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"sense": "to make higher",
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"word": "megmagasít"
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{
"code": "hu",
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"sense": "to make higher",
"word": "feljebb/magasabbra emel"
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"code": "is",
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"sense": "to make higher",
"word": "hækka"
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{
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"sense": "to make higher",
"word": "ardaigh"
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"sense": "to make higher",
"word": "whakatiketike"
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"sense": "to make higher",
"word": "بالا بردن"
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"sense": "to make higher",
"word": "elevar"
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"sense": "to augment, aggravate, intensify",
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"sense": "to augment, aggravate, intensify",
"word": "aixecar"
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"sense": "to augment, aggravate, intensify",
"word": "aandikken"
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"sense": "to augment, aggravate, intensify",
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"sense": "to augment, aggravate, intensify",
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"word": "heighten"
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