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"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/93/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-asperity.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-asperity.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/93/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-asperity.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-asperity.wav.ogg",
"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "rjazkost",
"sense": "harshness in the way one speaks or behaves toward people",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "рязкост"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "harshness in the way one speaks or behaves toward people",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "gairge"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "strogost",
"sense": "something that is harsh and difficult to endure",
"word": "строгост"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "surovost",
"sense": "something that is harsh and difficult to endure",
"word": "суровост"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "something that is harsh and difficult to endure",
"word": "ondraaglijkheid"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "something that is harsh and difficult to endure",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "aspérité"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "something that is harsh and difficult to endure",
"word": "aspereso"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "something that is harsh and difficult to endure",
"word": "asperità"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "suróvostʹ",
"sense": "something that is harsh and difficult to endure",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "суро́вость"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "razlom",
"sense": "a part of a geological fault line that does not move",
"word": "разлом"
}
],
"word": "asperity"
}
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