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"4": "",
"5": "to teach"
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},
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"ref": "1954, J. R. R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring",
"text": "A bump of the boot to the seat, Tom thought, would be the way to larn him.",
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{
"text": "Larn yersel te taalk propa like!"
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