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"roman": "ednoposočen",
"sense": "pertaining to only one direction",
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"code": "bg",
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"roman": "ednoposočen",
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"sense": "pertaining to only one direction",
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"sense": "pertaining to only one direction",
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"sense": "pertaining to only one direction",
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"sense": "pertaining to only one direction",
"word": "एकदिशीय"
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"code": "hu",
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"sense": "pertaining to only one direction",
"word": "egyirányú"
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"code": "ga",
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"sense": "pertaining to only one direction",
"word": "aontreoch"
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"code": "pl",
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"sense": "pertaining to only one direction",
"word": "jednokierunkowy"
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "odnonaprávlennyj",
"sense": "pertaining to only one direction",
"word": "однонапра́вленный"
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"sense": "pertaining to only one direction",
"word": "enkelriktad"
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"word": "unidirectional"
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