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"ref": "1970, Noel Streatfeild, Thursday’s Child",
"text": "Jem looked at her clothes. \"You wouldn’t get far dolled up like that.\"",
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"sense": "to dress oneself or another in formal or ostentatious clothing",
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"sense": "to dress oneself or another in formal or ostentatious clothing",
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"sense": "to dress oneself or another in formal or ostentatious clothing",
"word": "sich schick machen"
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"sense": "to dress oneself or another in formal or ostentatious clothing",
"word": "essere tirato a lucido"
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"sense": "to dress oneself or another in formal or ostentatious clothing",
"word": "embonecar"
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"sense": "to dress oneself or another in formal or ostentatious clothing",
"word": "emperifollar"
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"sense": "to dress oneself or another in formal or ostentatious clothing",
"word": "sich schick machen"
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"sense": "to dress oneself or another in formal or ostentatious clothing",
"word": "essere tirato a lucido"
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"sense": "to dress oneself or another in formal or ostentatious clothing",
"word": "embonecar"
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"sense": "to dress oneself or another in formal or ostentatious clothing",
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