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],
"word": "promhadh an aigéid"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "rigorous test or appraisal of the quality or worth of something",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "banco di prova"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "glávno ispitúvanje",
"sense": "rigorous test or appraisal of the quality or worth of something",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "гла́вно испиту́вање"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "próverka",
"sense": "rigorous test or appraisal of the quality or worth of something",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "про́верка"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "rigorous test or appraisal of the quality or worth of something",
"word": "probă de foc"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "rigorous test or appraisal of the quality or worth of something",
"word": "prueba de fuego"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "rigorous test or appraisal of the quality or worth of something",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "prueba del algodón"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "rigorous test or appraisal of the quality or worth of something",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "eldprov"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "rigorous test or appraisal of the quality or worth of something",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "stålbad"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "party based around the use and advocacy of the psychedelic drug LSD",
"tags": [
"plural"
],
"word": "happobileet"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Green's Dictionary of Slang",
"Merry Pranksters",
"Penske Media Corporation",
"Rolling Stone"
],
"word": "acid test"
}
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