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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "mǎčen",
"sense": "mentally difficult",
"word": "мъчен"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kropotlívyj",
"sense": "mentally difficult",
"word": "кропотли́вый"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "mentally difficult",
"tags": [
"Colombia"
],
"word": "dispendioso"
}
],
"word": "laborious"
}
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