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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "accepting instructions",
"word": "gehorsam"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "accepting instructions",
"word": "folgsam"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "accepting instructions",
"word": "gelehrig"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "accepting instructions",
"word": "irányítható"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"sense": "accepting instructions",
"word": "obbediente"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "accepting instructions",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pojętny"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "ponjátlivyj",
"sense": "accepting instructions",
"word": "поня́тливый"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"lang_code": "sh",
"sense": "accepting instructions",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "poslušan"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"lang_code": "sh",
"sense": "accepting instructions",
"word": "poučljiv"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "accepting instructions",
"word": "dócil"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "accepting instructions",
"word": "lydig"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "accepting instructions",
"word": "foglig"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"lang_code": "tr",
"sense": "accepting instructions",
"word": "uysal"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"lang_code": "tr",
"sense": "accepting instructions",
"word": "uslu"
}
],
"word": "docile"
}
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