See scolding on Wiktionary
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"word": "выговор"
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"word": "utskällning"
},
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"sense": "succession of critical remarks",
"word": "قالای"
}
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"Terms with Asturian translations",
"Terms with Bulgarian translations",
"Terms with Catalan translations",
"Terms with Finnish translations",
"Terms with Malayalam translations",
"Terms with Nepali translations",
"Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations",
"Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations",
"Terms with Plautdietsch translations",
"Terms with Portuguese translations",
"Terms with Russian translations",
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}
],
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}
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