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"1": "en",
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"5": "a (leather) collar, band, fetter"
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},
{
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{
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"lang": "Dutch",
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},
{
"_dis1": "98 0 0 2",
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"word": "pitää pinnalla"
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{
"_dis1": "98 0 0 2",
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"sense": "keep afloat or aloft",
"word": "kelluttaa"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 0 0 2",
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"sense": "keep afloat or aloft",
"word": "pitää ilmassa"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 0 0 2",
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"word": "leijuttaa"
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{
"_dis1": "98 0 0 2",
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"word": "surnager"
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{
"_dis1": "98 0 0 2",
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"english": "afloat",
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"sense": "keep afloat or aloft",
"word": "aufbojen"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 0 0 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "keep afloat or aloft",
"word": "flott erhalten"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 0 0 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "keep afloat or aloft",
"word": "auf der Wasseroberfläche halten"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 0 0 2",
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"ref": "2017 May 18, Mickey Rapkin, “The Oral History of Celine Dion’s ‘My Heart Will Go On’: Controversies, Doubts & ‘Belly Pains’ In the Studio”, in Billboard",
"text": "“My Heart Will Go On” debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 on Feb. 28, 1998, buoying the Titanic soundtrack’s 16-week run atop the Billboard 200.",
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{
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"_dis1": "0 0 100 0",
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"lang": "German",
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{
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"ref": "2013 September 6, Daniel Taylor, “Danny Welbeck leads England's rout of Moldova but hit by Ukraine ban”, in The Guardian",
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{
"ref": "2018, James Lambert, “A multitude of ‘lishes’: The nomenclature of hybridity”, in English World-Wide, page 18",
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"word": "piristää"
},
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"_dis1": "1 6 0 93",
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"word": "rohkaista"
},
{
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"word": "beflügeln"
},
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"_dis1": "1 6 0 93",
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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"word": "ტივტივა"
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"code": "sw",
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"word": "pitää ilmassa"
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{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "support or maintain at a high level",
"word": "stutten"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "support or maintain at a high level",
"word": "hoog houden"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "support or maintain at a high level",
"word": "tukea"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "support or maintain at a high level",
"word": "oben halten"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "support or maintain at a high level",
"word": "hoch halten"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "support or maintain at a high level",
"word": "aufrechterhalten"
},
{
"code": "nds-de",
"lang": "Low German",
"sense": "support or maintain at a high level",
"tags": [
"German-Low-German"
],
"word": "baven holen"
},
{
"code": "nds-de",
"lang": "Low German",
"sense": "support or maintain at a high level",
"tags": [
"German-Low-German"
],
"word": "hooch holen"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "mark with a buoy",
"word": "aboiar"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "mark with a buoy",
"word": "afbakenen"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "mark with a buoy",
"word": "markeren"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "mark with a buoy",
"word": "merkitä poijulla"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "mark with a buoy",
"word": "poijuttaa"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "mark with a buoy",
"word": "mit einer Boje markieren"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "mark with a buoy",
"word": "mit Bojen markieren"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "mark with a buoy",
"word": "ausbojen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "mark with a buoy",
"word": "abbaken"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "mark with a buoy",
"word": "aboyar"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "maintain or enhance enthusiasm or confidence",
"word": "piristää"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "maintain or enhance enthusiasm or confidence",
"word": "rohkaista"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "maintain or enhance enthusiasm or confidence",
"word": "beflügeln"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "maintain or enhance enthusiasm or confidence",
"word": "sustentar"
}
],
"word": "buoy"
}
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