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"text": "1914, February 13, The Times, Obituary: Canon Augustus Jessopp\nHe wrote well in a forcible, colloquial style, with the air of being tremendously in earnest, and full of knowledge which overflowed his pages, tricked out with somewhat boisterous illustrations."
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"2": "Ernst",
"3": "",
"4": "seriousness, earnestness, zeal, vigour"
},
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},
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"3": "",
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{
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{
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"2": "ang",
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"4": "",
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},
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"3": "",
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},
{
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},
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"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gml",
"2": "ernst",
"3": "",
"4": "serious, earnest"
},
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},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "ernst",
"3": "",
"4": "serious, earnest"
},
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"name": "cog"
}
],
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]
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]
},
{
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]
},
{
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}
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[
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{
"text": "earnest prayers",
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[
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[
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"code": "bg",
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"word": "задълбочен"
},
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"sense": "intent",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "amatent"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 7 88 1 2 1",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "intent",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
{
"_dis1": "1 7 88 1 2 1",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "intent",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "enfexo"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 7 88 1 2 1",
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"sense": "intent",
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},
{
"_dis1": "1 7 88 1 2 1",
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"sense": "intent",
"word": "pressante"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 7 88 1 2 1",
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},
{
"_dis1": "1 7 88 1 2 1",
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},
{
"_dis1": "1 7 88 1 2 1",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
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"word": "ferm"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 7 88 1 2 1",
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"lang": "Russian",
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"sense": "intent",
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},
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"_dis1": "1 7 88 1 2 1",
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"word": "atento"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 7 88 1 2 1",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "intent",
"word": "niyetli"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 7 88 1 2 1",
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "intent",
"word": "taer"
}
]
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"type": "example"
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[
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"_dis1": "14 12 5 0 60 8",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
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"sense": "ardent",
"word": "сериозен"
},
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"_dis1": "14 12 5 0 60 8",
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"sense": "ardent",
"word": "добросъвестен"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 12 5 0 60 8",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "ardent",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "zelós"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 12 5 0 60 8",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "ardent",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "amatent"
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{
"_dis1": "14 12 5 0 60 8",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "ardent",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "fervent"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 12 5 0 60 8",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "ardent",
"word": "熱心"
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{
"_dis1": "14 12 5 0 60 8",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "rèxīn",
"sense": "ardent",
"word": "热心"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 12 5 0 60 8",
"code": "fr",
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"word": "ardent"
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{
"_dis1": "14 12 5 0 60 8",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "ardent",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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"_dis1": "14 12 5 0 60 8",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "ardent",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "grave"
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{
"_dis1": "14 12 5 0 60 8",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "ardent",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "entergo"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 12 5 0 60 8",
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"lang": "German",
"sense": "ardent",
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},
{
"_dis1": "14 12 5 0 60 8",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "ardent",
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},
{
"_dis1": "14 12 5 0 60 8",
"code": "grc",
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"sense": "ardent",
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},
{
"_dis1": "14 12 5 0 60 8",
"code": "hu",
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"word": "buzgó"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 12 5 0 60 8",
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"word": "voglioso"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 12 5 0 60 8",
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},
{
"_dis1": "14 12 5 0 60 8",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
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},
{
"_dis1": "14 12 5 0 60 8",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
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"word": "zelante"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 12 5 0 60 8",
"code": "la",
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"sense": "ardent",
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{
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{
"_dis1": "14 12 5 0 60 8",
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"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "ardent",
"word": "sério"
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{
"_dis1": "14 12 5 0 60 8",
"code": "ro",
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{
"_dis1": "14 12 5 0 60 8",
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{
"_dis1": "14 12 5 0 60 8",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "ardent",
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},
{
"_dis1": "14 12 5 0 60 8",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
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"sense": "ardent",
"word": "ре́вностный"
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{
"_dis1": "14 12 5 0 60 8",
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "uśij",
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},
{
"_dis1": "14 12 5 0 60 8",
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"lang": "Turkish",
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},
{
"_dis1": "14 12 5 0 60 8",
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},
{
"_dis1": "14 12 5 0 60 8",
"code": "tr",
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"word": "şevkli"
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{
"_dis1": "14 12 5 0 60 8",
"code": "uk",
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"roman": "palkyj",
"sense": "ardent",
"tags": [
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{
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"code": "uk",
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"roman": "revnyj",
"sense": "ardent",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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"_dis1": "36 1 2 1 1 59",
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{
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"word": "جَادّ"
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"sense": "important, serious",
"word": "сур'ёзны"
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{
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"word": "сериозен"
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{
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"word": "認真"
},
{
"_dis1": "36 1 2 1 1 59",
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{
"_dis1": "36 1 2 1 1 59",
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"word": "嚴重"
},
{
"_dis1": "36 1 2 1 1 59",
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"word": "严重"
},
{
"_dis1": "36 1 2 1 1 59",
"code": "cmn",
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"sense": "important, serious",
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{
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{
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},
{
"_dis1": "36 1 2 1 1 59",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "important, serious",
"word": "grave"
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{
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"tags": [
"masculine"
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"masculine"
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{
"_dis1": "36 1 2 1 1 59",
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{
"_dis1": "36 1 2 1 1 59",
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"_dis1": "36 1 2 1 1 59",
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{
"_dis1": "36 1 2 1 1 59",
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{
"_dis1": "36 1 2 1 1 59",
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{
"_dis1": "36 1 2 1 1 59",
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"word": "grave"
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{
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"word": "真面目"
},
{
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"word": "真剣"
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{
"_dis1": "36 1 2 1 1 59",
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"word": "本気"
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"masculine"
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{
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{
"_dis1": "36 1 2 1 1 59",
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"_dis1": "36 1 2 1 1 59",
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"word": "убедительный"
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"_dis1": "36 1 2 1 1 59",
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{
"_dis1": "36 1 2 1 1 59",
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{
"_dis1": "36 1 2 1 1 59",
"code": "sh",
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"sense": "important, serious",
"word": "znȁčājan"
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{
"_dis1": "36 1 2 1 1 59",
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"sense": "important, serious",
"word": "serio"
},
{
"_dis1": "36 1 2 1 1 59",
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"sense": "important, serious",
"word": "ciddi"
},
{
"_dis1": "36 1 2 1 1 59",
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"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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"_dis1": "36 1 2 1 1 59",
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"word": "taer"
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"lang": "German",
"sense": "important, serious",
"word": "ernst"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "important, serious",
"word": "ernsthaft"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "important, serious",
"word": "aufrichtig"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "important, serious",
"word": "komoly"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "important, serious",
"word": "súlyos"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "important, serious",
"word": "dáiríre"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "important, serious",
"word": "serio"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "important, serious",
"word": "grave"
},
{
"alt": "まじめ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "majime",
"sense": "important, serious",
"word": "真面目"
},
{
"alt": "しんけん",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "shinken",
"sense": "important, serious",
"word": "真剣"
},
{
"alt": "ほんき",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "honki",
"sense": "important, serious",
"word": "本気"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "important, serious",
"word": "sērius"
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"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "important, serious",
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"masculine"
],
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "important, serious",
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"word": "sincero"
},
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"code": "ro",
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"sense": "important, serious",
"word": "serios"
},
{
"code": "ru",
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"sense": "important, serious",
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},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ubeditelʹnyj",
"sense": "important, serious",
"word": "убедительный"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "important, serious",
"word": "ȍzbīljan"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "important, serious",
"word": "vážan"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "important, serious",
"word": "znȁčājan"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "important, serious",
"word": "serio"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "important, serious",
"word": "ciddi"
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"code": "uk",
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"sense": "important, serious",
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"masculine"
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"word": "серйозний"
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"code": "cy",
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"sense": "important, serious",
"word": "taer"
}
],
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}
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"ref": "1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society, published 2010, page 365",
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "kaparo",
"sense": "pledge",
"word": "капаро"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "depozit",
"sense": "pledge",
"word": "депозит"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "pledge",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "paga i senyal"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "pledge",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "penyora"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "pledge",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "coutela"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "pledge",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "peñor"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "pledge",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
{
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "wadi",
"sense": "pledge",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "𐍅𐌰𐌳𐌹"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "pledge",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pegno"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "arbun",
"sense": "pledge",
"word": "اربون"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "pledge",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "acont"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "pledge",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "arvună"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "pledge",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "avans"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "pledge",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "señal"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "pledge",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
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"word": "arras"
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"word": "earnest"
}
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