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{
"code": "de",
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{
"code": "de",
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{
"code": "de",
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{
"code": "de",
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"code": "mi",
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{
"code": "de",
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{
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{
"code": "it",
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{
"code": "ja",
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{
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{
"code": "mi",
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"code": "fa",
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{
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{
"code": "de",
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{
"code": "de",
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{
"code": "de",
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{
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{
"code": "de",
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{
"code": "de",
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{
"code": "de",
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"lang": "Bulgarian",
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"sense": "the opposite",
"word": "обратно"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "frustrating",
"word": "sich widersetzen"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
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{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"note": "of the wind",
"sense": "frustrating",
"word": "tukipoho"
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