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"sense": "The act or process by which something becomes",
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"sense": "The act or process by which something becomes",
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"code": "da",
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"sense": "The act or process by which something becomes",
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"code": "hu",
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"sense": "The act or process by which something becomes",
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "The act or process by which something becomes",
"word": "alakulás"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "The act or process by which something becomes",
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "The act or process by which something becomes",
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "The act or process by which something becomes",
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{
"code": "pt",
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"Terms with Bengali translations",
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"Terms with Catalan translations",
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"Terms with Finnish translations",
"Terms with French translations",
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"Terms with Italian translations",
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"text": "This is our latest, said the salesgirl. Victory Red. Or here I've Carmine, which is very becoming on sallower skin like yours, so it is. If you don't mind me saying.",
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"lang": "Armenian",
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"sense": "pleasingly suitable",
"word": "պատշաճ"
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"sense": "pleasingly suitable",
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{
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"sense": "pleasingly suitable",
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"sense": "pleasingly suitable",
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"sense": "pleasingly suitable",
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{
"code": "hu",
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{
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"word": "mas"
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{
"code": "ga",
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"word": "似合う"
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"code": "pl",
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"sense": "pleasingly suitable",
"word": "twarzowy"
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{
"code": "pt",
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"sense": "pleasingly suitable",
"word": "apropriado"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "pleasingly suitable",
"word": "adequado"
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{
"code": "pt",
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"code": "sv",
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"lang": "French",
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"tags": [
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"masculine"
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"code": "fr",
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"masculine"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
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