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"text": "DRAWDOWN OF EQUIPMENT IN STORAGE\nMr. ADDABBO. General, in the event of sudden need for drawdown would you draw down from your modern equipments or would you draw down from equipment that is in storage, the older equipment?",
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"sense": "to acquire as funding",
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"sense": "to acquire as funding",
"word": "in Anspruch nehmen"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "to acquire as funding",
"word": "einsammeln"
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