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"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "dalaþ",
"sense": "towards a lower place",
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"sense": "towards a lower place",
"word": "benedenwaarts"
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"sense": "towards a lower place",
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{
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{
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"sense": "towards a lower place",
"word": "niðureftir"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "towards a lower place",
"word": "alas"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "towards a lower place",
"word": "alaspäin"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "towards a lower place",
"word": "abwärts"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "towards a lower place",
"word": "nach unten"
},
{
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "dalaþ",
"sense": "towards a lower place",
"word": "𐌳𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌸"
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"sense": "towards a lower place",
"word": "κάτω"
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"sense": "towards a lower place",
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"roman": "l'matá",
"sense": "towards a lower place",
"word": "לְמַטָּה"
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{
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"roman": "klapei matá",
"sense": "towards a lower place",
"word": "כְּלַפֵּי־מַטָּה"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "towards a lower place",
"word": "lefelé"
},
{
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "berewnizm",
"sense": "towards a lower place",
"word": "بەرەونزم"
},
{
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "berewixwar",
"sense": "towards a lower place",
"word": "بەرەوخوار"
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{
"code": "la",
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"sense": "towards a lower place",
"word": "deorsum"
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"sense": "towards a lower place",
"word": "niþer"
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{
"code": "pdt",
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"sense": "towards a lower place",
"word": "rauf"
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{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "towards a lower place",
"word": "dôl"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "towards a lower place",
"word": "hacia abajo"
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{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "towards a lower place",
"word": "nedåt"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to a lower figure or amount",
"word": "alaspäin"
},
{
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "berewnizm",
"sense": "to a lower figure or amount",
"word": "بەرەونزم"
}
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"word": "downwards"
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