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"ref": "2001 May 12, Robert Potts, quoting Paul Muldoon, “The poet at play”, in The Guardian, →ISSN",
"text": "He gives the impression that it took time for him to come to terms with his feelings towards her, admitting that, “I'm sure we had some unfinished business”, […]",
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"A matter that still has to be completed or dealt with, sometimes with an ominous or threatening implication."
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "matter that still has to be dealt with",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "questione in sospeso"
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "matter that still has to be dealt with",
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"feminine"
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"word": "asignatura pendiente"
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"word": "unfinished business"
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "matter that still has to be dealt with",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "questione in sospeso"
},
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "matter that still has to be dealt with",
"tags": [
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