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"text": "“Yes, Mr. Coleman, I have,” answered Luke steadily. “I thought it my duty to inform this man of your character. I have advised him to put his money into a savings-bank.”\n“Curse you for an impertinent meddler!” said Coleman wrathfully. “I’ll get even with you for this!”\n“You can do as you please,” said Luke calmly.",
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"text": "“Stop!” The hoarse, oddly alien voice of the Swami held a tone beyond all mere earthly fright “I told you there was another form of proof which I could give if necessary, and I warned you not to provoke me to it. This red-faced old meddler is right; I’m not really an East Indian. This face is a mask, and what it covers is not human.”",
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{
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{
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"text": "“Yes, Mr. Coleman, I have,” answered Luke steadily. “I thought it my duty to inform this man of your character. I have advised him to put his money into a savings-bank.”\n“Curse you for an impertinent meddler!” said Coleman wrathfully. “I’ll get even with you for this!”\n“You can do as you please,” said Luke calmly.",
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"text": "“Stop!” The hoarse, oddly alien voice of the Swami held a tone beyond all mere earthly fright “I told you there was another form of proof which I could give if necessary, and I warned you not to provoke me to it. This red-faced old meddler is right; I’m not really an East Indian. This face is a mask, and what it covers is not human.”",
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"word": "busybody"
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{
"word": "kibitzer"
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{
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{
"word": "nosey parker"
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"sense": "one who meddles or interferes",
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"word": "fresseta"
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"sense": "one who meddles or interferes",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "bemoeial"
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "one who meddles or interferes",
"word": "nuuskija"
},
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "one who meddles or interferes",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "fouineur"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "one who meddles or interferes",
"word": "fouineuse"
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{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "one who meddles or interferes",
"word": "cheiracús"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "anakatosoúris",
"sense": "one who meddles or interferes",
"word": "ανακατωσούρης"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "one who meddles or interferes",
"word": "minden lében kanál"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "one who meddles or interferes",
"word": "kotnyeles"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "one who meddles or interferes",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "ficcanaso"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "one who meddles or interferes",
"word": "impiccione"
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{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "one who meddles or interferes",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "ardelio"
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{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "one who meddles or interferes",
"word": "whawhewhawhe"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "one who meddles or interferes",
"word": "kohe"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "one who meddles or interferes",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "metiche"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "one who meddles or interferes",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "entremetido"
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "one who meddles or interferes",
"tags": [
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"word": "entrometido"
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],
"word": "meddler"
}
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