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"sense": "mark to indicate agreement"
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"sense": "mark to indicate agreement",
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"sense": "mark to indicate agreement",
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"In long jump, javelin and similar events, little mark alongside the runway which helps the athlete to set their steps just right for their performance."
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"(athletics) In long jump, javelin and similar events, little mark alongside the runway which helps the athlete to set their steps just right for their performance."
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"(athletics) In long jump, javelin and similar events, little mark alongside the runway which helps the athlete to set their steps just right for their performance."
],
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"athletics",
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"roman": "čavka",
"sense": "mark to indicate agreement",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "чавка"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "mark to indicate agreement",
"word": "vistiplau"
},
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"sense": "mark to indicate agreement",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "vinkje"
},
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"note": "oikein-merkki (note that a different sign is used in Finnish to indicate correctness)",
"sense": "mark to indicate agreement"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "mark to indicate agreement",
"word": "marque"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "mark to indicate agreement",
"tags": [
"Canada"
],
"word": "coche"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "mark to indicate agreement",
"word": "pipavétel"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "mark to indicate agreement",
"word": "pipa"
},
{
"code": "ru",
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"roman": "gáločka",
"sense": "mark to indicate agreement",
"tags": [
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"word": "га́лочка"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "mark to indicate agreement",
"word": "marca"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "mark to indicate agreement",
"tags": [
"Mexico"
],
"word": "palomita"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "mark to indicate agreement",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "cotejo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "mark to indicate agreement",
"word": "conforme"
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "athletics",
"word": "askelmerkki"
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