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"sense": "restless, apprehensive and fidgety",
"word": "անհանգիստ"
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"sense": "restless, apprehensive and fidgety",
"word": "rusteloos"
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"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "restless, apprehensive and fidgety",
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"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "restless, apprehensive and fidgety",
"word": "ärevil"
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"sense": "restless, apprehensive and fidgety",
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"sense": "restless, apprehensive and fidgety",
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "restless, apprehensive and fidgety",
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"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "restless, apprehensive and fidgety",
"word": "nyugtalan"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "restless, apprehensive and fidgety",
"word": "be van sózva"
},
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"sense": "restless, apprehensive and fidgety",
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"sense": "restless, apprehensive and fidgety",
"word": "անհանգիստ"
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"sense": "restless, apprehensive and fidgety",
"word": "ongerust"
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "restless, apprehensive and fidgety",
"word": "opgewonden"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "restless, apprehensive and fidgety",
"word": "rusteloos"
},
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"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "restless, apprehensive and fidgety",
"word": "rahutu"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "restless, apprehensive and fidgety",
"word": "ärevil"
},
{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "restless, apprehensive and fidgety",
"word": "levoton"
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"sense": "restless, apprehensive and fidgety",
"word": "agité"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "restless, apprehensive and fidgety",
"word": "inquiet"
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"sense": "restless, apprehensive and fidgety",
"word": "nervös"
},
{
"code": "de",
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"sense": "restless, apprehensive and fidgety",
"word": "zappelig"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "restless, apprehensive and fidgety",
"word": "kribbelig"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "restless, apprehensive and fidgety",
"word": "hibbelig"
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"sense": "restless, apprehensive and fidgety",
"word": "nyugtalan"
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "restless, apprehensive and fidgety",
"word": "be van sózva"
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"sense": "restless, apprehensive and fidgety",
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "restless, apprehensive and fidgety",
"word": "inquieto"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "bespokójnyj",
"sense": "restless, apprehensive and fidgety",
"word": "беспоко́йный"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "restless, apprehensive and fidgety",
"word": "inquieto"
}
],
"word": "antsy"
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