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"ref": "1846, Joseph Alden, Elizabeth Benton, page 121",
"text": "\"The Bible requires us to be courteous and hospitable,\" said Mrs. Clarence, smiling, as though she rather more than half believed that her argument or remark was in point.",
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"sense": "appropriate",
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"word": "viðeigandi"
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