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"ref": "1981, Stan Rogers (lyrics and music), “Night Guard”, in Northwest Passage",
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"sense": "To be explosively angry",
"word": "hypätä kattoon"
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"sense": "To be explosively angry",
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"word": "sortir de ses gonds"
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"sense": "To be explosively angry",
"word": "perdere le staffe"
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"sense": "To be explosively angry",
"word": "gå i taket"
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"word": "få spel"
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"sense": "To be explosively angry",
"word": "potchî foû d' ses bagues"
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