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"sense": "to break a word at the end of a line according to the hyphenation rules",
"word": "tavuttaa"
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"sense": "to break a word at the end of a line according to the hyphenation rules",
"word": "mettre la césure"
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"sense": "to break a word at the end of a line according to the hyphenation rules",
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