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"sense": "transmit in succession",
"word": "überliefern"
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"sense": "transmit in succession",
"word": "παραδίδωμι"
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"sense": "transmit in succession",
"word": "tramandare"
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"sense": "transmit in succession",
"word": "whakahoro"
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"word": "передава́ти"
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