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bass
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adj 1: having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range; "a
deep voice"; "a bass voice is lower than a baritone
voice"; "a bass clarinet" [syn: bass, deep]
n 1: the lowest part of the musical range
2: the lowest part in polyphonic music [syn: bass, bass
part]
3: an adult male singer with the lowest voice [syn: bass,
basso]
4: the lean flesh of a saltwater fish of the family Serranidae
[syn: sea bass, bass]
5: any of various North American freshwater fish with lean flesh
(especially of the genus Micropterus) [syn: freshwater
bass, bass]
6: the lowest adult male singing voice [syn: bass, bass
voice, basso]
7: the member with the lowest range of a family of musical
instruments
8: nontechnical name for any of numerous edible marine and
freshwater spiny-finned fishes
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arse
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n 1: the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he
deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on
your fanny and do nothing?" [syn: buttocks, nates,
arse, butt, backside, bum, buns, can,
fundament, hindquarters, hind end, keister,
posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, stern,
seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush, bottom,
behind, derriere, fanny, ass]
2: vulgar slang for anus [syn: arse, arsehole, asshole,
bunghole]
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baas
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n 1: South African term for `boss'
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brass
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n 1: an alloy of copper and zinc
2: a wind instrument that consists of a brass tube (usually of
variable length) that is blown by means of a cup-shaped or
funnel-shaped mouthpiece [syn: brass, brass instrument]
3: the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a
body for the purpose of administering something; "he claims
that the present administration is corrupt"; "the governance
of an association is responsible to its members"; "he quickly
became recognized as a member of the establishment" [syn:
administration, governance, governing body,
establishment, brass, organization, organisation]
4: impudent aggressiveness; "I couldn't believe her boldness";
"he had the effrontery to question my honesty" [syn:
boldness, nerve, brass, face, cheek]
5: an ornament or utensil made of brass
6: the section of a band or orchestra that plays brass
instruments [syn: brass section, brass]
7: a memorial made of brass [syn: brass, memorial tablet,
plaque]
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class
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n 1: a collection of things sharing a common attribute; "there
are two classes of detergents" [syn: class, category,
family]
2: a body of students who are taught together; "early morning
classes are always sleepy" [syn: class, form, grade,
course]
3: people having the same social, economic, or educational
status; "the working class"; "an emerging professional class"
[syn: class, stratum, social class, socio-economic
class]
4: education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings; "he
took a course in basket weaving"; "flirting is not unknown in
college classes" [syn: course, course of study, course
of instruction, class]
5: a league ranked by quality; "he played baseball in class D
for two years"; "Princeton is in the NCAA Division 1-AA"
[syn: class, division]
6: a body of students who graduate together; "the class of '97";
"she was in my year at Hoehandle High" [syn: class, year]
7: (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders
8: elegance in dress or behavior; "she has a lot of class"
v 1: arrange or order by classes or categories; "How would you
classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?" [syn:
classify, class, sort, assort, sort out,
separate]
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crass
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adj 1: (of persons) so unrefined as to be lacking in
discrimination and sensibility
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farce
0
n 1: a comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable
situations [syn: farce, farce comedy, travesty]
2: mixture of ground raw chicken and mushrooms with pistachios
and truffles and onions and parsley and lots of butter and
bound with eggs [syn: forcemeat, farce]
v 1: fill with a stuffing while cooking; "Have you stuffed the
turkey yet?" [syn: farce, stuff]
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gas
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n 1: the state of matter distinguished from the solid and liquid
states by: relatively low density and viscosity; relatively
great expansion and contraction with changes in pressure
and temperature; the ability to diffuse readily; and the
spontaneous tendency to become distributed uniformly
throughout any container [syn: gas, gaseous state]
2: a fluid in the gaseous state having neither independent shape
nor volume and being able to expand indefinitely
3: a volatile flammable mixture of hydrocarbons (hexane and
heptane and octane etc.) derived from petroleum; used mainly
as a fuel in internal-combustion engines [syn: gasoline,
gasolene, gas, petrol]
4: a state of excessive gas in the alimentary canal [syn:
flatulence, flatulency, gas]
5: a pedal that controls the throttle valve; "he stepped on the
gas" [syn: accelerator, accelerator pedal, gas pedal,
gas, throttle, gun]
6: a fossil fuel in the gaseous state; used for cooking and
heating homes [syn: natural gas, gas]
v 1: attack with gas; subject to gas fumes; "The despot gassed
the rebellious tribes"
2: show off [syn: boast, tout, swash, shoot a line,
brag, gas, blow, bluster, vaunt, gasconade]
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glass
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n 1: a brittle transparent solid with irregular atomic structure
2: a container for holding liquids while drinking [syn: glass,
drinking glass]
3: the quantity a glass will hold [syn: glass, glassful]
4: a small refracting telescope [syn: field glass, glass,
spyglass]
5: an amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the
form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to
the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant [syn:
methamphetamine, methamphetamine hydrochloride,
Methedrine, meth, deoxyephedrine, chalk, chicken
feed, crank, glass, ice, shabu, trash]
6: a mirror; usually a ladies' dressing mirror [syn: looking
glass, glass]
7: glassware collectively; "She collected old glass"
v 1: furnish with glass; "glass the windows" [syn: glass,
glaze]
2: scan (game in the forest) with binoculars
3: enclose with glass; "glass in a porch" [syn: glass, glass
in]
4: put in a glass container
5: become glassy or take on a glass-like appearance; "Her eyes
glaze over when she is bored" [syn: glaze, glass, glass
over, glaze over]
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grass
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n 1: narrow-leaved green herbage: grown as lawns; used as
pasture for grazing animals; cut and dried as hay
2: German writer of novels and poetry and plays (born 1927)
[syn: Grass, Gunter Grass, Gunter Wilhelm Grass]
3: a police informer who implicates many people [syn:
supergrass, grass]
4: bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses
or cattle [syn: eatage, forage, pasture, pasturage,
grass]
5: street names for marijuana [syn: pot, grass, green
goddess, dope, weed, gage, sess, sens, smoke,
skunk, locoweed, Mary Jane]
v 1: shoot down, of birds
2: cover with grass; "The owners decided to grass their
property"
3: spread out clothes on the grass to let it dry and bleach
4: cover with grass [syn: grass, grass over]
5: feed with grass
6: give away information about somebody; "He told on his
classmate who had cheated on the exam" [syn: denounce,
tell on, betray, give away, rat, grass, shit,
shop, snitch, stag]
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hawse
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n 1: the hole that an anchor rope passes through [syn: hawse,
hawsehole, hawsepipe]
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joss
0
n 1: a Chinese god worshipped in the form of an idol
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lacrosse
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n 1: a game invented by American Indians; now played by two
teams who use long-handled rackets to catch and carry and
throw the ball toward the opponents' goal
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lass
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n 1: a girl or young woman who is unmarried [syn: lass,
lassie, young girl, jeune fille]
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loss
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n 1: something that is lost; "the car was a total loss"; "loss
of livestock left the rancher bankrupt"
2: gradual decline in amount or activity; "weight loss"; "a
serious loss of business"
3: the act of losing someone or something; "everyone expected
him to win so his loss was a shock"
4: the disadvantage that results from losing something; "his
loss of credibility led to his resignation"; "losing him is
no great deprivation" [syn: loss, deprivation]
5: the experience of losing a loved one; "he sympathized on the
loss of their grandfather"
6: the amount by which the cost of a business exceeds its
revenue; "the company operated at a loss last year"; "the
company operated in the red last year" [syn: loss, red
ink, red] [ant: gain]
7: military personnel lost by death or capture [syn: personnel
casualty, loss]
8: euphemistic expressions for death; "thousands mourned his
passing" [syn: passing, loss, departure, exit,
expiration, going, release]
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mass
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adj 1: formed of separate units gathered into a mass or whole;
"aggregate expenses include expenses of all divisions
combined for the entire year"; "the aggregated amount of
indebtedness" [syn: aggregate, aggregated,
aggregative, mass]
n 1: the property of a body that causes it to have weight in a
gravitational field
2: (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent;
"a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money";
"he made a mint on the stock market"; "see the rest of the
winners in our huge passel of photos"; "it must have cost
plenty"; "a slew of journalists"; "a wad of money" [syn:
batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal,
hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint,
mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty,
pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate,
stack, tidy sum, wad]
3: an ill-structured collection of similar things (objects or
people)
4: (Roman Catholic Church and Protestant Churches) the
celebration of the Eucharist
5: a body of matter without definite shape; "a huge ice mass"
6: the common people generally; "separate the warriors from the
mass"; "power to the people" [syn: multitude, masses,
mass, hoi polloi, people, the great unwashed]
7: the property of something that is great in magnitude; "it is
cheaper to buy it in bulk"; "he received a mass of
correspondence"; "the volume of exports" [syn: bulk,
mass, volume]
8: a musical setting for a Mass; "they played a Mass composed by
Beethoven"
9: a sequence of prayers constituting the Christian Eucharistic
rite; "the priest said Mass"
v 1: join together into a mass or collect or form a mass;
"Crowds were massing outside the palace"
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moss
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n 1: tiny leafy-stemmed flowerless plants
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pass
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adj 1: of advancing the ball by throwing it; "a team with a good
passing attack"; "a pass play" [syn: passing(a),
pass(a)] [ant: running(a)]
n 1: (baseball) an advance to first base by a batter who
receives four balls; "he worked the pitcher for a base on
balls" [syn: base on balls, walk, pass]
2: (military) a written leave of absence; "he had a pass for
three days"
3: (American football) a play that involves one player throwing
the ball to a teammate; "the coach sent in a passing play on
third and long" [syn: pass, passing play, passing game,
passing]
4: the location in a range of mountains of a geological
formation that is lower than the surrounding peaks; "we got
through the pass before it started to snow" [syn: pass,
mountain pass, notch]
5: any authorization to pass or go somewhere; "the pass to visit
had a strict time limit" [syn: pass, passport]
6: a document indicating permission to do something without
restrictions; "the media representatives had special passes"
[syn: pass, laissez passer]
7: a flight or run by an aircraft over a target; "the plane
turned to make a second pass"
8: a bad or difficult situation or state of affairs [syn:
pass, strait, straits]
9: a difficult juncture; "a pretty pass"; "matters came to a
head yesterday" [syn: pass, head, straits]
10: one complete cycle of operations (as by a computer); "it was
not possible to complete the computation in a single pass"
11: you advance to the next round in a tournament without
playing an opponent; "he had a bye in the first round" [syn:
bye, pass]
12: a permit to enter or leave a military installation; "he had
to show his pass in order to get out" [syn: pass, liberty
chit]
13: a complimentary ticket; "the star got passes for his family"
14: a usually brief attempt; "he took a crack at it"; "I gave it
a whirl" [syn: crack, fling, go, pass, whirl,
offer]
15: (sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of
your team; "the pass was fumbled" [syn: pass, toss,
flip]
16: success in satisfying a test or requirement; "his future
depended on his passing that test"; "he got a pass in
introductory chemistry" [syn: passing, pass,
qualifying] [ant: failing, flunk]
v 1: go across or through; "We passed the point where the police
car had parked"; "A terrible thought went through his mind"
[syn: pass, go through, go across]
2: move past; "A black limousine passed by when she looked out
the window"; "He passed his professor in the hall"; "One line
of soldiers surpassed the other" [syn: travel by, pass
by, surpass, go past, go by, pass]
3: make laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislation;
"They passed the amendment"; "We cannot legislate how people
spend their free time" [syn: legislate, pass]
4: pass by; "three years elapsed" [syn: elapse, lapse,
pass, slip by, glide by, slip away, go by, slide
by, go along]
5: place into the hands or custody of; "hand me the spoon,
please"; "Turn the files over to me, please"; "He turned over
the prisoner to his lawyers" [syn: pass, hand, reach,
pass on, turn over, give]
6: stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or
extend between two points or beyond a certain point; "Service
runs all the way to Cranbury"; "His knowledge doesn't go very
far"; "My memory extends back to my fourth year of life";
"The facts extend beyond a consideration of her personal
assets" [syn: run, go, pass, lead, extend]
7: travel past; "The sports car passed all the trucks" [syn:
pass, overtake, overhaul]
8: come to pass; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place
off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed
important" [syn: happen, hap, go on, pass off,
occur, pass, fall out, come about, take place]
9: go unchallenged; be approved; "The bill cleared the House"
[syn: pass, clear]
10: pass time in a specific way; "how are you spending your
summer vacation?" [syn: spend, pass]
11: pass over, across, or through; "He ran his eyes over her
body"; "She ran her fingers along the carved figurine"; "He
drew her hair through his fingers" [syn: guide, run,
draw, pass]
12: transmit information ; "Please communicate this message to
all employees"; "pass along the good news" [syn:
communicate, pass on, pass, pass along, put
across]
13: disappear gradually; "The pain eventually passed off" [syn:
evanesce, fade, blow over, pass off, fleet,
pass]
14: go successfully through a test or a selection process; "She
passed the new Jersey Bar Exam and can practice law now"
[syn: pass, make it] [ant: bomb, fail, flunk,
flush it]
15: be superior or better than some standard; "She exceeded our
expectations"; "She topped her performance of last year"
[syn: exceed, transcend, overstep, pass, go past,
top]
16: accept or judge as acceptable; "The teacher passed the
student although he was weak" [ant: fail]
17: allow to go without comment or censure; "the insult passed
as if unnoticed"
18: transfer to another; of rights or property; "Our house
passed under his official control"
19: pass into a specified state or condition; "He sank into
nirvana" [syn: sink, pass, lapse]
20: throw (a ball) to another player; "Smith passed"
21: be inherited by; "The estate fell to my sister"; "The land
returned to the family"; "The estate devolved to an heir
that everybody had assumed to be dead" [syn: fall,
return, pass, devolve]
22: cause to pass; "She passed around the plates" [syn: pass,
make pass]
23: grant authorization or clearance for; "Clear the manuscript
for publication"; "The rock star never authorized this
slanderous biography" [syn: authorize, authorise,
pass, clear]
24: pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and
functions necessary to sustain life; "She died from cancer";
"The children perished in the fire"; "The patient went
peacefully"; "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of
102" [syn: die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass
away, expire, pass, kick the bucket, cash in one's
chips, buy the farm, conk, give-up the ghost, drop
dead, pop off, choke, croak, snuff it] [ant: be
born]
25: eliminate from the body; "Pass a kidney stone" [syn:
excrete, egest, eliminate, pass]
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sass
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n 1: an impudent or insolent rejoinder; "don't give me any of
your sass" [syn: sass, sassing, backtalk, back
talk, lip, mouth]
v 1: answer back in an impudent or insolent manner; "don't sass
me!"; "The teacher punished the students who were sassing
all morning";
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sauce
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n 1: flavorful relish or dressing or topping served as an
accompaniment to food
v 1: behave saucily or impudently towards
2: dress (food) with a relish
3: add zest or flavor to, make more interesting; "sauce the
roast"
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sparse
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adj 1: not dense; "a thin beard"; "trees were sparse" [syn:
sparse, thin]
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toss
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n 1: the act of flipping a coin [syn: flip, toss]
2: (sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of
your team; "the pass was fumbled" [syn: pass, toss,
flip]
3: an abrupt movement; "a toss of his head"
v 1: throw or toss with a light motion; "flip me the beachball";
"toss me newspaper" [syn: flip, toss, sky, pitch]
2: lightly throw to see which side comes up; "I don't know what
to do--I may as well flip a coin!" [syn: flip, toss]
3: throw carelessly; "chuck the ball" [syn: chuck, toss]
4: move or stir about violently; "The feverish patient thrashed
around in his bed" [syn: convulse, thresh, thresh
about, thrash, thrash about, slash, toss,
jactitate]
5: throw or cast away; "Put away your worries" [syn: discard,
fling, toss, toss out, toss away, chuck out, cast
aside, dispose, throw out, cast out, throw away,
cast away, put away]
6: agitate; "toss the salad"
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vas
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n 1: a tube in which a body fluid circulates [syn: vessel,
vas]
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wrasse
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n 1: chiefly tropical marine fishes with fleshy lips and
powerful teeth; usually brightly colored
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bos
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n 1: wild and domestic cattle; in some classifications placed in
the subfamily Bovinae or tribe Bovini [syn: Bos, genus
Bos]
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crosse
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n 1: a long racket with a triangular frame; used in playing
lacrosse
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os
0
n 1: a mouth or mouthlike opening
2: a hard brittle blue-grey or blue-black metallic element that
is one of the platinum metals; the heaviest metal known [syn:
osmium, Os, atomic number 76]
3: (computer science) software that controls the execution of
computer programs and may provide various services [syn:
operating system, OS]
4: the left eye [syn: oculus sinister, OS]
5: rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of
vertebrates [syn: bone, os]
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alsace
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n 1: a region of northeastern France famous for its wines [syn:
Alsace, Alsatia, Elsass]
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hamas
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n 1: a militant Islamic fundamentalist political movement that
opposes peace with Israel and uses terrorism as a weapon;
seeks to create an Islamic state in place of Israel; is
opposed to the PLO and has become a leading perpetrator of
terrorist activity in Israel; pioneered suicide bombing
[syn: Hamas, Islamic Resistance Movement]
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semigloss
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n 1: a paint that dries with a finish between glossy and flat
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chasse
0
n 1: (ballet) quick gliding steps with one foot always leading
[syn: chasse, sashay]
v 1: perform a chasse step, in ballet [syn: chasse, sashay]
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kvass
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n 1: fermented beverage resembling beer but made from rye or
barley
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sas
0
n 1: a specialist regiment of the British army that is trained
in commando techniques of warfare and used in clandestine
operations (especially against terrorist groups) [syn:
Special Air Service, SAS]
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bras
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pos
0
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aase
0
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blas
0
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bosse
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clos
0
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dazs
0
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foss
0
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grosse
0
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haase
0
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haass
0
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hasse
0
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hoss
0
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kjos
0
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klaas
0
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klos
0
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los
0
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rosse
0
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vohs
0
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vos
0
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vyas
0
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abbas
0
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demoss
0
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devoss
0
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hammas
0
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lacoss
0
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lafosse
0
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tomas
0
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vanoss
0
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frass
0
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grasse
0
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tass
0
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maas
0
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strass
0
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trass
0
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carse
0
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kars
0