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"ref": "2012 September 7, Dominic Fifield, “England start World Cup campaign with five-goal romp against Moldova”, in The Guardian",
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"ref": "2016 August 10, Heather Stewart, “Tom Watson sends Corbyn 'proof of Trotskyist Labour infiltration'”, in The Guardian, →ISSN",
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"ref": "1963, J P Donleavy, A Singular Man, published 1963 (USA), page 204",
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"Italian non-lemma forms",
"Italian past participle forms",
"Italian terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Rhymes:Italian/oste",
"Rhymes:Italian/oste/3 syllables",
"Rhymes:Italian/ɔste",
"Rhymes:Italian/ɔste/3 syllables"
],
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"g": "f-p"
},
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"name": "head"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"ri‧pó‧ste"
],
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"pos": "adj",
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{
"form_of": [
{
"word": "riposto"
}
],
"glosses": [
"feminine plural of riposto"
],
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[
"riposto",
"riposto#Italian"
]
],
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"form-of",
"plural"
]
}
],
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"ipa": "/riˈpo.ste/"
},
{
"ipa": "/riˈpɔ.ste/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-oste"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɔste"
}
],
"word": "riposte"
}
{
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"Portuguese entries with incorrect language header",
"Portuguese non-lemma forms",
"Portuguese verb forms"
],
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"args": {
"1": "pt",
"2": "verb form"
},
"expansion": "riposte",
"name": "head"
}
],
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"lang_code": "pt",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"form_of": [
{
"word": "ripostar"
}
],
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"inflection of ripostar:\n## first/third-person singular present subjunctive\n## third-person singular imperative",
"first/third-person singular present subjunctive"
],
"links": [
[
"ripostar",
"ripostar#Portuguese"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"inflection of ripostar:\n"
],
"tags": [
"first-person",
"form-of",
"present",
"singular",
"subjunctive",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form_of": [
{
"word": "ripostar"
}
],
"glosses": [
"inflection of ripostar:\n## first/third-person singular present subjunctive\n## third-person singular imperative",
"third-person singular imperative"
],
"links": [
[
"ripostar",
"ripostar#Portuguese"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"inflection of ripostar:\n"
],
"tags": [
"form-of",
"imperative",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
}
],
"word": "riposte"
}
{
"categories": [
"Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
"Spanish non-lemma forms",
"Spanish verb forms"
],
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"args": {
"1": "es",
"2": "verb form"
},
"expansion": "riposte",
"name": "head"
}
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"pos": "verb",
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{
"form_of": [
{
"word": "ripostar"
}
],
"glosses": [
"inflection of ripostar:\n## first/third-person singular present subjunctive\n## third-person singular imperative",
"first/third-person singular present subjunctive"
],
"links": [
[
"ripostar",
"ripostar#Spanish"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"inflection of ripostar:\n"
],
"tags": [
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"present",
"singular",
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"third-person"
]
},
{
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{
"word": "ripostar"
}
],
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"inflection of ripostar:\n## first/third-person singular present subjunctive\n## third-person singular imperative",
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[
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"inflection of ripostar:\n"
],
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}
],
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}
{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
"msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": udár vs. otvetnyj",
"path": [
"riposte"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "riposte",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
"msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": otvét vs. naxodčivyj",
"path": [
"riposte"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "riposte",
"trace": ""
}
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