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"word": "成功地"
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"word": "出色地"
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"sense": "(idiom) extremely well",
"word": "met vlag en wimpel"
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"word": "mennen tullen"
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"sense": "(idiom) extremely well",
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"sense": "(idiom) extremely well",
"word": "на \"Ура!\""
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"sense": "(idiom) extremely well",
"word": "airoso"
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"sense": "(idiom) extremely well",
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"sense": "(idiom) extremely well",
"word": "відмінно"
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"roman": "na vidminno",
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