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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to interpret or explain the meaning of something",
"word": "entender"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to interpret or explain the meaning of something",
"word": "tolka"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to interpret or explain the meaning of something",
"word": "förstå"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to interpret or explain the meaning of something",
"word": "uppfatta"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "pravja razbor",
"sense": "to analyze the grammatical structure",
"word": "правя разбор"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to analyze the grammatical structure",
"word": "jäsentää"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to analyze the grammatical structure",
"word": "analysieren"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to analyze the grammatical structure",
"word": "zergliedern"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to analyze the grammatical structure",
"word": "zerlegen"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to analyze the grammatical structure",
"word": "elemez"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to analyze the grammatical structure",
"word": "rozbierać gramatycznie"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "razbirátʹ",
"sense": "to analyze the grammatical structure",
"word": "разбира́ть"
}
],
"word": "construe"
}
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