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"word": "mcconnell"
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"word": "odpowiednio"
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"word": "a propos"
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},
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{
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"word": "à propos"
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},
{
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"word": "a propos"
},
{
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"word": "à propos"
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{
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"word": "apropos"
},
{
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"sense": "by the way",
"word": "apropó"
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"word": "a proposito"
},
{
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"sense": "by the way",
"word": "à propos"
},
{
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{
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"word": "кста́ти"
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{
"code": "sh",
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"word": "usput"
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"word": "a propósito"
},
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"sense": "timely, at a good time",
"word": "apropos"
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"sense": "timely, at a good time",
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"word": "apropos"
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