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"sense": "not able to be resisted",
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"sense": "not able to be resisted",
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"sense": "not able to be resisted",
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"sense": "not able to be resisted",
"word": "неотрази́мый"
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"sense": "not able to be resisted",
"word": "irresistible"
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"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "not able to be resisted",
"word": "oemotståndlig"
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"_dis1": "69 31",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "not able to be resisted",
"word": "không thể cưỡng lại"
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"Compellingly attractive."
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"English entries with incorrect language header",
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"Impossible to resist."
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"sense": "not able to be resisted",
"word": "irresistible"
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"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "neotrazim",
"sense": "not able to be resisted",
"word": "неотразим"
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"roman": "neudǎržim",
"sense": "not able to be resisted",
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"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "not able to be resisted",
"word": "irresistible"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "bùkěkàngjù",
"sense": "not able to be resisted",
"word": "不可抗拒"
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"code": "cs",
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"sense": "not able to be resisted",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "neodolatelný"
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{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "not able to be resisted",
"word": "onweerstaanbaar"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "not able to be resisted",
"word": "vastustamaton"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "not able to be resisted",
"word": "irrésistible"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "not able to be resisted",
"word": "irresistible"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "not able to be resisted",
"word": "irresistíbel"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "not able to be resisted",
"word": "unwiderstehlich"
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{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "akatamáchitos",
"sense": "not able to be resisted",
"word": "ακαταμάχητος"
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"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "anupóstatos",
"sense": "not able to be resisted",
"word": "ἀνυπόστατος"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "not able to be resisted",
"word": "ellenállhatatlan"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "not able to be resisted",
"word": "irresistibile"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "sakaraenai",
"sense": "not able to be resisted",
"word": "逆らえない"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "aragaenai",
"sense": "not able to be resisted",
"word": "抗えない"
},
{
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "not able to be resisted",
"word": "neuhassooagh-noi"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "not able to be resisted",
"word": "mōtohe"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "not able to be resisted",
"word": "uimotståelig"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "not able to be resisted",
"word": "uimotståeleg"
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "not able to be resisted",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "nieodparty"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "not able to be resisted",
"word": "irresistível"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "not able to be resisted",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"neuter"
],
"word": "irezistibil"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "neotrazímyj",
"sense": "not able to be resisted",
"word": "неотрази́мый"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "not able to be resisted",
"word": "irresistible"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "not able to be resisted",
"word": "oemotståndlig"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "not able to be resisted",
"word": "không thể cưỡng lại"
}
],
"word": "irresistible"
}
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