See imposition in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"word": "Zumutung"
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"word": "Belästigung"
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"sense": "act of imposing, laying on, affixing, enjoining, inflicting, obtruding, and the like",
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"sense": "act of imposing, laying on, affixing, enjoining, inflicting, obtruding, and the like",
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"sense": "act of imposing, laying on, affixing, enjoining, inflicting, obtruding, and the like",
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"sense": "act of imposing, laying on, affixing, enjoining, inflicting, obtruding, and the like",
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"word": "imposición"
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "an unwelcome burden, presence, or obligation",
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"sense": "an unwelcome burden, presence, or obligation",
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"sense": "an unwelcome burden, presence, or obligation",
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"sense": "that which is imposed, levied, or enjoined",
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"sense": "that which is imposed, levied, or enjoined",
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"word": "(pålagt) byrde"
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"sense": "arrangement of pages on printing sheet",
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"sense": "arrangement of pages on printing sheet",
"word": "arkkiasemointi"
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"sense": "arrangement of pages on printing sheet",
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"sense": "religion: laying on of hands",
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"sense": "religion: laying on of hands",
"word": "rukopolaganje"
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"roman": "domašno za nakazanie",
"sense": "school: task imposed as punishment",
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"word": "домашно за наказание"
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"word": "strafwerk"
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"word": "laiskanläksy"
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"word": "büntetési feladat"
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{
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"sense": "school: task imposed as punishment",
"word": "büntetőfeladat"
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