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"feminine"
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{
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{
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{
"_dis1": "83 4 2 2 5 5",
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"word": "ił nanitłʼah"
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"_dis1": "83 4 2 2 5 5",
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"_dis1": "83 4 2 2 5 5",
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"feminine"
],
"word": "Schwierichkjeit"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 4 2 2 5 5",
"code": "pl",
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"feminine"
],
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{
"_dis1": "83 4 2 2 5 5",
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"feminine"
],
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"feminine"
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"feminine"
],
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{
"_dis1": "83 4 2 2 5 5",
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"masculine"
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"_dis1": "83 4 2 2 5 5",
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"_dis1": "83 4 2 2 5 5",
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"feminine"
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"feminine"
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"_dis1": "83 4 2 2 5 5",
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"feminine"
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"_dis1": "83 4 2 2 5 5",
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"feminine"
],
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{
"_dis1": "83 4 2 2 5 5",
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"_dis1": "83 4 2 2 5 5",
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"feminine"
],
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"code": "sv",
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"_dis1": "83 4 2 2 5 5",
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{
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{
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"feminine"
],
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{
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"feminine"
],
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"feminine"
],
"word": "тя́жкість"
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"_dis1": "83 4 2 2 5 5",
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"feminine"
],
"word": "مشکل"
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{
"_dis1": "83 4 2 2 5 5",
"code": "ur",
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"word": "کٹھنائی"
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]
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"text": "We faced a difficulty in trying to book a flight so late.",
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"tags": [
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],
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},
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"tags": [
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],
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},
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"sense": "obstacle",
"word": "çətinlik"
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{
"_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0 0",
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},
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],
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"_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0 0",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "obstacle",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
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"_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0 0",
"code": "nl",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "hindernis"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0 0",
"code": "eo",
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{
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{
"_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0 0",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "obstacle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "dificultade"
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"_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0 0",
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"sense": "obstacle",
"word": "δυσκολία"
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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{
"_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0 0",
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"code": "ga",
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"tags": [
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],
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"_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0 0",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
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"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "stró"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0 0",
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},
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"code": "ja",
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{
"_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0 0",
"code": "kix",
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"word": "āngtsō"
},
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"_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0 0",
"code": "ko",
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"roman": "eoryeoum",
"sense": "obstacle",
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{
"_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0 0",
"code": "ckb",
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"sense": "obstacle",
"word": "زەحمەتی"
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"_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0 0",
"code": "la",
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],
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"code": "la",
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"code": "ml",
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"sense": "obstacle",
"word": "ബുദ്ധിമുട്ട്"
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{
"_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0 0",
"code": "nb",
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"feminine"
],
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},
{
"_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0 0",
"code": "pt",
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"sense": "obstacle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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{
"_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0 0",
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"sense": "obstacle",
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{
"_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0 0",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "obstacle",
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{
"_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0 0",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "obstacle",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "obstacol"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "trúdnostʹ",
"sense": "obstacle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "тру́дность"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zatrudnénije",
"sense": "obstacle",
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"neuter"
],
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"_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0 0",
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "tyajas",
"sense": "obstacle",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
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"_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0 0",
"code": "sid",
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"sense": "obstacle",
"word": "qarra"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0 0",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "dificultad"
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"_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0 0",
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"text": "2012 August 2, \"Children rescued after getting into difficulties in Donegal\" BBC Online"
},
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"ref": "2016 March 30, Alan Thompson, “Diver taken to hospital after getting into difficulties at Stoney Cove diving centre”, in Leicester Mercury:",
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{
"ref": "2016 February 24, Catherine Shanahan, “Boy, 13, drowns after getting into difficulty in river”, in Irish Examiner:",
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"type": "quote"
},
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"ref": "2016 March 14, “Kayaker rescued after getting into difficulty”, in Bournemouth Echo:",
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},
{
"ref": "2016 March 19, Neil Shaw, “Teens rescued from Dartmoor after getting into difficulty”, in Plymouth Herald:",
"text": "A group of young people had to be rescued from Dartmoor on Friday night after getting into difficulty during a Duke of Edinburgh exercise. […] A 16-year-old girl required medical attention and a medic was winched down to the site by helicopter.",
"type": "quote"
}
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"(sometimes in the plural) Physical danger from the environment, especially with risk of drowning"
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"name": "English terms prefixed with dis-",
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"An objection."
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"sense": "obstacle",
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"feminine"
],
"word": "dificultá"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "obstacle",
"word": "çətinlik"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "prečka",
"sense": "obstacle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "пречка"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zatrudnenie",
"sense": "obstacle",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "затруднение"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "prepjatstvie",
"sense": "obstacle",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "препятствие"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "obstacle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "dificultat"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "obstacle",
"word": "困難"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "kùnnán, kùnnan",
"sense": "obstacle",
"word": "困难"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "obstacle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "obtíž"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "obstacle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "potíž"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "obstacle",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "besvær"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "obstacle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "hindernis"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "obstacle",
"word": "malfacilaĵo"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "obstacle",
"word": "malfacilo"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "obstacle",
"word": "este"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "obstacle",
"word": "hankaluus"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "obstacle",
"word": "difficulté"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "obstacle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "dificultade"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "dyskolía",
"sense": "obstacle",
"word": "δυσκολία"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "aporía",
"sense": "obstacle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ἀπορία"
},
{
"code": "ht",
"lang": "Haitian Creole",
"sense": "obstacle",
"word": "difikilte"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "bādhā",
"sense": "obstacle",
"word": "बाधा"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "obstacle",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "habal"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "obstacle",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "stró"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "obstacle",
"word": "difficoltà"
},
{
"alt": "こんなん",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "konnan",
"sense": "obstacle",
"word": "困難"
},
{
"alt": "しょうがい",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "shōgai",
"sense": "obstacle",
"word": "障害"
},
{
"code": "kix",
"lang": "Khiamniungan Naga",
"sense": "obstacle",
"word": "āngtsō"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "eoryeoum",
"sense": "obstacle",
"word": "어려움"
},
{
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "zeḧmetî",
"sense": "obstacle",
"word": "زەحمەتی"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "obstacle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "difficultās"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "obstacle",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "artum"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "buddhimuṭṭŭ",
"sense": "obstacle",
"word": "ബുദ്ധിമുട്ട്"
},
{
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "obstacle",
"word": "resistence"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "obstacle",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "vanske"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "obstacle",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "aber"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "obstacle",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "vanske"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "obstacle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Schwierichkjeit"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "obstacle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "trudność"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "obstacle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "dificuldade"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "obstacle",
"word": "dificultate"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "obstacle",
"word": "piedică"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "obstacle",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "obstacol"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "trúdnostʹ",
"sense": "obstacle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "тру́дность"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zatrudnénije",
"sense": "obstacle",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "затрудне́ние"
},
{
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "tyajas",
"sense": "obstacle",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "त्यजस्"
},
{
"code": "sid",
"lang": "Sidamo",
"sense": "obstacle",
"word": "qarra"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "obstacle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "dificultad"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "obstacle",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "möda"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"difficulty"
],
"word": "difficulty"
}
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