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"word": "фалстарт"
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"sense": "an advantage in starting earlier to gain a favorable position",
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"sense": "factor conducive to superiority or success",
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"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "falstart",
"sense": "an advantage in starting earlier to gain a favorable position",
"word": "фалстарт"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "an advantage in starting earlier to gain a favorable position",
"tags": [
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],
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},
{
"code": "da",
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"sense": "an advantage in starting earlier to gain a favorable position",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "forspring"
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"sense": "an advantage in starting earlier to gain a favorable position",
"tags": [
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"word": "voorsprong"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "an advantage in starting earlier to gain a favorable position",
"word": "etumatka"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "an advantage in starting earlier to gain a favorable position",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "longueur d’avance"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "an advantage in starting earlier to gain a favorable position",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Vorsprung"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "an advantage in starting earlier to gain a favorable position",
"word": "előny"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "an advantage in starting earlier to gain a favorable position",
"word": "egérút"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "an advantage in starting earlier to gain a favorable position",
"tags": [
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"plural"
],
"word": "fory"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "an advantage in starting earlier to gain a favorable position",
"word": "przewaga na starcie"
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"roman": "preimúščestvo",
"sense": "an advantage in starting earlier to gain a favorable position",
"tags": [
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"word": "преиму́щество"
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"roman": "fóra",
"sense": "an advantage in starting earlier to gain a favorable position",
"tags": [
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"feminine"
],
"word": "фо́ра"
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"sense": "an advantage in starting earlier to gain a favorable position",
"tags": [
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"word": "försprång"
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"code": "bg",
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"roman": "preimuštestvo",
"sense": "factor conducive to superiority or success",
"tags": [
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"word": "преимущество"
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"sense": "factor conducive to superiority or success",
"tags": [
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"word": "výhoda"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "factor conducive to superiority or success",
"word": "varaslähtö"
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"roman": "preimúščestvo",
"sense": "factor conducive to superiority or success",
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"word": "преиму́щество"
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"sense": "factor conducive to superiority or success",
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"word": "фо́ра"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "factor conducive to superiority or success",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ventaja"
}
],
"word": "head start"
}
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