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"sense": "to prematurely leave an occasion or event",
"word": "lähteä kesken pois"
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"sense": "to prematurely leave an occasion or event",
"word": "jättää kesken"
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"sense": "to prematurely leave an occasion or event",
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"sense": "to prematurely leave an occasion or event",
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"sense": "to prematurely leave an occasion or event",
"word": "félbehagy"
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"sense": "to prematurely leave an occasion or event",
"word": "lemorzsolódik"
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"sense": "to prematurely leave an occasion or event",
"word": "kimarad"
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"sense": "to prematurely leave an occasion or event",
"word": "makere"
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"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to prematurely leave an occasion or event",
"word": "whakamakere"
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"sense": "to opt out of conventional society",
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"sense": "to opt out of conventional society",
"word": "aussteigen"
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