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"ref": "1961 November, “Talking of Trains: Drastic cuts in Scotland?”, in Trains Illustrated, page 644",
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"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "act of curtailing",
"word": "縮減"
},
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"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "suk¹ gaam²",
"sense": "act of curtailing",
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"sense": "act of curtailing",
"word": "削減"
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"word": "laghdú"
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{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "act of curtailing",
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"word": "削減"
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"sense": "act of curtailing",
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