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"ref": "1934, Frank Richards, The Magnet: The Mystery of the Vaults",
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"ref": "2010 January 30, Robert Mendick, Amrit Dhillon, “Revealed: the racy novel written by the worlds most powerful climate scientist”, in Daily Telegraph",
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"sense": "having difficulty breathing; gasping",
"word": "tūngāngā"
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"code": "mi",
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"sense": "having difficulty breathing; gasping",
"word": "sin aliento"
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"roman": "sǎs zataen dǎh",
"sense": "that makes one hold one's breath",
"word": "със затаен дъх"
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"roman": "zataívšij dyxánije/dux",
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"word": "затаи́вший дыха́ние/дух"
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"word": "անշունչ"
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"word": "hengetön"
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