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"a single consonant /b/ in a word, or a dominant /b/ in a cluster."
],
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],
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"(stenoscript) a single consonant /b/ in a word, or a dominant /b/ in a cluster."
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English stenoscript abbreviations"
],
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"the sequence /biː/"
],
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],
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"(stenoscript) the sequence /biː/"
]
},
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"word": "be and inflections being"
},
{
"word": "been"
}
],
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"English stenoscript abbreviations"
],
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"Abbreviation of be and inflections being, been."
],
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[
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"be#English"
],
[
"being",
"being#English"
],
[
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],
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]
},
{
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{
"word": "by and homophones buy"
},
{
"word": "bye"
}
],
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"English abbreviations",
"English stenoscript abbreviations"
],
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"Abbreviation of by and homophones buy, bye."
],
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[
"stenoscript",
"Stenoscript"
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[
"by",
"by#English"
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[
"buy",
"buy#English"
],
[
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],
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],
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}
],
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"English abbreviations",
"English stenoscript abbreviations"
],
"glosses": [
"Abbreviation of but."
],
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[
"stenoscript",
"Stenoscript"
],
[
"but",
"but#English"
]
],
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"(stenoscript) Abbreviation of but."
],
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"abbreviation",
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]
}
],
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}
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"msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: stenoscript",
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],
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"title": "b",
"trace": ""
}
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"called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
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}
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"called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
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"called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
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