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"text": "Tom Pitella is a go-getter and does not rely on others to prove things in the field of mathematics to him."
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"ref": "2008, Ellen Hopkins, Identical, page 31",
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"sense": "one who is motivated or inclined to excel",
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"sense": "one who is motivated or inclined to excel",
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"sense": "one who is motivated or inclined to excel",
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"sense": "one who is motivated or inclined to excel",
"word": "მიმღწევი"
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"sense": "one who is motivated or inclined to excel",
"word": "მშოვნელი"
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"sense": "one who is motivated or inclined to excel",
"tags": [
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"sense": "one who is motivated or inclined to excel",
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"word": "καταφερτζής"
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"sense": "one who is motivated or inclined to excel"
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"sense": "one who is motivated or inclined to excel",
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