See ley on Wiktionary
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"(religion) commandment; law"
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"word": "a la ley"
},
{
"word": "con todas las de la ley"
},
{
"word": "costumbre fuera de ley"
},
{
"word": "de buena ley"
},
{
"word": "de ley"
},
{
"word": "de mala ley"
},
{
"word": "decreto ley"
},
{
"word": "echar la ley"
},
{
"word": "fuera de la ley"
},
{
"word": "generales de la ley"
},
{
"word": "hecha la ley, hecha la trampa"
},
{
"word": "imperio de la ley"
},
{
"word": "ley de atracción"
},
{
"word": "ley de bases"
},
{
"word": "ley de Coulomb"
},
{
"word": "ley de Dios"
},
{
"word": "ley de enjuiciamiento"
},
{
"word": "ley de Hooke"
},
{
"word": "ley de la selva"
},
{
"word": "ley de la trampa"
},
{
"word": "ley de la ventaja"
},
{
"word": "ley de los grandes números"
},
{
"word": "ley de Moisés"
},
{
"word": "ley de Murphy"
},
{
"word": "ley de Ohm"
},
{
"word": "ley de vida"
},
{
"word": "ley del embudo"
},
{
"word": "ley del hielo"
},
{
"word": "ley del silencio"
},
{
"word": "ley fundamental"
},
{
"word": "ley marcial"
},
{
"word": "ley natural"
},
{
"word": "ley orgánica"
},
{
"word": "ley seca"
},
{
"word": "ley universal"
},
{
"word": "proposición de ley"
},
{
"word": "proposición no de ley"
},
{
"word": "proyecto de ley"
},
{
"english": "bill, draft law",
"word": "proyecto de ley"
},
{
"word": "quebrar la ley"
},
{
"english": "to break the law",
"word": "quebrantar la ley"
},
{
"word": "reserva de ley"
},
{
"word": "tablas de la ley"
}
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"g3": "",
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"word": "ley del buen samaritano"
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"tags": [
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}
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"word": "leal"
},
{
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"worship",
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"ipa": "/ˈlei/"
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"ipa": "[ˈlei̯]"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ei"
}
],
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}
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"msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: Maasina",
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"trace": ""
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