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"sense": "to resign from office",
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"sense": "to resign from office",
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"sense": "to resign from office",
"word": "dimettersi"
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"sense": "to resign from office",
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"sense": "to resign from office",
"word": "abdica"
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"sense": "to gradually reduce something",
"word": "herunterstufen"
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"sense": "to gradually reduce something",
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"word": "erniedrigen"
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"sense": "to gradually reduce something",
"word": "deklassieren"
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"sense": "to gradually reduce something",
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"sense": "to gradually reduce something",
"word": "scemare"
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"sense": "to gradually reduce something",
"word": "diminuire"
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