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"sense": "wary, careful, shrewd",
"word": "小心的"
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"sense": "wary, careful, shrewd",
"word": "谨慎的"
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"word": "schweigsam"
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"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "uncommunicative",
"word": "whakatōngā"
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"roman": "predpazliv",
"sense": "wary, careful, shrewd",
"word": "предпазлив"
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"roman": "potaen",
"sense": "wary, careful, shrewd",
"word": "потаен"
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"code": "cmn",
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"sense": "wary, careful, shrewd",
"word": "小心的"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "wary, careful, shrewd",
"word": "谨慎的"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "wary, careful, shrewd",
"word": "opatrný"
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{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "wary, careful, shrewd",
"word": "zdrženlivý"
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"code": "nl",
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"sense": "wary, careful, shrewd",
"word": "terughoudend"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "wary, careful, shrewd",
"word": "ovela"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "wary, careful, shrewd",
"word": "zurückhaltend"
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"roman": "neobštitelen",
"sense": "uncommunicative",
"word": "необщителен"
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "uncommunicative",
"word": "有戒心的"
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{
"code": "cs",
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"sense": "uncommunicative",
"word": "tajnůstkářský"
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{
"code": "nl",
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"sense": "uncommunicative",
"word": "zwijgzaam"
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{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "uncommunicative",
"word": "gesloten"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "uncommunicative",
"word": "varautunut"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "uncommunicative",
"word": "schweigsam"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "uncommunicative",
"word": "whakatōngā"
}
],
"word": "cagey"
}
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