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"ref": "2018 July 3, Phil McNulty, “Colombia 1 - 1 England”, in BBC Sport",
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to take measures to stop something",
"word": "壓制"
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"sense": "to take measures to stop something",
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"sense": "to take measures to stop something",
"word": "slå ned på"
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"sense": "to take measures to stop something",
"word": "lutter contre"
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"code": "fr",
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"word": "faire cesser"
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"word": "mettre un terme"
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"sense": "to take measures to stop something",
"word": "pēhipēhi"
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"word": "loahpahit"
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{
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"sense": "to take measures to stop something",
"word": "loaktit"
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"sense": "to take measures to stop something",
"word": "壓制"
},
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yāzhì",
"sense": "to take measures to stop something",
"word": "压制"
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zhìzhǐ",
"sense": "to take measures to stop something",
"word": "制止"
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to take measures to stop something",
"word": "鎮壓"
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zhènyā",
"sense": "to take measures to stop something",
"word": "镇压"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to take measures to stop something",
"word": "slå ned på"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to take measures to stop something",
"word": "puuttua"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to take measures to stop something",
"word": "lutter contre"
},
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to take measures to stop something",
"word": "faire cesser"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to take measures to stop something",
"word": "mettre un terme"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to take measures to stop something",
"word": "pēhipēhi"
},
{
"code": "se",
"lang": "Northern Sami",
"sense": "to take measures to stop something",
"word": "loahpahit"
},
{
"code": "se",
"lang": "Northern Sami",
"sense": "to take measures to stop something",
"word": "loaktit"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pokončitʹ",
"sense": "to take measures to stop something",
"word": "покончить"
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"code": "sv",
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"sense": "to take measures to stop something",
"word": "sätta stopp för"
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