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"text": "The physical penis is consumed by despicable fish, animals of the turgid depths, but the higher phallus, the image of resurrection through the goddess, is fashioned as a sacred icon.",
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"word": "txarro"
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"word": "презре́нный"
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"word": "desdeñable"
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"sense": "deserving to be despised",
"word": "avskyvärd"
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"code": "vi",
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"sense": "deserving to be despised",
"word": "đáng khinh"
}
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