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"ref": "1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “Chapter V”, in The Land That Time Forgot",
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"word": "alle mand på dæk"
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"word": "alle hens aan dek"
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"sense": "order",
"word": "alle mand på dæk"
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"sense": "order",
"word": "alle hens aan dek"
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"sense": "order",
"word": "alle mann på dekk"
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"word": "wszystkie ręce na pokład"
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"word": "все наве́рх"
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