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"english": "He likes to stand in the shade under the sheetmetal roof and pump lead out over the terrain without being interrupted.",
"ref": "2010, Niels Ole Qvist, Tango 4, Gyldendal A/S",
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"english": "As usual, Mel shot wildly, as he attempted to make machine gun salvos with his pistol, so that lead went in all directions.",
"ref": "2015, Nicolai Lilin, Sibirisk opdragelse: Opvækst i en kriminel underverden, Art People",
"text": "Mel skød som sædvanlig fuldstændig vildt, idet han forsøgte at lave maskingeværssalver med sin pistol, så der fløj bly i alle retninger.",
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"ref": "2014, Robyn Grady, Michelle Reid, Sandra Marton, Altid hos dig/Ægteskab på afveje/Den uskyldige pige, Förlaget Harlequin AB",
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"ref": "2014, Lone Klint Grønbæk, Camino: Vandring og forandring, BoD – Books on Demand, page 61",
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"english": "for kings and lords have everything but men of truth and therefore are in greatest need of the books which, boldly and without worry and fear, remind us in all our doings that not all those who serve kings are faithful friends.",
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"text": "thi Konger og Stormænd have Alting undtagen Sandhedsmænd og behøve derfor meest de Bøger, som dristig uden Bly og Frygt paaminde os i alle vore Gierninger; de ere ikke alle troe Venner, der ere Kongetienere.\"",
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