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"sense": "of high birth or social position",
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"sense": "of high birth or social position",
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"word": "hunga pakipaki"
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"text": "Not since Coventry in 1992 has a Premier League side kicked off a campaign with an all-English XI but things have reached the point where, of the 61 signings who have cost the elite division's 20 clubs a transfer fee this summer, only 12 have involved Englishmen.",
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"ref": "2012 April 19, Josh Halliday, “Free speech haven or lawless cesspool – can the internet be civilised?”, in the Guardian",
"text": "\"Mujtahidd\" has attracted almost 300,000 followers since the end of last year, when he began posting scandalous claims about the Saudi elite. In one tweet, Mujtahidd directly challenged Prince Abdul Aziz Bin Fahd about his political history: \"Did you resign or were you forced to resign from your post as head of the diwan [office] of the council of ministers?\"",
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"sense": "group with higher status",
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"word": "نُخْبَة"
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"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "vernaxav",
"sense": "group with higher status",
"word": "վերնախավ"
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"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "ēlita",
"sense": "group with higher status",
"word": "էլիտա"
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"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "elíta",
"sense": "group with higher status",
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"_dis1": "80 8 12",
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"sense": "group with higher status",
"word": "精英"
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"sense": "group with higher status",
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"word": "eliitti"
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{
"_dis1": "80 8 12",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "group with higher status",
"word": "parhaimmisto"
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"lang": "Georgian",
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"sense": "group with higher status",
"word": "ელიტა"
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"sense": "group with higher status",
"tags": [
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},
{
"_dis1": "80 8 12",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "group with higher status",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "Führungsschicht"
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{
"_dis1": "80 8 12",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "group with higher status",
"tags": [
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},
{
"_dis1": "80 8 12",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "group with higher status",
"tags": [
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"lang": "Greek",
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"sense": "group with higher status",
"tags": [
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"_dis1": "80 8 12",
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"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "afrókrema",
"sense": "group with higher status",
"tags": [
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"word": "αφρόκρεμα"
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{
"_dis1": "80 8 12",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
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"sense": "group with higher status",
"word": "עילית"
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"sense": "group with higher status",
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"word": "選り抜き"
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"word": "精鋭"
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"roman": "vɔɔ cŭən",
"sense": "group with higher status",
"word": "វរជន"
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"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "elliteu",
"sense": "group with higher status",
"word": "엘리트"
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"roman": "elita",
"sense": "group with higher status",
"word": "элита"
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"_dis1": "80 8 12",
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"sense": "group with higher status",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"_dis1": "80 8 12",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "group with higher status",
"tags": [
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{
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"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "elíta",
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"tags": [
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"word": "ели́та"
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{
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"sense": "group with higher status",
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"code": "hu",
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"sense": "group with higher status",
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"code": "it",
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"tags": [
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"sense": "group with higher status",
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"word": "精鋭"
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"code": "ja",
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"sense": "group with higher status",
"word": "エリート"
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"code": "kk",
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"roman": "élita",
"sense": "group with higher status",
"word": "элита"
},
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"code": "km",
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"roman": "vɔɔ cŭən",
"sense": "group with higher status",
"word": "វរជន"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "elliteu",
"sense": "group with higher status",
"word": "엘리트"
},
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"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "elita",
"sense": "group with higher status",
"word": "элита"
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"code": "lv",
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"sense": "group with higher status",
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"code": "lt",
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"sense": "group with higher status",
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{
"code": "mk",
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"roman": "elíta",
"sense": "group with higher status",
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"code": "mg",
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"sense": "group with higher status",
"word": "sangany"
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{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "group with higher status",
"word": "elit"
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"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "group with higher status",
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],
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{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "noxbe",
"sense": "group with higher status",
"word": "نخبه"
},
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"code": "fa",
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"code": "pl",
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"sense": "group with higher status",
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],
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"code": "pl",
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"tags": [
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"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "group with higher status",
"word": "kapilian"
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"code": "th",
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"roman": "à-dtì-chon",
"sense": "group with higher status",
"word": "อติชน"
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"code": "th",
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"roman": "à-pí-chon",
"sense": "group with higher status",
"word": "อภิชน"
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"code": "th",
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"roman": "chon-chán-nam",
"sense": "group with higher status",
"word": "ชนชั้นนำ"
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"code": "th",
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"roman": "ii-lìit",
"sense": "group with higher status",
"word": "อีลีท"
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"word": "seçkinler"
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"code": "uk",
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"code": "cmn",
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"word": "精英"
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"code": "nl",
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"sense": "person who is among the best at certain task",
"word": "top-"
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"sense": "person who is among the best at certain task",
"word": "huippu"
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"word": "អ្នកខ្ពស់"
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