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"sense": "A person or entity whose name one does not remember",
"word": "פלוני אלמוני"
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"sense": "A person or entity whose name one does not remember",
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"word": "ка́к его́"
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"roman": "étot sámyj",
"sense": "A person or entity whose name one does not remember",
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"word": "э́тот са́мый"
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"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "A person or entity whose name one does not remember",
"word": "kak-se-zove"
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"sense": "A person or entity whose name one does not remember",
"tags": [
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"word": "האָצמאַך"
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"roman": "yener ployne",
"sense": "A person or entity whose name one does not remember",
"tags": [
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"word": "יענער פּלוני"
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