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"ref": "1908, Elizabeth Strong Worthington, How to Cook Husbands, Library of Alexandria",
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"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "easily influenced",
"word": "təəssüratlı"
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"sense": "easily influenced",
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"sense": "easily influenced",
"word": "уражлівы"
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"word": "beïnvloedbaar"
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"word": "ontvankelijk"
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"word": "განმცდელი"
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"sense": "easily influenced",
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"sense": "easily influenced",
"word": "ευεπηρέαστος"
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"sense": "easily influenced",
"word": "παθηματικός"
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"sense": "easily influenced",
"word": "befolyásolható"
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"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "swipge oebuui yeonghyang'eul banneun",
"sense": "easily influenced",
"word": "쉽게 외부의 영향을 받는"
},
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"word": "so-chleayney"
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"sense": "easily influenced",
"word": "påvirkelig"
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"sense": "easily influenced",
"word": "lettpåvirkelig"
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"sense": "easily influenced",
"word": "impressionável"
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"word": "впечатли́тельный"
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"sense": "easily influenced",
"word": "impresionable"
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