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"ref": "1996, Placebo (lyrics and music), “Nancy Boy”",
"text": "And it all breaks down at the role reversal\nGot the muse in my head, she's universal\nSpinning me round, she's coming over me",
"type": "quotation"
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"ref": "2022 November 30, Paul Bigland, “Destination Oban: a Sunday in Scotland”, in RAIL, number 971, page 74",
"text": "The table opposite me is occupied by a young couple with a table full of alcohol and snacks. In a role reversal, he is drinking Smirnoff Ice while she steadily demolishes a six-pack of lager!",
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "roolin kääntyminen"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
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"tags": [
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"word": "inversion des rôles"
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"word": "szerepcsere"
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"word": "odwrócenie ról"
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"word": "zamiana ról"
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"ref": "2022 November 30, Paul Bigland, “Destination Oban: a Sunday in Scotland”, in RAIL, number 971, page 74",
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