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"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "restless; disturbed by pain, anxiety",
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"lang": "Bulgarian",
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{
"code": "fi",
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "restless; disturbed by pain, anxiety",
"word": "unbehaglich"
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"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "anísychos",
"sense": "restless; disturbed by pain, anxiety",
"word": "ανήσυχος"
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"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "restless; disturbed by pain, anxiety",
"word": "gelisah"
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"sense": "restless; disturbed by pain, anxiety",
"word": "anacair"
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{
"code": "mi",
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"word": "pakaihi"
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{
"code": "mi",
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"word": "anipā"
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{
"code": "mi",
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"sense": "restless; disturbed by pain, anxiety",
"word": "āwangawanga"
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{
"code": "mi",
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"sense": "restless; disturbed by pain, anxiety",
"word": "hopohopo"
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{
"code": "mi",
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"word": "manawarau"
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"code": "mi",
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"word": "tūmatatenga"
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{
"code": "mi",
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"word": "hikirangi"
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{
"code": "mi",
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"word": "koromāungaunga"
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"sense": "restless; disturbed by pain, anxiety",
"word": "an-fhoiseil"
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"code": "vi",
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"sense": "restless; disturbed by pain, anxiety",
"word": "nao nao"
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"code": "bg",
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "not easy in manner; constrained",
"word": "vaivaantunut"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "not easy in manner; constrained",
"word": "kiusaantunut"
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"code": "fa",
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