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"word": "మెత్తగా"
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"text": "play music softly",
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"sense": "not loudly, inaudible",
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"word": "ти́хо"
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"sense": "softly, gently",
"word": "တိုးတိုး"
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"sense": "softly, gently",
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"sense": "softly, gently",
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"sense": "softly, gently",
"word": "suavemente"
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{
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"sense": "softly, gently",
"word": "sachte"
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{
"code": "hu",
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"sense": "softly, gently",
"word": "lágyan"
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{
"code": "it",
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"sense": "softly, gently",
"word": "delicatamente"
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"code": "ko",
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"roman": "budeureopge",
"sense": "softly, gently",
"word": "부드럽게"
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"code": "la",
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"sense": "softly, gently",
"word": "molliter"
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{
"code": "la",
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"sense": "softly, gently",
"word": "leniter"
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"sense": "softly, gently",
"word": "mollement"
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"code": "pl",
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"sense": "softly, gently",
"word": "delikatnie"
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "softly, gently",
"word": "suavemente"
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"code": "ru",
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"roman": "mjáxko",
"sense": "softly, gently",
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"sense": "softly, gently",
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"code": "te",
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"roman": "mettagā",
"sense": "softly, gently",
"word": "మెత్తగా"
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{
"code": "uk",
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"roman": "mʺjáko",
"sense": "softly, gently",
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"sense": "softly, gently",
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"code": "be",
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"sense": "not loudly, inaudible",
"word": "ці́ха"
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"code": "da",
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"sense": "not loudly, inaudible",
"word": "blidt"
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"code": "nl",
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"sense": "not loudly, inaudible",
"word": "zacht"
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"lang": "German",
"sense": "not loudly, inaudible",
"word": "leise"
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"code": "hu",
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"sense": "not loudly, inaudible",
"word": "halkan"
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "not loudly, inaudible",
"word": "sottovoce"
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "not loudly, inaudible",
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"word": "ти́хо"
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"sense": "not loudly, inaudible",
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "not loudly, inaudible",
"word": "silenciosamente"
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"code": "uk",
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"sense": "not loudly, inaudible",
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