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},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "gotóvnostʹ",
"sense": "eagerness",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "гото́вность"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "žívostʹ",
"sense": "eagerness",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "жи́вость"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "rvénije",
"sense": "eagerness",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "рве́ние"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "eagerness",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sunnd"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "eagerness",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sùrd"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "eagerness",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "esmero"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "eagerness",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "alacridad"
},
{
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "ārvam",
"sense": "eagerness",
"word": "ஆர்வம்"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "živost",
"sense": "promptness",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "живост"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "pǎrgavost",
"sense": "promptness",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "пъргавост"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "promptness",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "hbitost"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "promptness",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "vlugheid"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "promptness",
"word": "ripeys"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "promptness",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "rapidité"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "promptness",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "alacridade"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "promptness",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Unverzüglichkeit"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "rastorópnostʹ",
"sense": "promptness",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "расторо́пность"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "provórstvo",
"sense": "promptness",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "прово́рство"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "promptness",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sgiobaltachd"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "promptness",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "alacridad"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "promptness",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "presteza"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "promptness",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "prontitud"
}
],
"word": "alacrity"
}
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