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"lang_code": "gsw",
"sense": "sudden downward slope",
"tags": [
"Alemannic-German",
"feminine"
],
"word": "Felli"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "sudden downward slope",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "zbocze"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "sudden downward slope",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "stup"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"english": "sheer drop-off",
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "sudden downward slope",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"translation": "sheer drop-off",
"word": "tvärstup"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "sudden decrease",
"word": "pudotus"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "sudden decrease",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Abnahme"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "sudden decrease",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Minderung"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "sudden decrease",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Rückgang"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "sudden decrease",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "spadek"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"lang_code": "tr",
"sense": "sudden decrease",
"word": "azalma"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"lang_code": "tr",
"sense": "sudden decrease",
"word": "gerileme"
}
],
"word": "drop-off"
}
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