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"code": "cmn",
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"sense": "something used as a way to progress",
"word": "墊腳石"
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"sense": "something used as a way to progress",
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"sense": "something used as a way to progress",
"word": "batu loncatan"
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"masculine"
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"sense": "something used as a way to progress",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "trampolino di lancio"
},
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"masculine"
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"roman": "stupénʹka",
"sense": "something used as a way to progress",
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"feminine"
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"tags": [
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"word": "墊腳石"
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"sense": "stone used to cross something",
"word": "travadoŝtono"
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"sense": "stone used to cross something",
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"sense": "stone used to cross something",
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"sense": "stone used to cross something",
"word": "batu loncatan"
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"sense": "stone used to cross something",
"tags": [
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"word": "sasseto"
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"sense": "stone used to cross something",
"tags": [
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"word": "selciaia"
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "stone used to cross something",
"tags": [
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"word": "acciottolato"
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"alt": "とびいし",
"code": "ja",
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"sense": "stone used to cross something",
"word": "飛び石"
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"roman": "kámenʹ, polóžennyj dlja perexóda",
"sense": "stone used to cross something",
"tags": [
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"word": "ка́мень, поло́женный для перехо́да"
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"lang": "Russian",
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"code": "tl",
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"code": "id",
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"sense": "stone used to cross something",
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"word": "travadoŝtono"
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"code": "he",
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"sense": "something used as a way to progress",
"tags": [
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"code": "hu",
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"sense": "something used as a way to progress",
"word": "ugródeszka"
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"code": "is",
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"sense": "something used as a way to progress",
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{
"code": "id",
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"sense": "something used as a way to progress",
"word": "batu loncatan"
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{
"code": "it",
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"sense": "something used as a way to progress",
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{
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"masculine"
],
"word": "trampolino di lancio"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "something used as a way to progress",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "trampolino"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "something used as a way to progress",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "trampolim"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "stupénʹka",
"sense": "something used as a way to progress",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ступе́нька"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "tramplín",
"sense": "something used as a way to progress",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "трампли́н"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "stártovaja ploščádka",
"sense": "something used as a way to progress",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ста́ртовая площа́дка"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "placdárm",
"sense": "something used as a way to progress",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "плацда́рм"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "something used as a way to progress",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "trampolín"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "something used as a way to progress",
"word": "batong tuntungan"
}
],
"word": "stepping stone"
}
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