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"sense": "if not possible",
"word": "в отсъствие на"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "if not possible",
"word": "mangels"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "if not possible",
"word": "in Ermangelung"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "if not possible",
"word": "ohne"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "kemcilik",
"sense": "if not possible",
"word": "кемчилик"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "kemcildik",
"sense": "if not possible",
"word": "кемчилдик"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "jetişpestik",
"sense": "if not possible",
"word": "жетишпестик"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "azdık",
"sense": "if not possible",
"word": "аздык"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "kata",
"sense": "if not possible",
"word": "ката"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "if not possible",
"word": "a falta de"
}
],
"word": "failing"
}
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