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"sense": "to have high hopes",
"word": "tenir grans ambicions"
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"sense": "to have high hopes",
"word": "vouloir décrocher la lune"
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"sense": "to have high hopes",
"word": "avoir de hautes ambitions"
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"sense": "to have high hopes",
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