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{plus i’d like to add #16 Saudade (Portuguese)
a yearning, longing with
alegria e tristeza, amor e sofrimento
(joy & sadness, love & suffering)
for something gone away,
or long lost,
or never existed,
or unattainable
and the individual feels
this absence acutely or subtly ~ sb}

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