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"word": "rau"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "sharp, biting",
"word": "cierpki"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "sharp, biting",
"word": "uszczypliwy"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "sharp, biting",
"word": "acerbo"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sarkastičeskij",
"sense": "sharp, biting",
"word": "саркастический"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "sharp, biting",
"word": "zajedljiv"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "sharp, biting",
"word": "acerbo"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "sharp, biting",
"word": "syrlig"
}
],
"word": "acerbic"
}
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