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"text": "Was für Getränke habt ihr mitgebracht?",
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"english": "You can imagine what a scandal that was.",
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"text": "Was für Bücher liest du?",
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"english": "Oh what treason!",
"text": "Was für ein Verrat!",
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"english": "What an eyesore!",
"text": "Was für ein Schandfleck!",
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