See Leiche in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"ref": "1913 [1878], chapter 20, in Hermann Röhl, transl., Anna Karenina, translation of Анна Каренина (Anna Karenina) by Leo Tolstoy, part 5:",
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{
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{
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"text": "»Bald werde ich liegen«, antwortete er leise; »als Leiche«, fügte er spöttisch und ingrimmig hinzu.",
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