See arduous on Wiktionary
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{
"code": "tr",
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"code": "tr",
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{
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"sense": "needing or using up much energy",
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{
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"sense": "hard to climb or traverse",
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{
"code": "bg",
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"roman": "nedostǎpen",
"sense": "hard to climb or traverse",
"word": "недостъпен"
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{
"code": "ca",
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"sense": "hard to climb or traverse",
"word": "ardu"
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"code": "nl",
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"sense": "hard to climb or traverse",
"word": "zwaar"
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{
"code": "nl",
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"sense": "hard to climb or traverse",
"word": "steil"
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{
"code": "nl",
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"sense": "hard to climb or traverse",
"word": "moeilijk te beklimmen"
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{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "hard to climb or traverse",
"word": "jyrkkä"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "hard to climb or traverse",
"word": "vaativa"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "hard to climb or traverse",
"word": "steil"
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{
"code": "hu",
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"sense": "hard to climb or traverse",
"word": "meredek"
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{
"code": "it",
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"sense": "hard to climb or traverse",
"word": "arduo"
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{
"code": "no",
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"word": "vanskelig"
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"sense": "hard to climb or traverse",
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