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"text": "January 2008, The Eagle-Tribune - Fresh or dried? Spice up your cooking with the right seasonings"
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"ref": "1984, Rosemarie Tong - Women, Sex, and the Law page 39",
"text": "The good sister is there to minister to his spiritual needs, the nurse is there to bind his wounds, and the prostitute is there to spice up his bland sex life."
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"sense": "make something more exotic, fun or extravagant",
"word": "faciō dēlectābilior"
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"sense": "make something more exotic, fun or extravagant",
"word": "thêm mắm thêm muối"
}
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}
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "enhance the flavour of something using spice",
"word": "pimenter"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "enhance the flavour of something using spice",
"word": "aufpeppen"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "enhance the flavour of something using spice",
"word": "speziare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "enhance the flavour of something using spice",
"word": "pimentare"
},
{
"code": "pl",
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"sense": "enhance the flavour of something using spice",
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"word": "doprawiać"
},
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"tags": [
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"word": "zaostrzać"
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"sense": "enhance the flavour of something using spice",
"tags": [
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"word": "zaostrzyć"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "enhance the flavour of something using spice",
"word": "condimentar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "enhance the flavour of something using spice",
"word": "temperar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pripravljátʹ",
"sense": "enhance the flavour of something using spice",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "приправля́ть"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "priprávitʹ",
"sense": "enhance the flavour of something using spice",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "припра́вить"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "enhance the flavour of something using spice",
"word": "saborizar"
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{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "make something more exotic, fun or extravagant",
"word": "animar"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "make something more exotic, fun or extravagant",
"word": "pimenter"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "make something more exotic, fun or extravagant",
"word": "aufpeppen"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "make something more exotic, fun or extravagant",
"word": "ravvivare"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "make something more exotic, fun or extravagant",
"word": "faciō dēlectābilior"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "make something more exotic, fun or extravagant",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "podkręcać"
},
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "make something more exotic, fun or extravagant",
"tags": [
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"word": "podkręcić"
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{
"code": "pl",
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"sense": "make something more exotic, fun or extravagant",
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"word": "uatrakcyjniać"
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"sense": "make something more exotic, fun or extravagant",
"tags": [
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"word": "uatrakcyjnić"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "make something more exotic, fun or extravagant",
"word": "apimentar"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "raznoobrázitʹ",
"sense": "make something more exotic, fun or extravagant",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "разнообра́зить"
},
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "make something more exotic, fun or extravagant",
"word": "animar"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "make something more exotic, fun or extravagant",
"word": "thêm mắm thêm muối"
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"word": "spice up"
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