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"Delicious."
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"ref": "1989, David John Cawdell Irving, Göring: a biography",
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"_dis1": "8 91 1 1",
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "sexually attractive",
"word": "hemaiseva"
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"text": "Once the pasta is firmly al dente (toothsome but not snappy), add it into the pan, with a bunch of cheese, and cook til it all becomes glossy.",
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"text": "Bagels are fine, but give me a warm bialy any time. With its crisp bits of onion nestled snugly into a golden pillow of toothsome chewiness, this is the ideal substrate for lox and a schmear—or just on its own.",
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"Having a pleasing texture when bitten."
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"word": "kovankypsä"
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"Showing lots of teeth; toothy."
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{
"text": "Bagels are fine, but give me a warm bialy any time. With its crisp bits of onion nestled snugly into a golden pillow of toothsome chewiness, this is the ideal substrate for lox and a schmear—or just on its own.",
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"Having a pleasing texture when bitten."
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"Showing lots of teeth; toothy."
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"sense": "sexually attractive",
"word": "hemaiseva"
},
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"sense": "having a pleasing texture when bitten",
"word": "kovankypsä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "having a pleasing texture when bitten",
"word": "al dente (al dente)"
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"sense": "having a pleasing texture when bitten",
"word": "napakka"
}
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