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"text": "\"No. But one, or both of those men, may prove to be worse. That second man was Addison Berg, and he's agent for a firm of submarine boat builders who are rivals of dad's. Berg has been trying to find out why we abandoned our intention of competing for the Government prize.\"",
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"sense": "to contend",
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"word": "concourir"
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"roman": "šeǯibreba",
"sense": "to contend",
"word": "შეჯიბრება"
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"roman": "asṗarezoba",
"sense": "to contend",
"word": "ასპარეზობა"
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"sense": "to contend",
"word": "streiten"
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"sense": "to contend",
"word": "konkurrieren"
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"sense": "to contend",
"word": "(sich) messen"
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"roman": "agōnízomai",
"sense": "to contend",
"word": "ἀγωνίζομαι"
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"word": "התחרה"
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"word": "versenyez"
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"word": "勝負する"
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"sense": "to contend",
"word": "ແຂ່ງ"
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"sense": "to contend",
"word": "ແຂ່ງຂັນ"
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"sense": "to contend",
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"word": "bertanding"
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"sense": "to contend",
"word": "മത്സരിയ്ക്കുക"
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"sense": "to contend",
"word": "taumāhekeheke"
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"word": "tauwhāinga"
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"roman": "temcex",
"sense": "to contend",
"word": "тэмцэх"
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"sense": "to contend",
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"sense": "to contend",
"word": "rivalizar"
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"sense": "to contend",
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"word": "konkurrera"
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"word": "แข่ง"
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"sense": "to contend",
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"sense": "to contend",
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{
"code": "sw",
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"sense": "to contend",
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"sense": "to contend",
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"sense": "to contend",
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{
"code": "tr",
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"sense": "to contend",
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