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"ref": "1959 September, “The Re-appraisal of the B.R. Modernisation Plan”, in Trains Illustrated, page 411",
"text": "Throughout B.R. activity to improve drainage and ballast, to lay in more long-welded rails [...] and concrete sleepers, and to provide more hard-wearing pointwork and crossings will be intensified in the next four years.",
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "traen",
"sense": "wear-resistant",
"word": "траен"
},
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "iznosoustojčiv",
"sense": "wear-resistant",
"word": "износоустойчив"
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"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "kam¹ zoek⁸",
"sense": "wear-resistant",
"word": "襟著"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "kam¹ mo⁴",
"sense": "wear-resistant",
"word": "襟磨"
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"sense": "wear-resistant",
"word": "經穿的"
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jīngchuānde",
"sense": "wear-resistant",
"word": "经穿的"
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "nàimóde",
"sense": "wear-resistant",
"word": "耐磨的"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "nàimónàichuānde",
"sense": "wear-resistant",
"word": "耐磨耐穿的"
},
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"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "anthektikós",
"sense": "wear-resistant",
"word": "ανθεκτικός"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "wear-resistant",
"word": "buanfasach"
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"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "wear-resistant",
"word": "slitesterk"
},
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"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "wear-resistant",
"word": "slitesterk"
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "wear-resistant",
"word": "slitstark"
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"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "traen",
"sense": "wear-resistant",
"word": "траен"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "iznosoustojčiv",
"sense": "wear-resistant",
"word": "износоустойчив"
},
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"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "kam¹ zoek⁸",
"sense": "wear-resistant",
"word": "襟著"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "kam¹ mo⁴",
"sense": "wear-resistant",
"word": "襟磨"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "wear-resistant",
"word": "經穿的"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jīngchuānde",
"sense": "wear-resistant",
"word": "经穿的"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "nàimóde",
"sense": "wear-resistant",
"word": "耐磨的"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "nàimónàichuānde",
"sense": "wear-resistant",
"word": "耐磨耐穿的"
},
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"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "anthektikós",
"sense": "wear-resistant",
"word": "ανθεκτικός"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "wear-resistant",
"word": "buanfasach"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "wear-resistant",
"word": "slitesterk"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "wear-resistant",
"word": "slitesterk"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "wear-resistant",
"word": "slitstark"
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"word": "hard-wearing"
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