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"sense": "by good chance, fortunately",
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"roman": "xìngyùn de",
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"code": "fr",
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"code": "hu",
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"sense": "in a happy manner",
"word": "ပျော်ပျော်"
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{
"code": "et",
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},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "in a happy manner",
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{
"code": "fr",
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"sense": "in a happy manner",
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "in a happy manner",
"word": "gaiement"
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"code": "de",
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{
"code": "de",
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"sense": "in a happy manner",
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"sense": "in a happy manner",
"word": "𐌲𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌾𐌰𐌱𐌰"
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"sense": "in a happy manner",
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{
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{
"code": "hu",
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"word": "بەخۆشی"
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{
"code": "es",
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"sense": "in a happy manner",
"word": "సుఖముగా"
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"word": "щасли́во"
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"code": "cmn",
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{
"code": "et",
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{
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{
"code": "de",
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{
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{
"code": "la",
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"code": "pt",
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},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "willingly",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "rád"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "willingly",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "rada"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "willingly",
"word": "de buena gana"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "willingly",
"word": "gladeligen"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "rádo",
"sense": "willingly",
"word": "ра́до"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "iz zadovólennjam",
"sense": "willingly",
"word": "із задово́ленням"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "z rádistju",
"sense": "willingly",
"word": "з ра́дістю"
}
],
"word": "happily"
}
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