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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to do without",
"word": "luopua"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to do without",
"word": "olla ilman"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to do without",
"word": "pidättäytyä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to do without",
"word": "se passer de"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to do without",
"word": "renoncer à"
},
{
"code": "de",
"english": "auf",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to do without",
"word": "verzichten"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to do without",
"word": "entsagen"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to do without",
"word": "whakamahue"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to do without",
"word": "whakakore"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to do without",
"word": "whakarere"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to do without",
"word": "waiho"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to do without",
"word": "abandonar"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to do without",
"word": "deissar"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to do without",
"word": "renonciar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "otkázyvatʹsja",
"sense": "to do without",
"word": "отка́зываться"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vozdérživatʹsja",
"sense": "to do without",
"word": "возде́рживаться"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to do without",
"word": "dejar de lado"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to do without",
"word": "prescindir de"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to do without",
"word": "privarse de"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to do without",
"word": "abstenerse de"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to do without",
"word": "renunciar a"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to do without",
"word": "avstå från"
}
],
"word": "forgo"
}
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