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"sense": "extra features added for show rather than function",
"tags": [
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"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "rá'ash vtziltzulím",
"sense": "extra features added for show rather than function",
"word": "רַעַשׁ וְצִלְצוּלִים"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "extra features added for show rather than function",
"word": "facezia riempitiva"
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"sense": "extra features added for show rather than function",
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"roman": "pribambasy",
"sense": "extra features added for show rather than function",
"word": "прибамбасы"
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"roman": "navoroty",
"sense": "extra features added for show rather than function",
"word": "навороты"
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "svistelki i perdelki",
"sense": "extra features added for show rather than function",
"tags": [
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"word": "свистелки и перделки"
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "extra features added for show rather than function",
"word": "ringorrangos"
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"word": "bells and whistles"
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