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"roman": "mnišvnelovani miɣc̣eva",
"sense": "major progress",
"word": "მნიშვნელოვანი მიღწევა"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "major progress",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Durchbruch"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "pritsat-derekh",
"sense": "major progress",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "פריצת-דרך"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "major progress",
"word": "áttörés"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "major progress",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "urfhuascailt"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "major progress",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "svolta"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "major progress",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "salto di qualità"
},
{
"alt": "とっぱ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "toppa",
"sense": "major progress",
"word": "突破"
},
{
"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "major progress",
"word": "bibazhdooyá"
},
{
"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "major progress",
"word": "bááhátis jííyá"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "major progress",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "przełom"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "major progress",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "avanço"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "prorýv",
"sense": "major progress",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "проры́в"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "major progress",
"word": "genombrott"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "(sports) penetration of the opposition defence",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "trouée"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "(sports) penetration of the opposition defence",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "percée"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "prorýv",
"sense": "(sports) penetration of the opposition defence",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "проры́в"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "(engineering) penetration of a physical barrier",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "gennembrud"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "(engineering) penetration of a physical barrier",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Durchbruch"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "(engineering) penetration of a physical barrier",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Durchstich"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"breakthrough"
],
"word": "breakthrough"
}
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