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Fifteen Thousand Useful Phrases ⠃⠗⠋ braille edition

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⠃⠇⠁⠉⠅⠝⠑⠎⠎⠀⠀⠋⠇⠕⠗⠊⠙⠀⠕⠗⠁⠞⠕⠗⠽⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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⠋⠇⠥⠉⠞⠥⠁⠞⠊⠝⠛⠀⠇⠊⠛⠓⠞⠀⠀⠋⠇⠥⠑⠝⠞⠀⠎⠕⠏⠓⠊⠎⠞⠀⠀
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⠑⠝⠞⠓⠥⠎⠊⠁⠎⠞⠀⠀⠋⠕⠕⠇⠊⠎⠓⠀⠋⠗⠑⠝⠵⠽⠀⠀⠋⠕⠗⠃⠑⠁⠗⠊⠝⠛⠀
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⠁⠥⠙⠁⠉⠊⠞⠽⠀⠀⠋⠕⠗⠑⠛⠕⠝⠑⠀⠉⠕⠝⠉⠇⠥⠎⠊⠕⠝⠀⠀⠋⠕⠗⠑⠍⠕⠎⠞⠀
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⠀⠎⠕⠥⠇⠀⠀⠋⠗⠑⠑⠵⠊⠝⠛⠀⠙⠊⠎⠙⠁⠊⠝⠀⠀⠋⠗⠑⠝⠵⠊⠑⠙⠀⠓⠁⠎⠞⠑⠀
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