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"sense": "asserting the frank honesty of an associated statement",
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"sense": "asserting the frank honesty of an associated statement",
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"sense": "asserting the frank honesty of an associated statement",
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"sense": "asserting the frank honesty of an associated statement",
"word": "ἀληθεύω"
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"sense": "asserting the frank honesty of an associated statement",
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"sense": "asserting the frank honesty of an associated statement",
"word": "az az igazság, hogy"
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"code": "ru",
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"roman": "čéstno govorjá",
"sense": "asserting the frank honesty of an associated statement",
"word": "че́стно говоря́"
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "asserting the frank honesty of an associated statement",
"word": "decir la verdad"
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"sense": "asserting the frank honesty of an associated statement",
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