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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "system of several pulleys",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "mufla"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "system of several pulleys",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "aparejo"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "system of several pulleys",
"word": "talja"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "system of several pulleys",
"tags": [
"Modern"
],
"word": "palanga"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "palanka",
"sense": "system of several pulleys",
"word": "پلانقه"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "polispást",
"sense": "system of several pulleys",
"word": "поліспа́ст"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "system of several pulleys",
"word": "pa lăng"
}
],
"word": "block and tackle"
}
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