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"ref": "2002 October 31, Owen Gibson, “TV audiences desert news in droves”, in The Guardian",
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"ref": "2022 November 30, Paul Bigland, “Destination Oban: a Sunday in Scotland”, in RAIL, number 971, page 79",
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"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to excess",
"word": "a dojo"
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"sense": "to excess",
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"word": "bij de vleet"
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"word": "à la pelle"
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"word": "in quantità"
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"sense": "to excess",
"word": "od groma"
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"word": "a patadas"
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"code": "tr",
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"sense": "to excess",
"word": "fazlasıyla"
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"sense": "to excess",
"word": "in groten getale"
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"word": "à la pelle"
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