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"sense": "tending to hesitate",
"word": "колеблив"
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{
"code": "bg",
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"roman": "nerešitelen",
"sense": "tending to hesitate",
"word": "нерешителен"
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"sense": "tending to hesitate",
"word": "váhavý"
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"sense": "tending to hesitate",
"word": "schoorvoetend"
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"sense": "tending to hesitate",
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"sense": "tending to hesitate",
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"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "tending to hesitate",
"word": "epäröivä"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "tending to hesitate",
"word": "hésitant"
},
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"sense": "tending to hesitate",
"word": "zögerlich"
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"sense": "tending to hesitate",
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"sense": "tending to hesitate",
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"word": "á báðum áttum"
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"sense": "tending to hesitate",
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"word": "maunawenawe"
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{
"code": "mi",
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"sense": "tending to hesitate",
"word": "tikumu"
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"word": "nølende"
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"word": "hesitante"
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"word": "indeciso"
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"word": "tveksam"
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"word": "tvehågsen"
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"word": "vankelmodig"
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