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"ref": "2022, Adam Moreno, Purpose-Driven Learning: Unlocking and Empowering Our Students’ Innate Passion for Learning, Taylor & Francis, →ISBN:",
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"ref": "2024 October 31, Stephanie Amante-Ritter, “The Best Exotic Nanite Hotel” (1:29 from the start), in Star Trek: Lower Decks, season 5, episode 3, spoken by Jack Ransom (Jerry O'Connell):",
"text": "“Ooh, this is gonna be awesome. As soon as we clean up those nanites I'm gonna...” “Sorry, Mr. Boimler, but you and I have a little side quest we need to take care of.” “Ew. don't wink. Winking's gross.” “Not when I pair it with my signature smirk.” “Worse.”",
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"sense": "in fictional or historical writings about chivalric romances: a quest embarked upon by a knight or other person which is not the main quest; quest given to a player which has no direct bearing on the outcome of the main campaign or story of a video game",
"word": "支線任務 /支线任务"
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"sense": "in fictional or historical writings about chivalric romances: a quest embarked upon by a knight or other person which is not the main quest; quest given to a player which has no direct bearing on the outcome of the main campaign or story of a video game",
"word": "sivutehtävä"
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"sense": "in fictional or historical writings about chivalric romances: a quest embarked upon by a knight or other person which is not the main quest; quest given to a player which has no direct bearing on the outcome of the main campaign or story of a video game",
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"word": "quête annexe"
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"word": "sous-quête"
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"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "in fictional or historical writings about chivalric romances: a quest embarked upon by a knight or other person which is not the main quest; quest given to a player which has no direct bearing on the outcome of the main campaign or story of a video game",
"tags": [
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"word": "Seitenquest"
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"sense": "in fictional or historical writings about chivalric romances: a quest embarked upon by a knight or other person which is not the main quest; quest given to a player which has no direct bearing on the outcome of the main campaign or story of a video game",
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"sense": "in fictional or historical writings about chivalric romances: a quest embarked upon by a knight or other person which is not the main quest; quest given to a player which has no direct bearing on the outcome of the main campaign or story of a video game",
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"word": "missione secondaria"
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"sense": "in fictional or historical writings about chivalric romances: a quest embarked upon by a knight or other person which is not the main quest; quest given to a player which has no direct bearing on the outcome of the main campaign or story of a video game",
"word": "사이드퀘스트"
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"word": "misión secundaria"
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"sense": "in fictional or historical writings about chivalric romances: a quest embarked upon by a knight or other person which is not the main quest; quest given to a player which has no direct bearing on the outcome of the main campaign or story of a video game",
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