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},
{
"audio": "En-au-Ben.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/5d/En-au-Ben.ogg/En-au-Ben.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5d/En-au-Ben.ogg"
},
{
"homophone": "ben"
},
{
"homophone": "been (some accents)"
},
{
"homophone": "bin (pin–pen merger)"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛn"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɪn"
}
],
"word": "Ben"
}
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