See affaire on Wiktionary
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{
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{
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"2": "affair",
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{
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"bor": "1"
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"depth": 1,
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"depth": 1,
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"depth": 1,
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"2": "afera",
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"depth": 1,
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"args": {
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"2": "affaire",
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"args": {
"1": "vi",
"2": "áp phe",
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14
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17
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13
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15
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8,
16
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10,
17
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11,
15
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13,
20
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20
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18
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34
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16,
24
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18
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9
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13
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7
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18,
22
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30,
35
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29,
37
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"stuff"
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