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"ref": "2001, Dan Brown, Deception Point, page 481",
"text": "Rachel inserted the entire stack into the hydrolab's fax machine. Knowing only a few fax numbers by heart, she had limited choices, but she had already made up her mind who would be receiving these pages and her note. Holding her breath, she carefully typed in the person’s fax number.",
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"sense": "device which scans, transmits, receives and prints faxes",
"word": "傳真機"
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"word": "télécopieur"
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"sense": "device which scans, transmits, receives and prints faxes",
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"word": "Faxgerät"
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"roman": "syyí tileomoiotypías",
"sense": "device which scans, transmits, receives and prints faxes",
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"word": "συυή τηλεομοιοτυπίας"
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"sense": "device which scans, transmits, receives and prints faxes",
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"sense": "device which scans, transmits, receives and prints faxes",
"word": "waea whakaahua"
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"sense": "device which scans, transmits, receives and prints faxes",
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"sense": "device which scans, transmits, receives and prints faxes",
"word": "傳真機"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "cyun⁴ zan¹ gei¹",
"sense": "device which scans, transmits, receives and prints faxes",
"word": "传真机"
},
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"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "device which scans, transmits, receives and prints faxes",
"word": "fax機"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "fek¹ si² gei¹",
"sense": "device which scans, transmits, receives and prints faxes",
"word": "fax机"
},
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "device which scans, transmits, receives and prints faxes",
"word": "傳真機"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "chuánzhēnjī",
"sense": "device which scans, transmits, receives and prints faxes",
"word": "传真机"
},
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "device which scans, transmits, receives and prints faxes",
"word": "faksi"
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"sense": "device which scans, transmits, receives and prints faxes",
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"word": "télécopieur"
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"sense": "device which scans, transmits, receives and prints faxes",
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"word": "Faxgerät"
},
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "device which scans, transmits, receives and prints faxes",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "Fernkopierer"
},
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "device which scans, transmits, receives and prints faxes",
"tags": [
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"neuter"
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"word": "Fax"
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"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "syyí tileomoiotypías",
"sense": "device which scans, transmits, receives and prints faxes",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "συυή τηλεομοιοτυπίας"
},
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"code": "is",
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"sense": "device which scans, transmits, receives and prints faxes",
"tags": [
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"word": "faxtæki"
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"code": "is",
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"sense": "device which scans, transmits, receives and prints faxes",
"tags": [
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"word": "bréfsími"
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"sense": "device which scans, transmits, receives and prints faxes",
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"word": "fax"
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"code": "la",
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"sense": "device which scans, transmits, receives and prints faxes",
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"word": "similarium"
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{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "device which scans, transmits, receives and prints faxes",
"word": "waea whakaahua"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "device which scans, transmits, receives and prints faxes",
"tags": [
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"word": "faks"
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "device which scans, transmits, receives and prints faxes",
"tags": [
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"word": "fax"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "device which scans, transmits, receives and prints faxes",
"tags": [
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"word": "telefax"
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"word": "fax machine"
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