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"ref": "1969 May 23 [1969 May 19], “Activities in Shensi”, in Daily Report: Communist China, volume I, number 100, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, →ISSN, →OCLC, page H 3",
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},
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},
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"Swahili terms derived from English",
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],
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]
]
}
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}
],
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}
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"3": "May"
},
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"name": "der"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "tpi",
"2": "proper noun"
},
"expansion": "Mei",
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}
],
"lang": "Tok Pisin",
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{
"categories": [
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]
}
],
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}
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{
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"3": "-"
},
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"2": "",
"3": "sleep"
},
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}
],
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{
"form": "†Mei",
"tags": [
"canonical"
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}
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"Troodontidae",
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[
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[
"dinosaur",
"dinosaur"
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[
"Cretaceous",
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],
[
"China",
"China"
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]
}
],
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