"construal" meaning in English

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          "word": "interpretatie"
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          "sense": "act of interpreting",
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          "sense": "act of interpreting",
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          "word": "Deutung"
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          "sense": "act of interpreting",
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          "sense": "act of interpreting",
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      "sense": "act of interpreting",
      "word": "interpretatie"
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      "sense": "act of interpreting",
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