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"text": "Qed nixgħel ix-xemgħa.",
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"english": "You burst out in anger when I mentioned your sister.",
"text": "Xgħelt xħin semmejtlek lil oħtok.",
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"to burst out in anger"
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"(intransitive) to burst out in anger"
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{
"word": "rrabja"
},
{
"word": "tgħaddab"
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"ipa": "/ʃɛːl/"
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"ipa": "/ʃɛ.ˤɛl/"
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"english": "I’m lighting the candle.",
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{
"word": "tgħaddab"
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"ipa": "/ʃɛːl/"
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{
"ipa": "/ʃɛ.ˤɛl/"
}
],
"word": "xegħel"
}
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