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"word": "умишлен"
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"ref": "2011 November 10, Jeremy Wilson, “England Under 21 5 Iceland Under 21 0: match report”, in Telegraph",
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{
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{
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"translations": [
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "umišlen",
"sense": "intentional",
"word": "умишлен"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "intentional",
"word": "opzettelijk"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "intentional",
"word": "céltudatos"
},
{
"code": "hu",
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"sense": "intentional",
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{
"code": "mi",
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"sense": "intentional",
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{
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"roman": "celenaprávlennyj",
"sense": "intentional",
"word": "целенапра́вленный"
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"roman": "umýšlennyj",
"sense": "intentional",
"word": "умы́шленный"
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{
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"roman": "rešitelen",
"sense": "resolute",
"word": "решителен"
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"sense": "resolute",
"word": "целеустремен"
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{
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"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "resolute",
"word": "vastberaden"
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{
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"sense": "resolute",
"word": "entschlossen"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "resolute",
"word": "zielgerichtet"
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"sense": "resolute",
"word": "eltökélt"
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{
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"sense": "resolute",
"word": "szilárd"
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{
"code": "mi",
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"sense": "resolute",
"word": "whaitake"
},
{
"code": "ru",
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"roman": "celeustremljónnyj",
"sense": "resolute",
"word": "целеустремлённый"
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{
"code": "ru",
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"roman": "rešítelʹnyj",
"sense": "resolute",
"word": "реши́тельный"
},
{
"code": "sv",
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"sense": "resolute",
"word": "målmedveten"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Purpose"
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