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"text": "[Owl:] YOU HEARD THAT FREMOUNT IS REALLY A ANT LION, MR. CONGERSMAN?\n[Frog:] IT'S A SAD BLOW TO THE PARTY JUST AT A TIME WHEN US OWLS MUST STICK TOGETHER. WORST PART IS, MRS. WEEVIL SAYS HER SISTER-AN'-LAW FOUND THE CANDIDATE IN A BOX OF POPCORN.\n[Owl:] AIN'T IT WORSE TO BE A CANNIBAL THAN A FOUNDLING?\n[Frog:] WE CAN SAY HE'S CHANGED HIS HABITS! BUT A FAMILY TREE LOOKS BAD SPROUTIN' OUT OF POPCORN⋯",
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"word": "löytölapsi"
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"tags": [
"masculine"
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"code": "de",
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"tags": [
"neuter"
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"word": "Findelkind"
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"code": "el",
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"tags": [
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"word": "lelenc"
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{
"code": "hu",
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"word": "talált gyermek"
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"word": "funnebarn"
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"word": "finning"
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"code": "pt",
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{
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"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "znajda",
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"word": "знaйдa"
},
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"code": "cy",
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],
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"word": "foundling"
}
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