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"ref": "2006 Feb. 17, Graham Linehan, The IT Crowd, Season 1, Episode 4",
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}
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"word": "dvojitý zápor"
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"sense": "phrase in which there are two negative words",
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"sense": "phrase in which there are two negative words",
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"sense": "phrase in which there are two negative words",
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