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"imperfective"
],
"word": "разъясня́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "razʺjasnítʹ",
"sense": "explain or discuss at length",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "разъясни́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "rastolkóvyvatʹ",
"sense": "explain or discuss at length",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "растолко́вывать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "rastolkovátʹ",
"sense": "explain or discuss at length",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "растолкова́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "izlagátʹ",
"sense": "explain or discuss at length",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "излага́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "izložítʹ",
"sense": "explain or discuss at length",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "изложи́ть"
},
{
"code": "sco",
"lang": "Scots",
"sense": "explain or discuss at length",
"word": "expoond"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "explain or discuss at length",
"word": "objasniti"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "explain or discuss at length",
"word": "izložiti"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "explain or discuss at length",
"word": "rastumačiti"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "explain or discuss at length",
"word": "exponer"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "explain or discuss at length",
"word": "explayar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "explain or discuss at length",
"word": "disertar"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "explain or discuss at length",
"word": "açımlamak"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "explain or discuss at length",
"word": "şerh etmek"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "explain or discuss at length",
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "teşrih etmek"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "make a statement",
"tags": [
"reflexive"
],
"word": "verbreiten"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "make a statement",
"tags": [
"reflexive"
],
"word": "auslassen"
}
],
"word": "expound"
}
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