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"ref": "2007, Carol Culver, Manderley Prep, page 25",
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"ref": "2020 August 4, Stacey Steinberg, “Why Parents Should Pause Before Oversharing Online”, in The New York Times, →ISSN",
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"sense": "to offer inappropriate disclosure",
"word": "ausplaudern"
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"sense": "to offer inappropriate disclosure",
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"sense": "to offer inappropriate disclosure",
"word": "túl sok mindent oszt meg"
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"note": "túl sok személyes vagy semmitmondó információt oszt meg",
"sense": "to offer inappropriate disclosure"
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"sense": "to offer inappropriate disclosure",
"word": "túlzottan kitárulkozik"
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"ref": "2021 October 22, Kayla Ringelheim, “Two Wrongs Don’t Make Mr. Right”, in The New York Times, →ISSN",
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