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"english": "a child to his/her mom",
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"word": "缠人的"
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"sense": "possessive over another person",
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"code": "de",
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"code": "de",
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"code": "hu",
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"sense": "possessive over another person",
"word": "ragaszkodó"
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"code": "hu",
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"word": "csüngő"
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"sense": "possessive over another person",
"word": "csüggeszkedő"
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"sense": "possessive over another person",
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"code": "hu",
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"word": "kisajátító"
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"code": "hu",
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"sense": "possessive over another person",
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"sense": "possessive over another person",
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"roman": "prívrzan",
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"word": "назо́йливый"
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"code": "ru",
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"sense": "possessive over another person",
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"sense": "possessive over another person",
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"note": "lapa f ((noun, used in the expression \"ser una lapa\"))",
"sense": "possessive over another person"
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "possessive over another person",
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