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"ref": "2010, Mick Flynn, Bullet Magnet: Britain's Most Highly Decorated Frontline Soldier, Hachette UK",
"text": "The hospital was made up of grey, old-style Commie blocks.",
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"ref": "2011, Marco Villa, 21:30 OLD COMPTON FAIR BLUE 6 FEET, AuthorHouse, page 81",
"text": "The hotel was a former Commie-block, converted into a cheap 0-star hotel with broken windows, dirty dishes and uncomfortable single beds.",
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"ref": "2012, Chris Hunter, Steve Cole, Tripwire, Random House, page 105",
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"ref": "2013, Sarah Ryle, The Making of Tesco: A Story of British Shopping, Random House",
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"A large apartment complex, especially in former Eastern Bloc countries of Eastern Europe, characterized by concrete and rectangular cuboids, similar to a plattenbau."
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"(derogatory) A large apartment complex, especially in former Eastern Bloc countries of Eastern Europe, characterized by concrete and rectangular cuboids, similar to a plattenbau."
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "a large apartment complex, especially in former Eastern Bloc countries in Eastern Europe, characterized by concrete and rectangular cuboids",
"word": "neukkukuutio"
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"sense": "a large apartment complex, especially in former Eastern Bloc countries in Eastern Europe, characterized by concrete and rectangular cuboids",
"word": "panelház"
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"roman": "panelʹka",
"sense": "a large apartment complex, especially in former Eastern Bloc countries in Eastern Europe, characterized by concrete and rectangular cuboids",
"word": "панелька"
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"sense": "a large apartment complex, especially in former Eastern Bloc countries in Eastern Europe, characterized by concrete and rectangular cuboids",
"word": "kommunistblocket"
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"sense": "a large apartment complex, especially in former Eastern Bloc countries in Eastern Europe, characterized by concrete and rectangular cuboids",
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