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"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "podhoždam",
"sense": "be fit for",
"word": "подхождам"
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"sense": "be fit for",
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"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "be fit for",
"word": "acaer"
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"sense": "be fit for",
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"word": "zukommen"
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"roman": "gatiman",
"sense": "be fit for",
"word": "𐌲𐌰𐍄𐌹𐌼𐌰𐌽"
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"sense": "be fit for",
"word": "adattarsi"
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"sense": "be fit for",
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"word": "pai"
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"word": "arotau"
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"sense": "be fit for",
"word": "bisemen"
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"sense": "be fit for",
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"roman": "podhoždam",
"sense": "be fit for",
"word": "подхождам"
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"sense": "be fit for",
"word": "отивам"
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{
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"sense": "be fit for",
"word": "behoren"
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"sense": "be fit for",
"word": "convenir à"
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"sense": "be fit for",
"word": "être approprié pour"
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"code": "gl",
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"sense": "be fit for",
"word": "acaer"
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"lang": "German",
"sense": "be fit for",
"word": "anstehen"
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"sense": "be fit for",
"word": "entsprechen"
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"sense": "be fit for",
"word": "zukommen"
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"roman": "gatiman",
"sense": "be fit for",
"word": "𐌲𐌰𐍄𐌹𐌼𐌰𐌽"
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"sense": "be fit for",
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"sense": "be fit for",
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"sense": "be fit for",
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"sense": "be fit for",
"word": "pai"
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"sense": "be fit for",
"word": "bisemen"
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"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"sense": "be fit for",
"word": "درخور"
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"sense": "be fit for",
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"word": "подобать"
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"sense": "be fit for",
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