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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "sauve qui peut"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "tu peux causer"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
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"historic",
"indicative",
"past",
"singular"
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},
{
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"indicative",
"past",
"second-person",
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},
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"indicative",
"past",
"singular",
"third-person"
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},
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"historic",
"indicative",
"past",
"plural"
]
},
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"indicative",
"past",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
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"indicative",
"past",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
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"future",
"indicative",
"singular"
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},
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"indicative",
"second-person",
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"third-person"
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},
{
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"future",
"indicative",
"plural"
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},
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"indicative",
"plural",
"second-person"
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},
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"indicative",
"plural",
"third-person"
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},
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"third-person"
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"first-person",
"plural"
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},
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"second-person"
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"multiword-construction",
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"present",
"singular",
"subjunctive"
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},
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"present",
"singular",
"subjunctive"
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},
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"subjunctive"
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},
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"subjunctive",
"third-person"
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"plural",
"present",
"subjunctive"
]
},
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"present",
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"subjunctive"
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},
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"third-person"
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"imperfect",
"singular",
"subjunctive"
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},
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"second-person",
"singular",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
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"singular",
"subjunctive",
"third-person"
]
},
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"imperfect",
"plural",
"subjunctive"
]
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"plural",
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},
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"third-person"
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"subjunctive"
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"form": "-",
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"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
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"plural"
]
},
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"participle",
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"reflexive"
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"present",
"reflexive",
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"present",
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"present",
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},
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},
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"form": "-",
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"plural",
"reflexive",
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},
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"plural",
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},
{
"form": "-",
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"reflexive",
"singular"
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},
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"form": "-",
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},
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"reflexive",
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"third-person"
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},
{
"form": "-",
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"indicative",
"plural",
"reflexive"
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},
{
"form": "-",
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"plural",
"reflexive",
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},
{
"form": "-",
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{
"form": "-",
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{
"form": "-",
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{
"form": "-",
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},
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},
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},
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},
{
"form": "-",
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},
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},
{
"form": "-",
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},
{
"form": "-",
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},
{
"form": "-",
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},
{
"form": "-",
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},
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"form": "-",
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"form": "-",
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},
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},
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},
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},
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69
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82
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7
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23
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8
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10
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