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"sense": "freestanding weight-driven pendulum clock",
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"word": "pendule à balancier"
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"code": "he",
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"sense": "freestanding weight-driven pendulum clock",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "אוֹרְלוֹגִין"
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"sense": "freestanding weight-driven pendulum clock",
"word": "állóóra"
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"sense": "freestanding weight-driven pendulum clock",
"word": "(nagy / talpas / földön álló) ingaóra"
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"code": "ko",
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"roman": "gwaejongsigye",
"sense": "freestanding weight-driven pendulum clock",
"word": "괘종시계"
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"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "freestanding weight-driven pendulum clock",
"word": "jam besar berdiri"
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"sense": "freestanding weight-driven pendulum clock",
"tags": [
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"code": "cy",
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