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"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/07/En-us-horsefeathers.ogg/En-us-horsefeathers.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/07/En-us-horsefeathers.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "gluposti",
"sense": "nonsense",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
],
"word": "глупости"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "nonsense",
"word": "hölynpöly"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "hair",
"tags": [
"plural"
],
"word": "vuohiskarvat"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "hair",
"word": "crina"
}
],
"word": "horsefeathers"
}
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