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"sense": "part of town enclosed by streets",
"word": "квартал"
},
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"sense": "part of town enclosed by streets",
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"sense": "part of town enclosed by streets",
"word": "blok"
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"sense": "part of town enclosed by streets",
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"sense": "part of town enclosed by streets",
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"sense": "part of town enclosed by streets",
"word": "kortteli"
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"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "part of town enclosed by streets",
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],
"word": "pâté de maisons"
},
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"sense": "part of town enclosed by streets",
"word": "îlot urbain"
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"sense": "part of town enclosed by streets",
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},
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"sense": "part of town enclosed by streets",
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"roman": "tetrágono",
"sense": "part of town enclosed by streets",
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"neuter"
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"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "it",
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"sense": "part of town enclosed by streets",
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"masculine"
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"word": "isolato"
},
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "part of town enclosed by streets",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "blok budowlany"
},
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"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "part of town enclosed by streets",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "quarteirão"
},
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"_dis1": "92 8",
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kvartál",
"sense": "part of town enclosed by streets",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "кварта́л"
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"roman": "žiloj massiv",
"sense": "part of town enclosed by streets",
"word": "жилой массив"
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"sense": "part of town enclosed by streets",
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"sense": "part of town enclosed by streets",
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"feminine"
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"word": "cuadra"
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"sense": "part of town enclosed by streets",
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"neuter"
],
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}
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{
"text": "Go along that road for about a city block, and you should see an old barn.",
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"The distance from one urban street to the next, or an approximately comparable distance."
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"_dis1": "5 95",
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"sense": "distance from one street to next",
"word": "kortteli"
},
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"sense": "distance from one street to next",
"word": "kadunväli"
},
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"word": "кварта́л"
},
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"The smallest part of a town enclosed by streets."
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"roman": "kvartal",
"sense": "part of town enclosed by streets",
"word": "квартал"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "part of town enclosed by streets",
"word": "illa"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "part of town enclosed by streets",
"word": "blok"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "part of town enclosed by streets",
"word": "huizenblok"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "part of town enclosed by streets",
"word": "bouwblok"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "part of town enclosed by streets",
"word": "kortteli"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "part of town enclosed by streets",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pâté de maisons"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "part of town enclosed by streets",
"word": "îlot urbain"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "part of town enclosed by streets",
"word": "îlot"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "part of town enclosed by streets",
"word": "île"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "tetrágono",
"sense": "part of town enclosed by streets",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "τετράγωνο"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "part of town enclosed by streets",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "isolato"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "part of town enclosed by streets",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "blok budowlany"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "part of town enclosed by streets",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "quarteirão"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kvartál",
"sense": "part of town enclosed by streets",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "кварта́л"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "žiloj massiv",
"sense": "part of town enclosed by streets",
"word": "жилой массив"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "part of town enclosed by streets",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "manzana"
},
{
"code": "es",
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"sense": "part of town enclosed by streets",
"tags": [
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"word": "cuadra"
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"sense": "part of town enclosed by streets",
"tags": [
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"word": "kvarter"
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"sense": "distance from one street to next",
"word": "kortteli"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "distance from one street to next",
"word": "kadunväli"
},
{
"code": "ru",
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"roman": "kvartál",
"sense": "distance from one street to next",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "кварта́л"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "distance from one street to next",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cuadra"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "distance from one street to next",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "kvarter"
}
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"word": "city block"
}
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