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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "Used to denote a mingling or intermixing",
"word": "entre"
},
{
"code": "da",
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"sense": "Used to denote a mingling or intermixing",
"word": "iblandt"
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"sense": "Used to denote a mingling or intermixing",
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"sense": "Used to denote a mingling or intermixing",
"word": "zwischen"
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"word": "entre"
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{
"code": "da",
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"sense": "Used to denote a mingling or intermixing",
"word": "iblandt"
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"word": "onder"
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"sense": "Used to denote a mingling or intermixing",
"word": "keskellä"
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{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "Used to denote a mingling or intermixing",
"word": "seassa"
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{
"code": "fr",
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"sense": "Used to denote a mingling or intermixing",
"word": "parmi"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "Used to denote a mingling or intermixing",
"word": "zwischen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "Used to denote a mingling or intermixing",
"word": "unter"
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"code": "el",
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"sense": "Used to denote a mingling or intermixing",
"word": "ανάμεσα"
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"code": "id",
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"sense": "Used to denote a mingling or intermixing",
"word": "antara"
},
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"code": "ko",
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"sense": "Used to denote a mingling or intermixing",
"word": "가운데"
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"code": "ko",
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"roman": "sai",
"sense": "Used to denote a mingling or intermixing",
"word": "사이"
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"sense": "Used to denote a mingling or intermixing",
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"sense": "Used to denote a mingling or intermixing",
"word": "entre"
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"word": "juntamente com"
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"sense": "Used to denote a mingling or intermixing",
"word": "giữa"
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"sense": "Used to denote a mingling or intermixing",
"word": "trong số"
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