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 v.— «Sometimes he would come back with the sad news that the pictures had got “burnt”— a term for a number of technical hitches, ranging from over-exposure and under-exposure to even out-of-focus shots.» —“The long road we’ve travelled in technology” by Andrew Limo Daily Nation (Nairobi, Kenya) Sept. 5, 2008. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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