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"text": "1782, Frances Burney, Cecilia, London: T. Payne & Son and T. Cadell, Volume 2, Book 3, Chapter 4, p. 51,\n[…] my strength, madam, is almost all gone away, and when I do any hard work, it’s quite a piteous sight to see me, for I am all in a tremble after it, just as if I had an ague […]"
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"(obsolete) Showing devotion to God."
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"(obsolete) Showing devotion to God."
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"(obsolete) Showing compassion."
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"word": "säälittävä"
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