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"word": "ཚིག་ཉུང་དོན་བསྡུས་པ"
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"word": "ཚིག་ཉུང་དོན་བསྡུས་པ"
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"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "lakoničnyj",
"sense": "using as few words as possible",
"word": "лаконічний"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "using as few words as possible",
"word": "byreiriog"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "using as few words as possible",
"word": "laconig"
}
],
"word": "laconic"
}
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