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"sense": "announce the passage of time",
"word": "倒讀數"
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"sense": "announce the passage of time",
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"sense": "announce the passage of time",
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"sense": "announce the passage of time",
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"sense": "announce the passage of time",
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"sense": "announce the passage of time",
"word": "秒読みする"
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"sense": "announce the passage of time",
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"sense": "announce the passage of time",
"word": "倒數"
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"sense": "announce the passage of time",
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"code": "eo",
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"sense": "announce the passage of time",
"word": "dekalkuli"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "announce the passage of time",
"word": "laskea"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "announce the passage of time",
"word": "décompter"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "announce the passage of time",
"word": "herunterzählen"
},
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"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "byōyomi suru",
"sense": "announce the passage of time",
"word": "秒読みする"
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"sense": "announce the passage of time",
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "announce the passage of time",
"word": "fazer contagem regressiva (a)"
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"roman": "pànwàng",
"sense": "await a precisely timed expected event",
"word": "盼望"
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "await a precisely timed expected event",
"word": "盼著"
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "pànzhe",
"sense": "await a precisely timed expected event",
"word": "盼着"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "await a precisely timed expected event",
"word": "laskea"
},
{
"code": "fr",
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"sense": "await a precisely timed expected event",
"word": "décompter"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "await a precisely timed expected event",
"word": "zählen"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "odbrojuva",
"sense": "await a precisely timed expected event",
"word": "одбројува"
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "await a precisely timed expected event",
"word": "odliczać"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "await a precisely timed expected event",
"word": "contar os dias"
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"word": "count down"
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