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"text": "“We gathered all the people that love you into this one room. And then when we saw all the empty chairs, we decided to drag some randos in off the street to fill them!” [drum plays rim shot] [laughter] “So many illustrious guests here on the dais tonight. And also Colin Robinson.” [rim shot] [laughter] “He got me, I got got.”",
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{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "raised platform",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "suggestus"
},
{
"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"roman": "vyāspīṭ",
"sense": "raised platform",
"word": "व्यासपीट"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "kürsi",
"sense": "raised platform",
"word": "كرسی"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "raised platform",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "podium"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "raised platform",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "podest"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "raised platform",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "podwyższenie"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "raised platform",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "estrado"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "raised platform",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "palanque"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pomóst",
"sense": "raised platform",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "помо́ст"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vozvyšénije",
"sense": "raised platform",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "возвыше́ние"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pódium",
"sense": "raised platform",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "по́диум"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "káfedra",
"sense": "raised platform",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ка́федра"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "estráda",
"sense": "raised platform",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "эстра́да"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "raised platform",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "àrd-ùrlar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "raised platform",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "tarima"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "raised platform",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "podio"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "raised platform",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "estrado"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "raised platform",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "plataforma"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "raised platform",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "podium"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "raised platform",
"word": "tarima"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "vēdika",
"sense": "raised platform",
"word": "వేదిక"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "raised platform",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "llwyfan"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "raised platform",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "esgynlawr"
}
],
"word": "dais"
}
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