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"sense": "to help to swallow by drinking a liquid",
"word": "altrinki"
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"sense": "to help to swallow by drinking a liquid",
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"sense": "to help to swallow by drinking a liquid",
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"sense": "to help to swallow by drinking a liquid",
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"(transitive) To wash (something) completely from top to bottom."
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"sense": "to help to swallow by drinking a liquid",
"word": "altrinki"
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"sense": "to help to swallow by drinking a liquid",
"word": "herunterspülen"
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"sense": "to help to swallow by drinking a liquid",
"word": "leöblít"
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"sense": "to help to swallow by drinking a liquid",
"word": "bajar"
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"sense": "to help to swallow by drinking a liquid",
"word": "acompañar"
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"sense": "to wash something completely",
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