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"text": "Well, Aby; here I am, as large as life, but as cold as death. Ugh; what an affair that coach is! Fanny, my best of darlings, give me a drop of something that's best for warming the cockles of an old man's heart.",
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"text": "\"You mean that great possessions warm the cockles of your heart,\" I said; \"that's because you're all soul. As for me, I must warm my hands in the tea-cozy before I can carve the eggs.\"",
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"text": "\"Well, they may laugh at us up here for our old-fashioned notions of loyalty, discipline and obedience, but when one finds it I must say it warms the cockles of the heart. Don't you agree with me, Hugh? I say it warms the cockles of the heart.\" / \"Oh, very much so,\" Kilwhillie agreed. The cockles of his own heart were in a responsive condition to warmth that evening […]",
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"text": "\"Surname?\" / \"Blagodarev.\" / A handy name, easy to get hold of, and the ready way he gave it warmed the cockles of the heart.",
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"roman": "lìng rén mǎnyì",
"sense": "to provide someone with a deep feeling of contentment or happiness",
"word": "令人滿意 /令人满意"
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"sense": "to provide someone with a deep feeling of contentment or happiness",
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"sense": "to provide someone with a deep feeling of contentment or happiness",
"word": "lämmittää jonkun sydäntä"
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"sense": "to provide someone with a deep feeling of contentment or happiness",
"word": "faire chaud au cœur"
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"sense": "to provide someone with a deep feeling of contentment or happiness",
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"sense": "to provide someone with a deep feeling of contentment or happiness",
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"sense": "to provide someone with a deep feeling of contentment or happiness",
"word": "Herz wärmen"
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"sense": "to provide someone with a deep feeling of contentment or happiness",
"word": "allargare il cuore"
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"sense": "to provide someone with a deep feeling of contentment or happiness",
"word": "心を温める"
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"sense": "to provide someone with a deep feeling of contentment or happiness",
"word": "훈훈하게 하다"
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"sense": "to provide someone with a deep feeling of contentment or happiness",
"word": "마음을 따뜻하게 하다"
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"sense": "to provide someone with a deep feeling of contentment or happiness",
"tags": [
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"word": "lać miód na serce"
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{
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"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to provide someone with a deep feeling of contentment or happiness",
"word": "aquecer o coração"
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"word": "согрева́ть се́рдце"
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"word": "värma om hjärtat"
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"word": "зігріва́ти се́рце"
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"word": "зігрі́ти се́рце"
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