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"sense": "debater",
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "debater",
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"sense": "debater",
"word": "az ördög ügyvédje"
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"word": "avvocato del diavolo"
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"alt": "あくまのだいべんしゃ",
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"code": "fi",
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"word": "列聖調査審問検事"
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"ref": "2006 September 27, bwross, “Crawl-SS: Weapon & armor changes”, in rec.games.roguelike.misc (Usenet)",
"text": "Disclaimer: people shouldn't take things I say too personally, I'm often a bit blunt and like to devil's advocate and debate things (another part of this is that I've typically not bothered to post on things that are correct, but to correct things when they're wrong... if you take everything I don't respond to as an affirmation, I'm extremely nice:)",
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"ref": "2008 May 20, Carl, “Woman: 'I can't go against what it says in the Bible'”, in alt.atheism (Usenet)",
"text": "I don't want to get bogged down devil's-advocating for a position I don't personally hold (I think a government worker should not be allowed to bring religious beliefs into the job, just to be clear), but her position is a little different than the absolute you're making it into.",
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