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"text": "But you must remember that we were boys together, and a fellow naturally confides in a chap he was boys together with. Anyway, be that as it may, he poured out his soul to me, and he hadn't been pouring long before I was able to see that he was cut to the quick. His blood pressure was high, his eye rolled in what they call a fine frenzy, and he was death-where-is-thy-sting-ing like nobody's business.",
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"(transitive, figuratively) To hurt a person deeply, especially emotionally."
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"sense": "to hurt a person deeply",
"word": "elevenébe vág"
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"(figuratively) To incisively discuss the underlying sensitive or unpleasant root of a given topic."
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},
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"sense": "to hurt a person deeply",
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"sense": "to hurt a person deeply",
"word": "elevenébe vág"
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"word": "заде́ть за живо́е"
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"word": "mennä suoraan asiaan"
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