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},
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"word": "jaw-twister"
},
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{
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"word": "Labrador twister"
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"word": "Mersenne twister"
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"One who twists."
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"One who twists.",
"One whose occupation is to twist or join the threads of one warp to those of another, in weaving."
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"ref": "1653, John Wallis, Grammatica Linguæ Anglicanæ",
"text": "He, twirling his twister, makes a twist of the twine.",
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"An instrument used in twisting or making twists."
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"A ball delivered with a twist, as in cricket or billiards."
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"A tornado."
],
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]
],
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"(colloquial) A tornado."
],
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],
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"code": "bg",
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"roman": "tornado",
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"word": "смерч"
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"lang": "Cherokee",
"roman": "agaluga",
"sense": "tornado",
"word": "ᎠᎦᎷᎦ"
},
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"sense": "tornado",
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"Woodworking",
"Architecture",
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"A girder."
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"(carpentry) A girder."
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"manufacturing"
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"The inner part of the thigh, the proper place to rest upon when on horseback."
],
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"(dated) The inner part of the thigh, the proper place to rest upon when on horseback."
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{
"ref": "1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter IX",
"text": "“I don't know if it's my imagination, Kipper,” I said, “but something gives me the impression that at moment of going to press you aren't too sold on Bobbie.” He shrugged a shoulder. “Oh, I wouldn't say that. Apart from wishing I could throttle the young twister with my bare hands and jump on the remains with hobnailed boots, I don't feel much about her one way or the other.”",
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"A crook, a villain."
],
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"(British, colloquial) A crook, a villain."
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"name": "Libellulid dragonflies",
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"The party game Twister, usually capitalized, or a variant."
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"ipa": "/ˈtwɪstə(ɹ)/",
"tags": [
"UK"
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},
{
"ipa": "/ˈtwɪstɚ/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
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],
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"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
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},
{
"form": "fr-conj-auto",
"source": "conjugation",
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},
{
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},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
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},
{
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"indicative",
"plural",
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},
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},
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"plural",
"present",
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},
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"indicative",
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},
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"indicative",
"singular",
"third-person"
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},
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]
},
{
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"indicative",
"plural",
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},
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"past",
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"indicative",
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},
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"indicative",
"past",
"singular",
"third-person"
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"source": "conjugation",
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"historic",
"indicative",
"past",
"plural"
]
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]
},
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"singular"
]
},
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},
{
"form": "twisteront",
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"future",
"indicative",
"plural",
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"form": "twisterais",
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"singular"
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{
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{
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"second-person"
]
},
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},
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},
{
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"multiword-construction",
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{
"form": "future of avoir + past participle",
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{
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"conditional",
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},
{
"form": "twiste",
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"present",
"singular",
"subjunctive"
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},
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"form": "twistes",
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},
{
"form": "twiste",
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"subjunctive",
"third-person"
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},
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"plural",
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]
},
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"form": "twistiez",
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"second-person",
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},
{
"form": "twistent",
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"tags": [
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"present",
"subjunctive",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "twistasse",
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"source": "conjugation",
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"imperfect",
"singular",
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]
},
{
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},
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"singular",
"subjunctive",
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]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"imperfect",
"plural",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
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"plural",
"second-person",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
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"plural",
"subjunctive",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "present subjunctive of avoir + past participle",
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"tags": [
"multiword-construction",
"past",
"subjunctive"
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},
{
"form": "imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"multiword-construction",
"pluperfect",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "twiste",
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"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "twistons",
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"source": "conjugation",
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"imperative",
"plural"
]
},
{
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"plural",
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]
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"imperative",
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},
{
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{
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},
{
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"Human behaviour",
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"Human",
"Fundamental"
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"English terms inherited from Middle English",
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"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"Rhymes:English/ɪstə(ɹ)",
"Rhymes:English/ɪstə(ɹ)/2 syllables",
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"en:Wind"
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{
"word": "arm twister"
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{
"word": "fossil twister"
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{
"word": "jaw-twister"
},
{
"word": "knife twister"
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{
"word": "knife-twister"
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{
"word": "Labrador twister"
},
{
"word": "Mersenne twister"
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{
"word": "titty twister"
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{
"word": "tongue-twister"
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{
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{
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"One who twists."
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{
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[
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"occupation"
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[
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[
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[
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"ball",
"ball"
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[
"cricket",
"cricket"
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[
"billiards",
"billiards"
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]
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"A tornado."
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"(colloquial) A tornado."
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},
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"A girder."
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[
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},
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[
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[
"horseback",
"horseback"
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"dated"
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},
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"Twister"
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"lang": "Bulgarian",
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},
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"masculine"
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},
{
"code": "chr",
"lang": "Cherokee",
"roman": "agaluga",
"sense": "tornado",
"word": "ᎠᎦᎷᎦ"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "tornádo",
"sense": "tornado",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "торна́до"
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{
"code": "mi",
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"word": "tūkauati"
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"plural",
"present",
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},
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"plural",
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},
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},
{
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"indicative",
"singular",
"third-person"
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},
{
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"imperfect",
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"plural"
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{
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{
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"plural",
"third-person"
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},
{
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"indicative",
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"singular",
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},
{
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"historic",
"indicative",
"past",
"plural"
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"indicative",
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"indicative",
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"plural",
"third-person"
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},
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"future",
"indicative",
"singular"
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},
{
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"indicative",
"second-person",
"singular"
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"indicative",
"singular",
"third-person"
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},
{
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"future",
"indicative",
"plural"
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},
{
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"future",
"indicative",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "twisteront",
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"future",
"indicative",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "twisterais",
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"first-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "twisterais",
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"second-person",
"singular"
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},
{
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"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
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"first-person",
"plural"
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},
{
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"second-person"
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},
{
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},
{
"form": "present indicative of avoir + past participle",
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"multiword-construction",
"perfect",
"present"
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},
{
"form": "imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle",
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},
{
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"multiword-construction",
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"multiword-construction",
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},
{
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"present",
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},
{
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"second-person",
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},
{
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},
{
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"plural",
"present",
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]
},
{
"form": "twistiez",
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},
{
"form": "twistent",
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"present",
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},
{
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},
{
"form": "twistasses",
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},
{
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},
{
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},
{
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},
{
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{
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{
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},
{
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"imperative",
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]
},
{
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"plural",
"second-person"
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},
{
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"multiword-construction",
"second-person",
"singular"
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},
{
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},
{
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"multiword-construction",
"plural",
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{
"categories": [
"French 2-syllable words",
"French entries with incorrect language header",
"French first group verbs",
"French lemmas",
"French terms spelled with W",
"French terms suffixed with -er",
"French terms with IPA pronunciation",
"French terms with audio links",
"French verbs",
"French verbs with conjugation -er",
"fr:Dance"
],
"glosses": [
"to dance the twist, to twist"
],
"links": [
[
"dance",
"dance#Noun"
],
[
"twist",
"twist"
],
[
"twist",
"twist#Verb"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(dance) to dance the twist, to twist"
],
"topics": [
"dance",
"dancing",
"hobbies",
"lifestyle",
"sports"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/twis.te/"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q150 (fra)-Lyokoï-twister.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/42/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Lyoko%C3%AF-twister.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Lyoko%C3%AF-twister.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/42/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Lyoko%C3%AF-twister.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Lyoko%C3%AF-twister.wav.ogg",
"text": "Audio"
}
],
"word": "twister"
}
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