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"sense": "skillful",
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"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "skillful",
"word": "ringarehe"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "skillful",
"word": "rehe"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "čâbok",
"sense": "skillful",
"word": "چابک"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "skillful",
"word": "zręczny"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "skillful",
"word": "hábil"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "skillful",
"word": "habilidoso"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "lóvkij",
"sense": "skillful",
"word": "ло́вкий"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "iskusnyj",
"sense": "skillful",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "искусный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "masterskij",
"sense": "skillful",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "мастерский"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "skillful",
"word": "spretan"
},
{
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "skillful",
"word": "àbbili"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "skillful",
"word": "zručný"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "skillful",
"word": "hábil"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "skillful",
"word": "diestro"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "skillful",
"word": "flink"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "skillful",
"word": "händig"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "skillful",
"word": "skicklig"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "skillful",
"word": "kvick"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "cākacakyamu",
"sense": "skillful",
"word": "చాకచక్యము"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "nērpu",
"sense": "skillful",
"word": "నేర్పు"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vpravnyj",
"sense": "skillful",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "вправний"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "sprytnyj",
"sense": "skillful",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "спритний"
}
],
"word": "deft"
}
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