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"sense": "extremely tired or exhausted",
"word": "claqué"
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "extremely tired or exhausted",
"word": "avoir la tête dans le cul"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "extremely tired or exhausted",
"word": "gerädert"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "extremely tired or exhausted",
"word": "erledigt"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "extremely tired or exhausted",
"word": "fix und fertig"
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"code": "hu",
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"word": "kimerült"
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"code": "hu",
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"sense": "extremely tired or exhausted",
"word": "nagyon fáradt"
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "extremely tired or exhausted",
"word": "straccato"
},
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "extremely tired or exhausted",
"word": "sfibrato"
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "extremely tired or exhausted",
"word": "spossato"
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"code": "es",
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"word": "agotado"
},
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"code": "es",
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"word": "reventado"
},
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "extremely tired or exhausted",
"word": "harto"
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"code": "es",
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"word": "para el arrastre"
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"sense": "extremely tired or exhausted",
"word": "slut"
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "extremely tired or exhausted",
"word": "slutkörd"
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{
"code": "sv",
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"sense": "extremely tired or exhausted",
"word": "utmattad"
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"code": "cy",
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"sense": "extremely tired or exhausted",
"word": "wedi blino'n lân"
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"code": "cy",
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"word": "wedi ymlâdd"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "broken, inoperative",
"word": "sippi"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "broken, inoperative",
"word": "sipannut"
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "broken, inoperative",
"word": "foutu"
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"sense": "broken, inoperative",
"word": "HS"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "broken, inoperative",
"word": "baisé"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "broken, inoperative",
"word": "détraqué"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "broken, inoperative",
"word": "fichu"
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "broken, inoperative",
"word": "spacciato"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "broken, inoperative",
"word": "fritto"
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "broken, inoperative",
"word": "roto"
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "broken, inoperative",
"word": "gastado"
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "broken, inoperative",
"word": "estropeado"
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"sense": "broken, inoperative",
"word": "averiado"
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "broken, inoperative",
"word": "jodido"
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"sense": "broken, inoperative",
"word": "para el arrastre"
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"code": "es",
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"word": "hecho unos zorros"
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