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"sense": "Someone or something that constantly repeats itself, causing annoyance",
"word": "rikkinäinen levy"
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"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "Someone or something that constantly repeats itself, causing annoyance",
"word": "jankuttaja"
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"roman": "kóllise i velóna",
"sense": "Someone or something that constantly repeats itself, causing annoyance",
"word": "κόλλησε η βελόνα"
},
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "Someone or something that constantly repeats itself, causing annoyance",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "disco rotto"
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"sense": "Someone or something that constantly repeats itself, causing annoyance",
"tags": [
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"word": "zdarta płyta"
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "Someone or something that constantly repeats itself, causing annoyance",
"tags": [
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"word": "disco riscado"
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"sense": "Someone or something that constantly repeats itself, causing annoyance",
"tags": [
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"word": "disco quebrado"
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"sense": "Someone or something that constantly repeats itself, causing annoyance",
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"word": "зае́зженная пласти́нка"
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"sense": "Someone or something that constantly repeats itself, causing annoyance",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "pìobaire an aon phuirt"
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"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "Someone or something that constantly repeats itself, causing annoyance",
"word": "pokazený gramofón"
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"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "Someone or something that constantly repeats itself, causing annoyance",
"word": "obohratá platňa"
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"sense": "Someone or something that constantly repeats itself, causing annoyance",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "disco rayado"
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"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "Someone or something that constantly repeats itself, causing annoyance",
"word": "sirang plaka"
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"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"sense": "Someone or something that constantly repeats itself, causing annoyance",
"word": "แผ่นเสียงตกร่อง"
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"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "Someone or something that constantly repeats itself, causing annoyance",
"word": "bozuk plak gibi"
},
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"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "Someone or something that constantly repeats itself, causing annoyance",
"word": "kırık plak gibi"
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"word": "broken record"
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