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"Can not (be unable to)."
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"_dis1": "58 42",
"code": "ase",
"lang": "American Sign Language",
"note": "1@NearSternumhigh-PalmForward-1@Chesthigh-TipAcross FastContact 1@FromBackFinger-PalmDown-1@Chesthigh-TipAcross",
"sense": "cannot — see also can, not"
},
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"sense": "cannot — see also can, not",
"word": "عَجَزَ"
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"roman": "lā yastaṭīʕ",
"sense": "cannot — see also can, not",
"word": "لَا يَسْتَطِيع"
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"sense": "cannot — see also can, not",
"word": "не може"
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"sense": "cannot — see also can, not",
"word": "no poder"
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"sense": "cannot — see also can, not",
"word": "不會"
},
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"roman": "bù huì",
"sense": "cannot — see also can, not",
"word": "不会"
},
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"_dis1": "58 42",
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"sense": "cannot — see also can, not",
"word": "不要"
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"roman": "bù néng",
"sense": "cannot — see also can, not",
"word": "不能"
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"roman": "bù xíng",
"sense": "cannot — see also can, not",
"word": "不行"
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"roman": "...bùliǎo",
"sense": "cannot — see also can, not",
"word": "e.g.: ...不了"
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"sense": "cannot — see also can, not",
"word": "nemoct"
},
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"_dis1": "58 42",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "cannot — see also can, not",
"word": "kan ikke"
},
{
"_dis1": "58 42",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "cannot — see also can, not",
"word": "niet kunnen"
},
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"code": "fi",
"english": "ability, circumstances",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "cannot — see also can, not",
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"usually"
],
"word": "ei voi"
},
{
"_dis1": "58 42",
"code": "fi",
"english": "capability, skill",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "cannot — see also can, not",
"tags": [
"usually"
],
"word": "ei osaa"
},
{
"_dis1": "58 42",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "cannot — see also can, not",
"word": "ne pas pouvoir"
},
{
"_dis1": "58 42",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "cannot — see also can, not",
"word": "nicht können"
},
{
"_dis1": "58 42",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "cannot — see also can, not",
"word": "non potere"
},
{
"_dis1": "58 42",
"code": "jam",
"lang": "Jamaican Creole",
"sense": "cannot — see also can, not",
"word": "cyaan"
},
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"english": "unable",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "...dekinai",
"sense": "cannot — see also can, not",
"word": "...できない"
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"_dis1": "58 42",
"alt": "...だめである",
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"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "...dame de aru",
"sense": "cannot — see also can, not",
"word": "...駄目である"
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"_dis1": "58 42",
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"roman": "...shite wa naranai",
"sense": "cannot — see also can, not",
"word": "...してはならない"
},
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"_dis1": "58 42",
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"note": "not allowed",
"roman": "...shite wa ikenai",
"sense": "cannot — see also can, not",
"word": "...してはいけない"
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"roman": "taberarenai",
"sense": "cannot — see also can, not",
"word": "食べられない"
},
{
"_dis1": "58 42",
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"sense": "cannot — see also can, not",
"word": "食べれない"
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"_dis1": "58 42",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "mɨn aac",
"sense": "cannot — see also can, not",
"word": "មិនអាច"
},
{
"_dis1": "58 42",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "mot",
"sense": "cannot — see also can, not",
"word": "못"
},
{
"_dis1": "58 42",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "...su eopda",
"sense": "cannot — see also can, not",
"word": "...수 없다"
},
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"_dis1": "58 42",
"code": "ko",
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"roman": "mothada",
"sense": "cannot — see also can, not",
"word": "못하다"
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"code": "la",
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"sense": "cannot — see also can, not",
"word": "non posse"
},
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"_dis1": "58 42",
"code": "la",
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"sense": "cannot — see also can, not",
"word": "nescio"
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"sense": "cannot — see also can, not",
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"note": "plus a pronoun in indirect object",
"sense": "cannot — see also can, not",
"word": "prohibetur"
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"code": "la",
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"note": "(plus a pronoun in indirect object)) interdicitur",
"sense": "cannot — see also can, not"
},
{
"_dis1": "58 42",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"note": "(plus a pronoun in indirect object)) vetatur",
"sense": "cannot — see also can, not"
},
{
"_dis1": "58 42",
"code": "la",
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"note": "plus a pronoun in indirect object",
"sense": "cannot — see also can, not",
"word": "non licet"
},
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"_dis1": "58 42",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "cannot — see also can, not",
"word": "nevar"
},
{
"_dis1": "58 42",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "cannot — see also can, not",
"word": "nespēj"
},
{
"_dis1": "58 42",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "cannot — see also can, not",
"word": "kan ikke"
},
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"_dis1": "58 42",
"alt": "uma /uma-/",
"code": "otk",
"lang": "Old Turkic",
"sense": "cannot — see also can, not",
"word": "𐰆𐰢𐰀"
},
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"code": "pih",
"lang": "Pitcairn-Norfolk",
"sense": "cannot — see also can, not",
"word": "kaa"
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"_dis1": "58 42",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "cannot — see also can, not",
"word": "nie móc"
},
{
"_dis1": "58 42",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "cannot — see also can, not",
"word": "não pode"
},
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"_dis1": "58 42",
"alt": "e.g. я не могу - I can't",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ne móčʹ",
"sense": "cannot — see also can, not",
"word": "не мо́чь"
},
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"_dis1": "58 42",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"note": "not allowed",
"roman": "nelʹzjá",
"sense": "cannot — see also can, not",
"word": "нельзя́"
},
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"_dis1": "58 42",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "cannot — see also can, not",
"word": "nemôcť"
},
{
"_dis1": "58 42",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "cannot — see also can, not",
"word": "nebyť schopný"
},
{
"_dis1": "58 42",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "cannot — see also can, not",
"word": "nedokázať"
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"_dis1": "58 42",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "cannot — see also can, not",
"word": "no poder"
},
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"_dis1": "58 42",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "...mâi dâai",
"sense": "cannot — see also can, not",
"word": "...ไม่ได้"
},
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"_dis1": "58 42",
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"roman": "...mâi bpen",
"sense": "cannot — see also can, not",
"word": "...ไม่เป็น"
},
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"_dis1": "58 42",
"code": "tr",
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"sense": "cannot — see also can, not",
"word": "-ama"
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"sense": "cannot — see also can, not",
"word": "-eme"
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"_dis1": "58 42",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "cannot — see also can, not",
"word": "có thể không"
},
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"_dis1": "58 42",
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "cannot — see also can, not",
"word": "methu"
},
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"_dis1": "58 42",
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "cannot — see also can, not",
"word": "ffili"
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"_dis1": "58 42",
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"sense": "cannot — see also can, not",
"word": "dim gallu"
}
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"ref": "1668 December 19, James Dalrymple, “Mr. Alexander Seaton contra Menzies” in The Deciſions of the Lords of Council & Seſſion I (Edinburgh, 1683), page 575",
"text": "The Pupil after his Pupillarity, had granted a Diſcharge to one of the Co-tutors, which did extinguiſh the whole Debt of that Co-tutor, and conſequently of all the reſt, they being all correi debendi, lyable by one individual Obligation, which cannot be Diſcharged as to one, and ſtand as to all the reſt."
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"ref": "2013 June 21, Karen McVeigh, “US rules human genes can't be patented”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 2, page 10",
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"text": "You cannot enter the hall without a ticket.",
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"ref": "1668 December 19, James Dalrymple, “Mr. Alexander Seaton contra Menzies” in The Deciſions of the Lords of Council & Seſſion I (Edinburgh, 1683), page 575",
"text": "The Pupil after his Pupillarity, had granted a Diſcharge to one of the Co-tutors, which did extinguiſh the whole Debt of that Co-tutor, and conſequently of all the reſt, they being all correi debendi, lyable by one individual Obligation, which cannot be Diſcharged as to one, and ſtand as to all the reſt."
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"ref": "2013 June 21, Karen McVeigh, “US rules human genes can't be patented”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 2, page 10",
"text": "The US supreme court has ruled unanimously that natural human genes cannot be patented, a decision that scientists and civil rights campaigners said removed a major barrier to patient care and medical innovation.",
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"US"
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"US"
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"code": "ase",
"lang": "American Sign Language",
"note": "1@NearSternumhigh-PalmForward-1@Chesthigh-TipAcross FastContact 1@FromBackFinger-PalmDown-1@Chesthigh-TipAcross",
"sense": "cannot — see also can, not"
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"code": "ar",
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"sense": "cannot — see also can, not",
"word": "عَجَزَ"
},
{
"code": "ar",
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"sense": "cannot — see also can, not",
"word": "لَا يَسْتَطِيع"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "ne može",
"sense": "cannot — see also can, not",
"word": "не може"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "cannot — see also can, not",
"word": "no poder"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
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"sense": "cannot — see also can, not",
"word": "不會"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "bù huì",
"sense": "cannot — see also can, not",
"word": "不会"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "bù yào",
"sense": "cannot — see also can, not",
"word": "不要"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "bù néng",
"sense": "cannot — see also can, not",
"word": "不能"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "bù xíng",
"sense": "cannot — see also can, not",
"word": "不行"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"note": "negative verb complements used",
"roman": "...bùliǎo",
"sense": "cannot — see also can, not",
"word": "e.g.: ...不了"
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"sense": "cannot — see also can, not",
"word": "nemoct"
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{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "cannot — see also can, not",
"word": "kan ikke"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "cannot — see also can, not",
"word": "niet kunnen"
},
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"code": "fi",
"english": "ability, circumstances",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "cannot — see also can, not",
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{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "cannot — see also can, not",
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},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "cannot — see also can, not",
"word": "ne pas pouvoir"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "cannot — see also can, not",
"word": "nicht können"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "cannot — see also can, not",
"word": "non potere"
},
{
"code": "jam",
"lang": "Jamaican Creole",
"sense": "cannot — see also can, not",
"word": "cyaan"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"english": "unable",
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"sense": "cannot — see also can, not",
"word": "...できない"
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{
"alt": "...だめである",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "...dame de aru",
"sense": "cannot — see also can, not",
"word": "...駄目である"
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{
"code": "ja",
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"sense": "cannot — see also can, not",
"word": "...してはならない"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"note": "not allowed",
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"sense": "cannot — see also can, not",
"word": "...してはいけない"
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{
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"roman": "taberarenai",
"sense": "cannot — see also can, not",
"word": "食べられない"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "taberenai",
"sense": "cannot — see also can, not",
"word": "食べれない"
},
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"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "mɨn aac",
"sense": "cannot — see also can, not",
"word": "មិនអាច"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "mot",
"sense": "cannot — see also can, not",
"word": "못"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "...su eopda",
"sense": "cannot — see also can, not",
"word": "...수 없다"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "mothada",
"sense": "cannot — see also can, not",
"word": "못하다"
},
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"code": "la",
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"sense": "cannot — see also can, not",
"word": "non posse"
},
{
"code": "la",
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"sense": "cannot — see also can, not",
"word": "nescio"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "cannot — see also can, not",
"word": "nequeo"
},
{
"code": "la",
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"note": "plus a pronoun in indirect object",
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"word": "prohibetur"
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{
"code": "la",
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"note": "(plus a pronoun in indirect object)) interdicitur",
"sense": "cannot — see also can, not"
},
{
"code": "la",
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"note": "(plus a pronoun in indirect object)) vetatur",
"sense": "cannot — see also can, not"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"note": "plus a pronoun in indirect object",
"sense": "cannot — see also can, not",
"word": "non licet"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "cannot — see also can, not",
"word": "nevar"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "cannot — see also can, not",
"word": "nespēj"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "cannot — see also can, not",
"word": "kan ikke"
},
{
"alt": "uma /uma-/",
"code": "otk",
"lang": "Old Turkic",
"sense": "cannot — see also can, not",
"word": "𐰆𐰢𐰀"
},
{
"code": "pih",
"lang": "Pitcairn-Norfolk",
"sense": "cannot — see also can, not",
"word": "kaa"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "cannot — see also can, not",
"word": "nie móc"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "cannot — see also can, not",
"word": "não pode"
},
{
"alt": "e.g. я не могу - I can't",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ne móčʹ",
"sense": "cannot — see also can, not",
"word": "не мо́чь"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"note": "not allowed",
"roman": "nelʹzjá",
"sense": "cannot — see also can, not",
"word": "нельзя́"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "cannot — see also can, not",
"word": "nemôcť"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "cannot — see also can, not",
"word": "nebyť schopný"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "cannot — see also can, not",
"word": "nedokázať"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "cannot — see also can, not",
"word": "no poder"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "...mâi dâai",
"sense": "cannot — see also can, not",
"word": "...ไม่ได้"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "...mâi bpen",
"sense": "cannot — see also can, not",
"word": "...ไม่เป็น"
},
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"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "cannot — see also can, not",
"word": "-ama"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "cannot — see also can, not",
"word": "-eme"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "cannot — see also can, not",
"word": "có thể không"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "cannot — see also can, not",
"word": "methu"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "cannot — see also can, not",
"word": "ffili"
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{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "cannot — see also can, not",
"word": "dim gallu"
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