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"(intensifier) In a manner that uses all of the strength, speed, or effort that a person can summon."
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"sense": "using all strength, speed, effort that one can summon",
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"sense": "using all strength, speed, effort that one can summon",
"word": "le diable aux trousses"
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"sense": "using all strength, speed, effort that one can summon",
"word": "le diable aux cul"
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"sense": "using all strength, speed, effort that one can summon",
"word": "le diable aux chausses"
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"lang": "French",
"sense": "using all strength, speed, effort that one can summon",
"word": "à mort"
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"sense": "using all strength, speed, effort that one can summon",
"word": "a palla"
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"sense": "using all strength, speed, effort that one can summon",
"word": "a pieno regime"
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"sense": "using all strength, speed, effort that one can summon",
"word": "jak diabli"
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"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "using all strength, speed, effort that one can summon",
"word": "jak cholera"
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"sense": "using all strength, speed, effort that one can summon",
"word": "som fan"
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"sense": "using all strength, speed, effort that one can summon",
"word": "så in i helvete"
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"sense": "expressing the opposite of one's intentions",
"word": "tos uhod"
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"word": "to určitě"
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"sense": "expressing the opposite of one's intentions",
"word": "mon cul"
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"word": "c’est mort"
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"word": "col cazzo"
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"sense": "expressing the opposite of one's intentions",
"word": "чёрта с два"
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"sense": "expressing the opposite of one's intentions",
"word": "a huevo que"
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "expressing the opposite of one's intentions",
"word": "i helvete heller"
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"word": "like hell"
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