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},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to complain about",
"word": "caoin"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to complain about",
"word": "quejar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to complain about",
"word": "lamentar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to complain about",
"word": "beklaga"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to complain about",
"word": "begråta"
}
],
"word": "bemoan"
}
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