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{
"_dis1": "0 0",
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},
{
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{
"_dis1": "100 0",
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"_dis1": "100 0",
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"_dis1": "100 0",
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"_dis1": "50 50",
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"ref": "1982, Gavin Lyall, Conduct of Major Maxim, Hodder & Stoughton Ltd",
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{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
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},
{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "nothing",
"word": "nolla"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "kloom",
"sense": "nothing",
"word": "כלום"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "nothing",
"word": "null"
},
{
"code": "ja",
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"sense": "nothing",
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{
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "hîç",
"sense": "nothing",
"word": "ھیچ"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
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"word": "null"
},
{
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"sense": "nothing",
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{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "nothing",
"word": "nuscht"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
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{
"code": "pt",
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},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
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"sense": "nothing",
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},
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"code": "ru",
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"masculine"
],
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},
{
"code": "es",
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},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "nothing",
"word": "cero"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
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},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
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"sense": "nothing",
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},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "zero (in sports)",
"word": "nula"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "zero (in sports)",
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},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "zero (in sports)",
"word": "null"
},
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"code": "uk",
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}
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"english": "You have written well of me, Thomas. What reward therefore will you receive? Nothing unless it is you.",
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