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"ref": "1949, George Orwell, chapter 3, in Nineteen Eighty-Four",
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"word": "balistraria"
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"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "Translations",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "frëngji"
},
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"code": "gl",
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"feminine"
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"word": "חֲרַךְ יְרִי"
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"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "arciera"
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"feminine"
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"word": "seteira"
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{
"code": "es",
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"sense": "Translations",
"word": "aspillera"
},
{
"code": "wa",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "airtchire"
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
{
"code": "gl",
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"sense": "Translations",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "seteira"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "Schießscharte"
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{
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"feminine"
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"word": "arciera"
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{
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"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "seteira"
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"sense": "Translations",
"word": "aspillera"
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{
"code": "wa",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "airtchire"
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],
"word": "arrowslit"
}
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