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"ref": "2021 October 20, Paul Stephen, “Leisure and Pleasure on the Far North Line”, in RAIL, number 942, page 48",
"text": "There will be no problems with visibility, or the highly changeable Highland weather, as Scotland basks in what is reported to be the country's hottest September day for more than a century.",
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"sense": "to bathe in warmth; to be exposed to pleasant heat",
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"sense": "to bathe in warmth; to be exposed to pleasant heat",
"word": "쬐다"
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"sense": "to bathe in warmth; to be exposed to pleasant heat",
"word": "pāina"
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"word": "pārara"
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"sense": "to bathe in warmth; to be exposed to pleasant heat",
"word": "tomar sol"
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"sense": "to bathe in warmth; to be exposed to pleasant heat",
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"text": "I basked in her love.",
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"text": "to bask in someone's favour",
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"ref": "2012 November 7, Matt Bai, “Winning a Second Term, Obama Will Confront Familiar Headwinds”, in New York Times",
"text": "As President Obama turns his attention once again to filling out a cabinet and writing an Inaugural Address, this much is clear: he should not expect to bask in a surge of national unity, or to witness a crowd of millions overrun the Mall just to say they were there.",
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"ref": "2011 April 10, Alistair Magowan, “Aston Villa 1 - 0 Newcastle”, in BBC Sport",
"text": "On this evidence they will certainly face tougher tests, as a depleted Newcastle side seemed to bask in the relative security of being ninth in the table",
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"To take great pleasure or satisfaction; to feel warmth or happiness. (Usually followed by \"in\".)"
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"(figurative) To take great pleasure or satisfaction; to feel warmth or happiness. (Usually followed by \"in\".)"
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"roman": "naslaždavam se",
"sense": "to take great pleasure or satisfaction; to feel warm or happiness",
"word": "наслаждавам се"
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"sense": "to take great pleasure or satisfaction; to feel warm or happiness",
"word": "gaudir"
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"sense": "to take great pleasure or satisfaction; to feel warm or happiness",
"word": "disfrutar"
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"word": "(zich) koesteren"
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"sense": "to take great pleasure or satisfaction; to feel warm or happiness",
"word": "zijn hartje ophalen"
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"word": "paistatella"
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"sense": "to take great pleasure or satisfaction; to feel warm or happiness",
"word": "genießen"
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"sense": "to take great pleasure or satisfaction; to feel warm or happiness",
"word": "sütkérezik"
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"sense": "to take great pleasure or satisfaction; to feel warm or happiness",
"word": "kose seg"
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"sense": "to take great pleasure or satisfaction; to feel warm or happiness",
"word": "gozar"
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"ref": "2020 March, “COVID-19 threatens health systems in sub-Saharan Africa: the eye of the crocodile”, in Journal of Clinical Investigation, volume 130, number 6, page 2741",
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"ref": "2012 November 7, Matt Bai, “Winning a Second Term, Obama Will Confront Familiar Headwinds”, in New York Times",
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"ref": "2011 April 10, Alistair Magowan, “Aston Villa 1 - 0 Newcastle”, in BBC Sport",
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"sense": "to bathe in warmth; to be exposed to pleasant heat",
"word": "paistatella"
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"word": "tomar sol"
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"ref": "2020 March, “COVID-19 threatens health systems in sub-Saharan Africa: the eye of the crocodile”, in Journal of Clinical Investigation, volume 130, number 6, page 2741",
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