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"word": "且慢"
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"roman": "podoždatʹ",
"sense": "wait a minute",
"word": "подождать"
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"sense": "wait a minute",
"word": "sandali"
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"roman": "cháa-gɔ̀ɔn",
"sense": "wait a minute",
"word": "ช้าก่อน"
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"sense": "to hold, grasp, or grip",
"word": "vasthouden"
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"sense": "to hold, grasp, or grip",
"word": "alteniĝi"
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{
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"sense": "to hold, grasp, or grip",
"word": "pitää kiinni"
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{
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"sense": "to hold, grasp, or grip",
"word": "s’accrocher"
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"sense": "to hold, grasp, or grip",
"word": "kapaszkodik"
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"sense": "to hold, grasp, or grip",
"word": "tenersi"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to hold, grasp, or grip",
"word": "aggrapparsi"
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"roman": "deržatʹsja",
"sense": "to hold, grasp, or grip",
"word": "держаться"
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"code": "tl",
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"sense": "to hold, grasp, or grip",
"word": "hawak"
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{
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"sense": "to hold, grasp, or grip",
"word": "tutunmak"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to keep; to store something for someone",
"word": "säilyttää"
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{
"code": "fr",
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"sense": "to keep; to store something for someone",
"word": "garder"
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{
"code": "hu",
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"sense": "to keep; to store something for someone",
"word": "vigyáz"
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{
"code": "it",
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"sense": "to keep; to store something for someone",
"word": "tenere"
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"word": "conservare"
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{
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"roman": "poderžatʹ",
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{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "to keep; to store something for someone",
"word": "pahawak"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "to keep; to store something for someone",
"word": "pabantay"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "to keep; to store something for someone",
"word": "patago"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "stay loyal",
"word": "pysyä lujana"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "stay loyal",
"word": "kitart (mellette)"
}
],
"word": "hold on"
}
{
"called_from": "translations/611",
"msg": "suspicious translation with ': ': {'lang': 'Hungarian', 'code': 'hu', 'sense': 'wait a minute', 'word': 'vár (egy kicsit: a minute)'}",
"path": [
"hold on"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "verb",
"title": "hold on",
"trace": ""
}
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