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"text": "2006, Claire Taylor, quoting “Donnie”, Young People in Care and Criminal Behaviour, page 121,\nI just want to get out there to me bird really...′cos she don′t want me in here all the time, it′s doing her head in. It′s doing my head in. It didn′t used to do my head in, it used to be like care, if you know what I mean, when I first started coming to jail. It used to be like ‘yeah, I′m back in care’ kind of thing."
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"word": "prendre la tête"
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