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"ref": "1999, Elizabeth Berger, Raising Kids with Character: Developing Trust and Personal Integrity in Children, Rowman & Littlefield, published 2004, →ISBN, page 107:",
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"ref": "2006, M. Keith Booker, Alternate Americas: Science Fiction Film and American Culture, Praegar, published 2006, →ISBN, page 255:",
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"word": "sich abrackern"
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"word": "slave away"
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