See impossible in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"antonyms": [
{
"sense": "antonym(s) of “not able to be done or happen”",
"word": "possible"
},
{
"sense": "antonym(s) of “not able to be done or happen”",
"word": "inevitable"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "ask the impossible"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "do the impossible"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "impossibility"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "impossible bottle"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "impossible dip"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "impossible dream"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "impossible event"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "impossible pie"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "impossible story"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "impossible trident"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "impossible trinity"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "impossibly"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "mission impossible"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "impossible"
},
"expansion": "Middle English impossible",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "im-",
"3": "possible"
},
"expansion": "im- + possible",
"name": "af"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English impossible, equivalent to im- + possible.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "-",
"2": ""
},
"expansion": "impossible (not comparable)",
"name": "en-adj"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"im‧pos‧si‧ble"
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "18 19 32 4 27",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English terms prefixed with im-",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "23 8 30 3 36",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Czech translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "25 8 29 2 35",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Hindi translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "22 8 32 3 36",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Portuguese translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:",
"text": "Antonio: What impossible matter will he make easy next?\nSebastian: I think he will carry this island home in his pocket and give it his son for an apple.\nAntonio : And sowing the kernels of it in the sea bring forth more islands.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1787, “The History of Europe”, in The Annual Register, or A View of the History, Politics, and Literature, for the Years 1784 and 1785, volume XXVII, London: Printed by J[ames] Dodsley, in Pall-Mall, →OCLC, chapter VIII, page 134, column 1:",
"text": "It was impoſſible that the queen of France [Marie Antoinette] ſhould not be deeply affected by a conteſt, which ſo cloſely involved her neareſt and deareſt connections, and threatened ſo immediate and perhaps irreparable a breach of the harmony and friendſhip ſubſiſting between them.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1951, Alice in Wonderland, Walt Disney Productions; quoted in Jabberwocky, volumes 1–2, The Lewis Carroll Society, 1969, page 9:",
"text": "ALICE: I'm looking for a White Rabbit.... So if you don't mind. (Alice looks through the key hole) There he is - I simply must get through\nDOORKNOB: Sorry, you're much too big. Simply impassable.\nALICE: You mean impossible.\nDOORKNOB: No, IMPASSABLE - NOTHING'S IMPOSSIBLE.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"text": "13 March 1962, John F. Kennedy, speech at the White House\nThose who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable."
},
{
"ref": "2013 June 28, Joris Luyendijk, “Our banks are out of control”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 3, page 21:",
"text": "Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic […]. Until 2008 there was denial over what finance had become. When a series of bank failures made this impossible, there was widespread anger, leading to the public humiliation of symbolic figures.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"text": "It is difficult, if not impossible, to memorize 20,000 consecutive numbers.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "Sarah thinks that nothing is impossible because things can always somehow happen.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Not possible; not able to be done or happen."
],
"id": "en-impossible-en-adj-yUoODVoQ",
"links": [
[
"possible",
"possible"
],
[
"able",
"able"
],
[
"done",
"done"
],
[
"happen",
"happen"
]
],
"tags": [
"not-comparable"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "92 5 4",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "mustaḥīl",
"sense": "not able to be done",
"word": "مُسْتَحِيل"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 5 4",
"code": "arz",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "muḥāl",
"sense": "not able to be done",
"tags": [
"Egyptian-Arabic"
],
"word": "محال"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 5 4",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "anhnar",
"sense": "not able to be done",
"word": "անհնար"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 5 4",
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "not able to be done",
"word": "imposible"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 5 4",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "not able to be done",
"word": "qeyri-mümkün"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 5 4",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "not able to be done",
"word": "mümkünsüz"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 5 4",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "not able to be done",
"word": "həyata keçirilməz"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 5 4",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "not able to be done",
"word": "yerinə yetirilməz"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 5 4",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "njemahčýmy",
"sense": "not able to be done",
"word": "немагчы́мы"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 5 4",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "njemažlívy",
"sense": "not able to be done",
"word": "немажлі́вы"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 5 4",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "nevǎzmóžen",
"sense": "not able to be done",
"word": "невъзмо́жен"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 5 4",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "not able to be done",
"word": "impossible"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 5 4",
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "mou⁵ ho² nang⁴ ge³",
"sense": "not able to be done",
"word": "冇可能嘅"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 5 4",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "bù kěnéng de",
"sense": "not able to be done",
"word": "不可能的"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 5 4",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "not able to be done",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "nemožný"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 5 4",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "not able to be done",
"word": "umuligt"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 5 4",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "not able to be done",
"word": "onmogelijk"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 5 4",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "not able to be done",
"word": "neebla"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 5 4",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "not able to be done",
"word": "võimatu"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 5 4",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "not able to be done",
"word": "mahdoton"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 5 4",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "not able to be done",
"word": "impossible"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 5 4",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "not able to be done",
"word": "imposible"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 5 4",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "not able to be done",
"word": "imposíbel"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 5 4",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "šeuʒlebeli",
"sense": "not able to be done",
"word": "შეუძლებელი"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 5 4",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "not able to be done",
"word": "unmöglich"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 5 4",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "akatórthotos",
"sense": "not able to be done",
"word": "ακατόρθωτος"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 5 4",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "adúnatos",
"sense": "not able to be done",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ἀδύνατος"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 5 4",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "biltí-efsharí",
"sense": "not able to be done",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "בלתי־אפשרי"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 5 4",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "asambhav",
"sense": "not able to be done",
"word": "असंभव or असम्भव"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 5 4",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "nāmumkin",
"sense": "not able to be done",
"word": "नामुमकिन"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 5 4",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "anhonī",
"sense": "not able to be done",
"word": "अनहोनी"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 5 4",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "not able to be done",
"word": "lehetetlen"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 5 4",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "not able to be done",
"word": "ómögulegur"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 5 4",
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "not able to be done",
"word": "neposibla"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 5 4",
"code": "ia",
"lang": "Interlingua",
"sense": "not able to be done",
"word": "impossibile"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 5 4",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "not able to be done",
"word": "impossibile"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 5 4",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "fukanō na",
"sense": "not able to be done",
"word": "不可能な"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 5 4",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "muri na",
"sense": "not able to be done",
"word": "無理な"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 5 4",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "mɨn ʼaac tɨw ruəc",
"sense": "not able to be done",
"word": "មិនអាចទៅរួច"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 5 4",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "bulganeunghada",
"sense": "not able to be done",
"word": "불가능하다"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 5 4",
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "mümkünsüz",
"sense": "not able to be done",
"word": "мүмкүнсүз"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 5 4",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "not able to be done",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "neiespējams"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 5 4",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "not able to be done",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "neiespējama"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 5 4",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "not able to be done",
"word": "neįmanoma"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 5 4",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "nevozmožen",
"sense": "not able to be done",
"word": "невозможен"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 5 4",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "not able to be done",
"word": "mustahil"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 5 4",
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "asādhya",
"sense": "not able to be done",
"word": "അസാധ്യ"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 5 4",
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "not able to be done",
"word": "neuchredjallagh"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 5 4",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "not able to be done",
"word": "tē-taea"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 5 4",
"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"roman": "aśakya",
"sense": "not able to be done",
"word": "अशक्य"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 5 4",
"code": "ne",
"lang": "Nepali",
"roman": "asambhav",
"sense": "not able to be done",
"word": "असम्भव"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 5 4",
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "not able to be done",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "împôssibl'ye"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 5 4",
"code": "se",
"lang": "Northern Sami",
"sense": "not able to be done",
"word": "veadjemeahttun"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 5 4",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "not able to be done",
"word": "umulig"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 5 4",
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "not able to be done",
"word": "unmihtlīċ"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 5 4",
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "not able to be done",
"word": "ommäajlich"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 5 4",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "not able to be done",
"word": "niemożliwy"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 5 4",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "not able to be done",
"word": "impossível"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 5 4",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "not able to be done",
"word": "imposibil"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 5 4",
"code": "rm",
"lang": "Romansch",
"sense": "not able to be done",
"word": "nunpussaivel"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 5 4",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nevozmóžnyj",
"sense": "not able to be done",
"word": "невозмо́жный"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 5 4",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nevypolnimyj",
"sense": "not able to be done",
"word": "невыполнимый"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 5 4",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "neosuščestvímyj",
"sense": "not able to be done",
"word": "неосуществи́мый"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 5 4",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "not able to be done",
"word": "do-dhèanta"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 5 4",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "not able to be done",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "немогућ"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 5 4",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "not able to be done",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "nȅmogūć"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 5 4",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "not able to be done",
"word": "nemožný"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 5 4",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "not able to be done",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "nemogoč"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 5 4",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "not able to be done",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "nemogoča"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 5 4",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "not able to be done",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "nemogoče"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 5 4",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "not able to be done",
"word": "imposible"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 5 4",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "not able to be done",
"word": "omöjlig"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 5 4",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "not able to be done",
"word": "ogörlig"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 5 4",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "not able to be done",
"word": "orealiserbar"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 5 4",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "not able to be done",
"word": "di-sapala"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 5 4",
"code": "rif",
"lang": "Tarifit",
"sense": "not able to be done",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "muḥar"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 5 4",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"sense": "not able to be done",
"word": "เป็นไปไม่ได้"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 5 4",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "not able to be done",
"word": "olanaksız"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 5 4",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "not able to be done",
"word": "imkânsız"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 5 4",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "nemožlývyj",
"sense": "not able to be done",
"word": "неможли́вий"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 5 4",
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "asambhav",
"sense": "not able to be done",
"word": "اسمبھو"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 5 4",
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "nāmumkin",
"sense": "not able to be done",
"word": "ناممکن"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 5 4",
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "an honī",
"sense": "not able to be done",
"word": "ان ہونی"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 5 4",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "not able to be done",
"word": "không thể"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 5 4",
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "not able to be done",
"word": "amhosibl"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 25 18",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "never happening",
"word": "qeyri-mümkün"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 25 18",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "neverojaten",
"sense": "never happening",
"word": "невероятен"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 25 18",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "Bù huì fāshēng",
"sense": "never happening",
"word": "不會發生 /不会发生"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 25 18",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "never happening",
"word": "umuligt"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 25 18",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "never happening",
"word": "impossible"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 25 18",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "never happening",
"word": "unmöglich"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 25 18",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "never happening",
"word": "impossibile"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 25 18",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "fukanō na",
"sense": "never happening",
"word": "不可能な"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 25 18",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "arienai",
"sense": "never happening",
"word": "ありえない"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 25 18",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "never happening",
"word": "niemożliwy"
},
{
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"sense": "not able to be done",
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"sense": "not able to be done",
"word": "omöjlig"
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"sense": "not able to be done",
"word": "ogörlig"
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"sense": "not able to be done",
"word": "orealiserbar"
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{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "not able to be done",
"word": "di-sapala"
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{
"code": "th",
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"sense": "not able to be done",
"word": "เป็นไปไม่ได้"
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{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "not able to be done",
"word": "olanaksız"
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"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "not able to be done",
"word": "imkânsız"
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"roman": "nemožlývyj",
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"word": "неможли́вий"
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"roman": "nāmumkin",
"sense": "not able to be done",
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"word": "ان ہونی"
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{
"code": "vi",
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"sense": "not able to be done",
"word": "không thể"
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{
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"sense": "not able to be done",
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"sense": "very difficult to deal with",
"word": "imposible"
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"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "very difficult to deal with",
"word": "insoportable"
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"sense": "very difficult to deal with",
"word": "qeyri-mümkün"
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"roman": "neosǎštestvim",
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"roman": "neizpǎlnim",
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"word": "неизпълним"
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"sense": "very difficult to deal with",
"word": "impossible"
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"sense": "very difficult to deal with",
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "very difficult to deal with",
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "very difficult to deal with",
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"code": "pt",
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"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "never happening",
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"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "Bù huì fāshēng",
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"code": "da",
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