Meanings (ES + gloss)
asilo • santuario
A place of safety or refuge.
All the busy concerns of daily existence were utterly abhorrent to me. I loathed the sound of others' voices—I hated to be mixed up with their petty routine of ordinary cares; here…
manicomio
A place of protection or restraint for one or more classes of the disadvantaged, especially the mentally ill.
Of all the queer collections of humans outside of a crazy asylum, it seemed to me this sanitarium was the cup winner. […] When you're well enough off so's you don't have to fret ab…
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