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"text": "I ſuppoſe vve ſhall hardly Rehearſe the Comedy this Morning; for the Author vvas Arreſted as he vvas going home from King's Coffee-houſe; and, as I heard, it vvas for upvvards of Four Pound: I ſuppoſe he vvill hardly get Bail.",
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"sense": "practice by repetition or recitation",
"word": "tập dượt"
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"sense": "to cause rehearse or instruct by rehearsal",
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