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"word": "happy end"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "happy end",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "final feliz"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "happy end",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "final norocos"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "happy end",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "final fericit"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "happy end",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "final reușit"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "happy end",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "sfârșit fericit"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sčastlívyj konéc",
"sense": "happy end",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "счастли́вый коне́ц"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "xɛ́ppi-énd",
"sense": "happy end",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "хэ́ппи-э́нд"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "happy end",
"word": "šťastný koniec"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "happy end",
"word": "happyend"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "happy end",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "final feliz"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "happy end",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "lyckligt slut"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "happy end",
"word": "mutlu son"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "ščaslývyj kinécʹ",
"sense": "happy end",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "щасли́вий кіне́ць"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "xépi-énd",
"sense": "happy end",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "хе́пі-е́нд"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "ščaslýve zakínčennja",
"sense": "happy end",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "щасли́ве закі́нчення"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "hand job, especially one provided by the masseuse",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "finition"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "hand job, especially one provided by the masseuse",
"word": "linggam"
}
],
"word": "happy ending"
}
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