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"sense": "perplex or confuse",
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"word": "verwarren"
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"word": "hämmentää"
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"word": "épater"
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"sense": "perplex or confuse",
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"code": "io",
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"sense": "perplex or confuse",
"word": "konfundigar"
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"sense": "perplex or confuse",
"word": "confondere"
},
{
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"sense": "perplex or confuse",
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"word": "使困惑"
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{
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"sense": "perplex or confuse",
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"sense": "stupefy",
"word": "päihdyttää"
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"sense": "stupefy",
"word": "ingarbugliare"
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"sense": "stupefy",
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"code": "it",
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"word": "istupidire"
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"code": "ru",
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