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"word": "爆料出嚟"
},
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"sense": "to reveal a secret; to disclose",
"word": "露陷"
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"sense": "to reveal a secret; to disclose",
"word": "cracher le morceau"
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"sense": "to reveal a secret; to disclose",
"word": "vendre la mèche"
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"sense": "to reveal a secret; to disclose",
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"word": "alles verraten"
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"code": "he",
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"sense": "to reveal a secret; to disclose",
"word": "להלשין"
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"sense": "to reveal a secret; to disclose",
"word": "elárul"
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"sense": "to reveal a secret; to disclose",
"word": "kitálal"
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"word": "eljár a szája"
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"word": "effundet fabam"
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"sense": "to reveal a secret; to disclose",
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"sense": "to reveal a secret; to disclose",
"word": "confessar"
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