See βρικόλακας on Wiktionary
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"english": "Go to sleep before the vampire comes to eat you!",
"roman": "Pígaine na koimitheís, prin érthei o vrikólakas na se fáei!",
"text": "Πήγαινε να κοιμηθείς, πριν έρθει ο βρικόλακας να σε φάει!",
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"history",
"human-sciences",
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"english": "Auschwitz and the other extermination camps are the unpleasant reminders of the Holocaust.",
"roman": "To Áousvits kai ta álla stratópeda exóntosis eínai oi vrikólakes tou Olokaftómatos.",
"text": "Το Άουσβιτς και τα άλλα στρατόπεδα εξόντωσης είναι οι βρικόλακες του Ολοκαυτώματος.",
"type": "example"
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"ipa": "/vɾiˈkolakas/"
}
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"_dis1": "0 0",
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"roman": "vampír",
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],
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},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
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],
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}
],
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"english": "Go to sleep before the vampire comes to eat you!",
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64
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