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"roman": "neudǎržim",
"sense": "not containable or controllable",
"word": "неудържим"
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"sense": "not containable or controllable",
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"roman": "rěn bù zhù de",
"sense": "not containable or controllable",
"word": "忍不住的"
},
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "kòngzhì bù zhù de",
"sense": "not containable or controllable",
"word": "控制不住的"
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{
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"sense": "not containable or controllable",
"word": "onbedwingbaar"
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "not containable or controllable",
"word": "onstuitbaar"
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"lang": "French",
"sense": "not containable or controllable",
"word": "irrépressible"
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"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "not containable or controllable",
"word": "irreprimible"
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"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "not containable or controllable",
"word": "irreprimíbel"
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "not containable or controllable",
"word": "elfojthatatlan"
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"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "not containable or controllable",
"word": "dochloíte"
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"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "not containable or controllable",
"word": "insopprimibile"
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"sense": "not containable or controllable",
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"sense": "not containable or controllable",
"word": "irreprimível"
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "neuderžímyj",
"sense": "not containable or controllable",
"word": "неудержи́мый"
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"code": "ru",
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"roman": "neukrotímyj",
"sense": "not containable or controllable",
"word": "неукроти́мый"
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"roman": "neujómnyj",
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"word": "неуёмный"
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"sense": "not containable or controllable",
"word": "irreprimible"
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"sense": "not containable or controllable",
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"roman": "nestrýmnyj",
"sense": "not containable or controllable",
"word": "нестри́мний"
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"roman": "nevhamóvnyj",
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"word": "невгамо́вний"
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