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"(informal) Demanding; requiring above-normal care."
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"sense": "fastidious and fussy; difficult to please; exacting",
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"word": "peinlich genau"
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"sense": "fastidious and fussy; difficult to please; exacting",
"word": "szőrszálhasogató"
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"sense": "demanding, requiring above-normal care",
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"sense": "demanding, requiring above-normal care",
"word": "heikel"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "demanding, requiring above-normal care",
"word": "pflegebedürftig"
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