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"US"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/smɑlz/",
"tags": [
"cot-caught-merger"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɔːlz"
},
{
"audio": "en-au-smalls.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c2/En-au-smalls.ogg/En-au-smalls.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c2/En-au-smalls.ogg",
"tags": [
"Australia"
],
"text": "Audio (AU)"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-smalls.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a7/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-I_learned_some_phrases-smalls.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-I_learned_some_phrases-smalls.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a7/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-I_learned_some_phrases-smalls.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-I_learned_some_phrases-smalls.wav.ogg",
"tags": [
"UK"
],
"text": "Audio (UK)"
}
],
"word": "smalls"
}
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