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"code": "da",
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"sense": "summons and control, in a position as an attendant or servant",
"word": "hoppe og springe for en"
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"sense": "summons and control, in a position as an attendant or servant",
"word": "egyetlen szavára/füttyentésére"
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"english": "to be at someone's ~",
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