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"ref": "2002, Carolyne Wright, Greatest Hits 1975-2001, page 32",
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},
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"word": "shtënë turi"
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"sense": "photograph taken of the head and shoulders",
"word": "臉部照片"
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"sense": "photograph taken of the head and shoulders",
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"word": "マグショット"
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"sense": "photograph taken of the head and shoulders",
"word": "머그샷"
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"sense": "photograph taken of the head and shoulders",
"word": "얼굴사진"
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"sense": "photograph taken of the head and shoulders",
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"word": "foto de criminoso"
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