See take at face value in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"ref": "1991, Douglas Coupland, “New Zealand Gets Nuked, Too”, in Generation X, New York: St. Martin's Press, →OCLC, page 68:",
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"word": "uskoa sellaisenaan"
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"code": "fi",
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"word": "ottaa täydestä"
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"word": "uskoa sellaisenaan"
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"code": "fi",
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"word": "ottaa täydestä"
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