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"ref": "1913, D. H. Lawrence, chapter 12, in Sons and Lovers",
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"word": "panna päänsä pantiksi"
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"word": "mettre sa main au feu"
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"word": "mettre sa main à couper"
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"code": "de",
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"word": "auf etwas Gift nehmen können"
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"word": "für etwas die Hand ins Feuer legen"
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"word": "stawiać dolary przeciwko orzechom"
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"word": "mettre sa main au feu"
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"word": "auf etwas Gift nehmen können"
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"word": "für etwas die Hand ins Feuer legen"
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