to forty.
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Thus shall be done with both the provincial and definitors, and the rest of the priors and the other offices, so that in the following provincial chapter of that province, the definitor and discreto may be elected -- who shall come, in its name, for the new election of vicar-general that is to be made (if our Lord be so pleased), at Pentecost of the year 1627.
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As soon as the definitor and discreto (or those who may be elected to fill their places on account of their death, or for any other legitimate impediment) are elected, your Reverences shall advise the vicar-general by the first boat, if they cannot arrive in time.
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La obra del discreto y revolucionario pintor Esteban Vicente, nacido en Segovia, es una de las exportaciones artísticas españolas más influyentes e injustamente infravaloradas del siglo XX.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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In May, 1595, he was chosen sub-prior and procurator of Manila, and in June definitor and discreto [i.e., assistant in the council] to the general chapter.
History of the Philippine Islands Antonio de Morga 1597
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