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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to cut meat into small pieces",
"word": "würfeln"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to cut meat into small pieces",
"word": "zerkleinern"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "narezatʹ",
"sense": "to cut meat into small pieces",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "нарезать"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to break into small pieces",
"word": "särkeä"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to break into small pieces",
"word": "zerkleinern"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to break into small pieces",
"word": "zerbrechen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to break into small pieces",
"word": "zerteilen"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "drobitʹ",
"sense": "to break into small pieces",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "дробить"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"fritter"
],
"word": "fritter"
}
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