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"lang": "Bulgarian",
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"sense": "decayed remains of organic matter",
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"masculine"
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"code": "gl",
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"sense": "decayed remains of organic matter",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "compost"
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{
"code": "gl",
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"masculine"
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{
"code": "de",
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"masculine"
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"code": "el",
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"word": "humus"
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"text": "If you compost your grass clippings, you can improve your soil."
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "kompostiram",
"sense": "to produce compost",
"word": "компостирам"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to produce compost",
"word": "compostar"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to produce compost",
"word": "kompostovat"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to produce compost",
"word": "kompostere"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to produce compost",
"word": "composteren"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to produce compost",
"word": "kompostoida"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to produce compost",
"word": "compostar"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to produce compost",
"word": "kompostieren"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to produce compost",
"word": "compostare"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to produce compost",
"word": "whakapopo"
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{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to produce compost",
"word": "whakapōpopo"
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"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to produce compost",
"word": "kompostere"
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to produce compost",
"word": "kompostować"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to produce compost",
"word": "compostar"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to produce compost",
"word": "kompostovať"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "to produce compost",
"word": "kompostirati"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to produce compost",
"word": "compostar"
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{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to produce compost",
"word": "kompostera"
}
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