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"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "existence or life that has two aspects, particularly when one of them is regarded as embarrassing, immoral, or unlawful and thus kept hidden from a person's family, friends, and work colleagues",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cotejiyan"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "existence or life that has two aspects, particularly when one of them is regarded as embarrassing, immoral, or unlawful and thus kept hidden from a person's family, friends, and work colleagues",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "dujiyanîtî"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "existence or life that has two aspects, particularly when one of them is regarded as embarrassing, immoral, or unlawful and thus kept hidden from a person's family, friends, and work colleagues",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "dobbeltliv"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "existence or life that has two aspects, particularly when one of them is regarded as embarrassing, immoral, or unlawful and thus kept hidden from a person's family, friends, and work colleagues",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "dobbeltliv"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "existence or life that has two aspects, particularly when one of them is regarded as embarrassing, immoral, or unlawful and thus kept hidden from a person's family, friends, and work colleagues",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "podwójne życie"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "existence or life that has two aspects, particularly when one of them is regarded as embarrassing, immoral, or unlawful and thus kept hidden from a person's family, friends, and work colleagues",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "vida dupla"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "existence or life that has two aspects, particularly when one of them is regarded as embarrassing, immoral, or unlawful and thus kept hidden from a person's family, friends, and work colleagues",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "doble vida"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "existence or life that has two aspects, particularly when one of them is regarded as embarrassing, immoral, or unlawful and thus kept hidden from a person's family, friends, and work colleagues",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "dubbelliv"
}
],
"word": "double life"
}
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