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"sense": "to become acquainted with someone",
"word": "làm quen"
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"sense": "to become acquainted with someone",
"word": "تَعَرَّفَ"
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"sense": "to become acquainted with someone",
"tags": [
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"sense": "to become acquainted with someone",
"word": "結識"
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"sense": "to become acquainted with someone",
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"sense": "to become acquainted with someone",
"word": "kennismaken"
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{
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"sense": "to become acquainted with someone",
"word": "leren kennen"
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"sense": "to become acquainted with someone",
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"sense": "to become acquainted with someone",
"word": "tutvuma"
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{
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"sense": "to become acquainted with someone",
"word": "tutustua"
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"sense": "to become acquainted with someone",
"word": "faire la connaissance"
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"sense": "to become acquainted with someone",
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"sense": "to become acquainted with someone",
"word": "გაცნობა"
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"sense": "to become acquainted with someone",
"word": "kennenlernen"
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"roman": "ufkunnan",
"sense": "to become acquainted with someone",
"word": "𐌿𐍆𐌺𐌿𐌽𐌽𐌰𐌽"
},
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"lang": "Greek",
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"sense": "to become acquainted with someone",
"word": "γνωρίζω"
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"word": "γνωρίζω"
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"code": "hu",
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"sense": "to become acquainted with someone",
"word": "megismer"
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to become acquainted with someone",
"word": "conoscere"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to become acquainted with someone",
"word": "fare conoscenza"
},
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"sense": "to become acquainted with someone",
"word": "知り合う"
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"code": "la",
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"sense": "to become acquainted with someone",
"word": "cognoscō"
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"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to become acquainted with someone",
"word": "rescisco"
},
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"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "âšnâ šodan",
"sense": "to become acquainted with someone",
"word": "آشنا شدن"
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"sense": "to become acquainted with someone",
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"word": "face cunoștință"
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"word": "познакоми́ться"
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"sense": "to become acquainted with someone",
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"sense": "to become acquainted with someone",
"word": "lära känna"
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"sense": "to become acquainted with someone",
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"sense": "to become acquainted with someone",
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"sense": "to become acquainted with someone",
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