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},
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"sense": "easily bent without breaking",
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"sense": "easily bent without breaking",
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"sense": "easily bent without breaking",
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "easily bent without breaking",
"word": "flessibile"
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"sense": "easily bent without breaking",
"word": "pieghevole"
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"alt": "じゅうなんな",
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"roman": "jūnan na",
"sense": "easily bent without breaking",
"word": "柔軟な"
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"code": "km",
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"roman": "aac bɑt baen baa nɔɔ",
"sense": "easily bent without breaking",
"word": "អាចបត់បែនបាន"
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"sense": "easily bent without breaking",
"word": "flexilis"
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"sense": "easily bent without breaking",
"word": "so-lhoobey"
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"code": "mi",
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"note": "of a human body",
"sense": "easily bent without breaking",
"word": "moruki"
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"sense": "easily bent without breaking",
"word": "pīngore"
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"sense": "easily bent without breaking",
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"sense": "easily bent without breaking",
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"sense": "easily bent without breaking",
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"sense": "easily bent without breaking",
"word": "ยืดหยุ่น"
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"sense": "easily bent without breaking",
"word": "esneklik"
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"roman": "hnučkýj",
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"Willing or prone to give way to the influence of others; not invincibly rigid or obstinate."
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"word": "fleksebla"
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"word": "joustava"
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"roman": "damq̇oli",
"sense": "easy and compliant",
"word": "დამყოლი"
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"word": "fügsam"
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"code": "km",
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"word": "អាចបត់បែនបាន"
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"word": "ngāwari"
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"sense": "easy and compliant",
"word": "ନମନୀୟ"
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"code": "mi",
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"code": "mi",
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"code": "no",
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"code": "pl",
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"sense": "easily bent without breaking",
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"code": "pl",
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"code": "pt",
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"code": "ru",
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"code": "gd",
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "easily bent without breaking",
"word": "flexible"
},
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "easily bent without breaking",
"word": "doblegable"
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"code": "sv",
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"code": "sv",
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"sense": "easily bent without breaking",
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"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "easily bent without breaking",
"word": "hutukin"
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{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "yʉ̂ʉt-yùn",
"sense": "easily bent without breaking",
"word": "ยืดหยุ่น"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "easily bent without breaking",
"word": "esneklik"
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"code": "uk",
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"roman": "hnučkýj",
"sense": "easily bent without breaking",
"word": "гнучки́й"
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{
"code": "uk",
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"roman": "hnúčyj",
"sense": "easily bent without breaking",
"word": "гну́чий"
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"code": "ar",
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"sense": "easy and compliant",
"word": "مَرِن"
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"code": "hy",
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"roman": "ziǰoġ",
"sense": "easy and compliant",
"word": "զիջող"
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{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "raxmány",
"sense": "easy and compliant",
"word": "рахма́ны"
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{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "padátlivy",
"sense": "easy and compliant",
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "podatliv",
"sense": "easy and compliant",
"word": "податлив"
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{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "easy and compliant",
"word": "flexible"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "easy and compliant",
"word": "fleksibel"
},
{
"code": "da",
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"sense": "easy and compliant",
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"code": "eo",
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"word": "fleksebla"
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"code": "fi",
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"code": "ka",
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"roman": "damq̇oli",
"sense": "easy and compliant",
"word": "დამყოლი"
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"code": "de",
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"code": "de",
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"code": "el",
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"code": "hu",
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{
"code": "is",
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"sense": "easy and compliant",
"word": "sveigjanlegur"
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"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "easy and compliant",
"word": "aclaí"
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{
"code": "ga",
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"code": "it",
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"code": "km",
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"roman": "aac bɑt baen baa nɔɔ",
"sense": "easy and compliant",
"word": "អាចបត់បែនបាន"
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"code": "la",
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"code": "or",
"lang": "Odia",
"roman": "nômôniyô",
"sense": "easy and compliant",
"word": "ନମନୀୟ"
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "easy and compliant",
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"code": "ru",
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"sense": "easy and compliant",
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"code": "ru",
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"word": "ճկուն"
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