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"ref": "1988 April 25, Joseph Truni, “Asphalt Answers”, in Popular Mechanics, page 127",
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"word": "yksityinen ajotie"
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"sense": "short private road that leads to a house or garage",
"word": "allée"
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"sense": "short private road that leads to a house or garage",
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"sense": "short private road that leads to a house or garage",
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"word": "podjazd do domu"
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