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"sense": "the act of wanting something very much",
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"code": "cmn",
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"sense": "the act of wanting something very much",
"word": "急于"
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"sense": "the act of wanting something very much",
"word": "avida"
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"_dis1": "11 39 36 1 12",
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "the act of wanting something very much",
"word": "hanakka"
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{
"_dis1": "11 39 36 1 12",
"code": "fi",
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"word": "innokas"
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{
"_dis1": "11 39 36 1 12",
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "the act of wanting something very much",
"word": "kärkäs"
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{
"_dis1": "11 39 36 1 12",
"code": "fi",
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"word": "halukas"
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"code": "fr",
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"word": "désireux"
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"_dis1": "11 39 36 1 12",
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{
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"word": "eifrig"
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"code": "grc",
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"word": "πρόθυμος"
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"code": "hi",
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"word": "तत्पर"
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"_dis1": "11 39 36 1 12",
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"word": "आतुर"
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"code": "ga",
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"word": "santach"
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"code": "it",
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"_dis1": "11 39 36 1 12",
"code": "km",
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"word": "សម្រើបខ្លួន"
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"_dis1": "11 39 36 1 12",
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"word": "tūkawikawi"
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"code": "no",
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"word": "ivrig"
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"code": "pl",
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"sense": "the act of wanting something very much",
"word": "chętny"
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"word": "gorliwy"
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"word": "skwapliwy"
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"_dis1": "11 39 36 1 12",
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"code": "ro",
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"word": "doritor"
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{
"_dis1": "11 39 36 1 12",
"code": "ro",
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"word": "amator"
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{
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"sense": "the act of wanting something very much",
"word": "avid"
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{
"_dis1": "11 39 36 1 12",
"code": "ro",
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"word": "dornic"
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{
"_dis1": "11 39 36 1 12",
"code": "ro",
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"sense": "the act of wanting something very much",
"word": "nerăbdător"
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{
"_dis1": "11 39 36 1 12",
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"sense": "the act of wanting something very much",
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"_dis1": "11 39 36 1 12",
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"_dis1": "11 39 36 1 12",
"code": "ru",
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"sense": "the act of wanting something very much",
"word": "нетерпели́вый"
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{
"_dis1": "11 39 36 1 12",
"code": "sa",
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"sense": "the act of wanting something very much",
"word": "गृध्र"
},
{
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"code": "sco",
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"sense": "the act of wanting something very much",
"word": "aiger"
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{
"_dis1": "11 39 36 1 12",
"code": "gd",
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"code": "gd",
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"sense": "the act of wanting something very much",
"word": "dian"
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"sense": "the act of wanting something very much",
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"_dis1": "11 39 36 1 12",
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"_dis1": "11 39 36 1 12",
"code": "es",
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"word": "anhelante"
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"sense": "the act of wanting something very much",
"word": "ivrig"
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"code": "txb",
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"_dis1": "11 39 36 1 12",
"code": "vi",
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"sense": "the act of wanting something very much",
"word": "ham"
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"_dis1": "11 39 36 1 12",
"code": "vi",
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"sense": "the act of wanting something very much",
"word": "hăm hở"
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"ref": "2002, Mark F. Harris, A Distant Place, page 198:",
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"text": "After the go-ahead from the joint committee, the Mugglesby CO warmed up and eagered up tremendously, and we went back to plotting.",
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"ref": "1924, Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Punch - Volume 167, page 181:",
"text": "His hair crinkled towards her fondly. \"Yes,\" he eagered.",
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"ref": "1969, Kenneth Patchen, Sleepers Awake, page 141:",
"text": "Peg! eager voices eagered voicely.",
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{
"ref": "2019, Toby Litt, Patience:",
"text": "[…] Sister Clare saying Oh look a greenfinch and the name was a gift to me as much as the three and a half more minutes the green vision danced and fretted and eagered and preened in front of me […]",
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"ref": "2013, Andrzej Łyda, Krystyna Warchał, Occupying Niches, page 135:",
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"ref": "1969, Kenneth Patchen, Sleepers Awake, page 141:",
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"ref": "2019, Toby Litt, Patience:",
"text": "[…] Sister Clare saying Oh look a greenfinch and the name was a gift to me as much as the three and a half more minutes the green vision danced and fretted and eagered and preened in front of me […]",
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