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{
"text": "He washed the table very well, so now it is very clean."
}
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"In a good way."
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"text": "I had the flu, but then I got well."
}
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"healthy, not sick."
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"text": "Well, I guess I'm leaving now."
}
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"text": "There was no river nearby, so they dug a well to get water."
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"text": "The tears welled up in her eyes."
},
{
"text": "Blood welled in the cut."
},
{
"text": "She'd been trying so hard to contain the emotion welling up inside her."
}
],
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"If a liquid, feeling, or idea wells up, it rises gradually to the surface."
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"text": "I had the flu, but then I got well."
}
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"text": "Well, I guess I'm leaving now."
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"text": "There was no river nearby, so they dug a well to get water."
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"text": "The tears welled up in her eyes."
},
{
"text": "Blood welled in the cut."
},
{
"text": "She'd been trying so hard to contain the emotion welling up inside her."
}
],
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],
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"tags": [
"UK"
]
}
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}
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