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"en:Personality"
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"word": "ճկուն"
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"code": "chr",
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"sense": "easily bent without breaking",
"word": "ᏩᏂᎨ"
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"code": "cmn",
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"sense": "easily bent without breaking",
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"code": "da",
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"word": "flexible"
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"code": "ka",
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"code": "km",
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"code": "la",
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{
"code": "tl",
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{
"code": "th",
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"roman": "yʉ̂ʉt-yùn",
"sense": "easily bent without breaking",
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"code": "tr",
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{
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"code": "gl",
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{
"code": "ka",
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{
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{
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{
"code": "de",
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{
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{
"code": "hu",
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{
"code": "is",
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{
"code": "ga",
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{
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{
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