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"sense": "a traitor or hypocrite",
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},
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"roman": "fùxīnrén",
"sense": "a traitor or hypocrite",
"word": "负心人"
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"sense": "a traitor or hypocrite",
"word": "matennaaier"
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{
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "a traitor or hypocrite",
"word": "liero"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "a traitor or hypocrite",
"word": "selkäänpuukottaja"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "a traitor or hypocrite",
"word": "petturi"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "a traitor or hypocrite",
"word": "hypocrite"
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"sense": "a traitor or hypocrite",
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"word": "serpent"
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"sense": "a traitor or hypocrite",
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"sense": "a traitor or hypocrite",
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"sense": "a traitor or hypocrite",
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"word": "φίδι"
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"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "āstīn kā sāmp",
"sense": "a traitor or hypocrite",
"word": "आस्तीन का सांप"
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"sense": "a traitor or hypocrite",
"tags": [
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"word": "eiturnaðra"
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"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "a traitor or hypocrite",
"tags": [
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"word": "rógberi"
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{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "a traitor or hypocrite",
"tags": [
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"word": "slanga í paradís"
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{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "a traitor or hypocrite",
"word": "munafik"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "a traitor or hypocrite",
"word": "ipocrita"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "uragirimono",
"sense": "a traitor or hypocrite",
"word": "裏切り者"
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{
"code": "pl",
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"sense": "a traitor or hypocrite",
"tags": [
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"word": "żmija"
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zmejá podkolódnaja",
"sense": "a traitor or hypocrite",
"tags": [
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"word": "змея́ подколо́дная"
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"sense": "a traitor or hypocrite",
"word": "traidor"
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"word": "backstabber"
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