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"ref": "1997, G. Cajetan Luna, Youths Living with HIV: Self-Evident Truths, page 10",
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"sense": "able to be expended",
"word": "ehtyvä"
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"code": "fi",
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"code": "de",
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"code": "de",
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"word": "austauschbar"
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"code": "fi",
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"word": "aufgebbar"
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"word": "расходный"
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