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},
{
"word": "have ants in one's pants"
},
{
"word": "shpilkes"
},
{
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}
],
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"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "anhangist",
"sense": "restless, apprehensive and fidgety",
"word": "անհանգիստ"
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"sense": "restless, apprehensive and fidgety",
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"sense": "restless, apprehensive and fidgety",
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"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "restless, apprehensive and fidgety",
"word": "rusteloos"
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"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "restless, apprehensive and fidgety",
"word": "rahutu"
},
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"sense": "restless, apprehensive and fidgety",
"word": "ärevil"
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{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "restless, apprehensive and fidgety",
"word": "levoton"
},
{
"code": "fr",
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"sense": "restless, apprehensive and fidgety",
"word": "agité"
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"lang": "French",
"sense": "restless, apprehensive and fidgety",
"word": "inquiet"
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"sense": "restless, apprehensive and fidgety",
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"sense": "restless, apprehensive and fidgety",
"word": "zappelig"
},
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "restless, apprehensive and fidgety",
"word": "kribbelig"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "restless, apprehensive and fidgety",
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"code": "hu",
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"sense": "restless, apprehensive and fidgety",
"word": "nyugtalan"
},
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "restless, apprehensive and fidgety",
"word": "be van sózva"
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "restless, apprehensive and fidgety",
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"sense": "restless, apprehensive and fidgety",
"word": "inquieto"
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"roman": "bespokójnyj",
"sense": "restless, apprehensive and fidgety",
"word": "беспоко́йный"
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"word": "inquieto"
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"word": "antsibe"
},
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"english": "rainbow",
"word": "antsiben' Andriamanitra"
},
{
"english": "sword",
"word": "antsifotsy"
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"word": "have ants in one's pants"
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"(slang) restless, apprehensive and fidgety"
],
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"roman": "anhangist",
"sense": "restless, apprehensive and fidgety",
"word": "անհանգիստ"
},
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"sense": "restless, apprehensive and fidgety",
"word": "ongerust"
},
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"sense": "restless, apprehensive and fidgety",
"word": "opgewonden"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "restless, apprehensive and fidgety",
"word": "rusteloos"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "restless, apprehensive and fidgety",
"word": "rahutu"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "restless, apprehensive and fidgety",
"word": "ärevil"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "restless, apprehensive and fidgety",
"word": "levoton"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "restless, apprehensive and fidgety",
"word": "agité"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "restless, apprehensive and fidgety",
"word": "inquiet"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "restless, apprehensive and fidgety",
"word": "nervös"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "restless, apprehensive and fidgety",
"word": "zappelig"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "restless, apprehensive and fidgety",
"word": "kribbelig"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "restless, apprehensive and fidgety",
"word": "hibbelig"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "restless, apprehensive and fidgety",
"word": "nyugtalan"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "restless, apprehensive and fidgety",
"word": "be van sózva"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "restless, apprehensive and fidgety",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "nervosetto"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "restless, apprehensive and fidgety",
"word": "inquieto"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "bespokójnyj",
"sense": "restless, apprehensive and fidgety",
"word": "беспоко́йный"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "restless, apprehensive and fidgety",
"word": "inquieto"
}
],
"word": "antsy"
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"english": "cleaver; axe; hatchet; billhook",
"word": "antsibe"
},
{
"english": "rainbow",
"word": "antsiben' Andriamanitra"
},
{
"english": "sword",
"word": "antsifotsy"
},
{
"english": "pocket knife; penknife",
"word": "antsipika"
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