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"ref": "1950 January, “Notes and News: George Bradshaw's Grave”, in Railway Magazine, pages 61–62",
"text": "At that time, the city [Christiania, now Oslo] was in the grip of a cholera epidemic, and victims were dying at the rate of 60 a day. Bradshaw contracted the disease, and died on September 6 [1853].",
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"sense": "widespread disease",
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"word": "համաճարակ"
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"roman": "liúxíngbìng",
"sense": "widespread disease",
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"roman": "eṗidemia",
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"word": "ეპიდემია"
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"tags": [
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"sense": "widespread disease",
"tags": [
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"word": "מַגֵּפָה"
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"sense": "widespread disease",
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"sense": "widespread disease",
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"word": "伝染病"
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"roman": "cɔɔcumngɨɨ riəl",
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"roman": "yuhaengbyeong",
"sense": "widespread disease",
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"roman": "lōk la bāt",
"sense": "widespread disease",
"word": "ໂລກລະບາດ"
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"word": "ພະຍຸ"
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"sense": "widespread disease",
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"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "mahāmāri",
"sense": "widespread disease",
"word": "മഹാമാരി"
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"sense": "widespread disease",
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"sense": "widespread disease",
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"sense": "widespread disease",
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"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "widespread disease",
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"sense": "widespread disease",
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"sense": "widespread disease",
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"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "hame-gir",
"sense": "widespread disease",
"word": "همهگیر"
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"roman": "margâmargi",
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"word": "ਵਬਾਅ"
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"word": "epidemie"
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"tags": [
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"sense": "widespread disease",
"tags": [
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"sense": "widespread disease",
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"word": "редња"
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"feminine"
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{
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{
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{
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{
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