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},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to move up and down on one's knee or in one's arms, in affectionate play",
"word": "rapoi"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "glezja",
"sense": "to treat with fondness, as if a child",
"word": "глезя"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "prilaskavam",
"sense": "to treat with fondness, as if a child",
"word": "приласкавам"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to treat with fondness, as if a child",
"word": "morimori"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to treat with fondness, as if a child",
"word": "niańczyć"
}
],
"word": "dandle"
}
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