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"word": "怖ろしい"
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"ref": "1978, Richard Nixon, RN: the Memoirs of Richard Nixon, Grosset & Dunlap, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 577",
"text": "As I look back on that week in China two impressions stand out most vividly. One is the awesome sight of the disciplined but wildly—almost fanatically—enthusiastic audience at the gymnastic exhibition in Peking, confirming my belief that we must cultivate China during the next few decades while it is still learning to develop its national strength and potential. Otherwise we will one day be confronted with the most formidable enemy that has ever existed in the history of the world.",
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"ref": "2012 May 9, John Percy, “Birmingham City 2 Blackpool 2 (2–3 on agg): Match report”, in Tony Gallagher, editor, The Daily Telegraph, London: Telegraph Media Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2018-01-06",
"text": "[Ian] Holloway has unfinished business in the Premier League after relegation last year and he will make a swift return if he can overcome West Ham a week on Saturday. Sam Allardyce, the West Ham manager, will be acutely aware that when the stakes are high, Blackpool are simply formidable.",
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"code": "ga",
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"sense": "causing fear, dread, awe or admiration as a result of size, strength, or some other impressive quality",
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"code": "ga",
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"code": "ga",
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"code": "ga",
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"sense": "causing fear, dread, awe or admiration as a result of size, strength, or some other impressive quality",
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"code": "mi",
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"sense": "causing fear, dread, awe or admiration as a result of size, strength, or some other impressive quality",
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"word": "formidabel"
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"sense": "causing fear, dread, awe or admiration as a result of size, strength, or some other impressive quality",
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "causing fear, dread, awe or admiration as a result of size, strength, or some other impressive quality",
"word": "groźny"
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "causing fear, dread, awe or admiration as a result of size, strength, or some other impressive quality",
"word": "formidável"
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"code": "ro",
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"code": "ro",
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"sense": "causing fear, dread, awe or admiration as a result of size, strength, or some other impressive quality",
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"sense": "causing fear, dread, awe or admiration as a result of size, strength, or some other impressive quality",
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"code": "sa",
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"sense": "causing fear, dread, awe or admiration as a result of size, strength, or some other impressive quality",
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"code": "sk",
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"sense": "causing fear, dread, awe or admiration as a result of size, strength, or some other impressive quality",
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"sense": "causing fear, dread, awe or admiration as a result of size, strength, or some other impressive quality",
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"code": "tr",
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"sense": "causing fear, dread, awe or admiration as a result of size, strength, or some other impressive quality",
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"sense": "causing fear, dread, awe or admiration as a result of size, strength, or some other impressive quality",
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"roman": "hskayakan",
"sense": "difficult to defeat or overcome",
"word": "հսկայական"
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"sense": "difficult to defeat or overcome",
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"sense": "difficult to defeat or overcome",
"word": "vaarallinen"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "difficult to defeat or overcome",
"word": "haastava"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "difficult to defeat or overcome",
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"code": "id",
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