See make sense on Wiktionary
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"sense": "to be coherent",
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"sense": "to be coherent",
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"sense": "to be coherent",
"word": "Sinn ergeben"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to be coherent",
"word": "sinnvoll sein"
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"sense": "to be coherent",
"word": "értelmes"
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"sense": "to be coherent",
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"sense": "to be coherent",
"word": "意味する"
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"sense": "to be coherent",
"word": "意味が通る"
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"sense": "to be coherent",
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"sense": "to be coherent",
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"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to be coherent",
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"roman": "imétʹ smysl",
"sense": "to be coherent",
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"sense": "to be coherent",
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"sense": "to be coherent",
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"sense": "to be coherent",
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"word": "ser lógico"
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"sense": "to be coherent",
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"sense": "to decipher, understand",
"word": "理解"
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"roman": "dǒngde",
"sense": "to decipher, understand",
"word": "懂得"
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"word": "verstaan"
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"word": "schlau werden aus"
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"word": "verstehen"
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{
"code": "de",
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"word": "begreifen"
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"code": "hu",
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"sense": "to decipher, understand",
"word": "kihámoz"
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"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to decipher, understand",
"word": "ciall a bhaint as"
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to decipher, understand",
"word": "dare un senso"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to decipher, understand",
"word": "capire"
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"code": "it",
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"code": "nb",
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