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"sense": "technical talk of the legal profession",
"word": "lakimiesten kapulakieli"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "technical talk of the legal profession",
"word": "kapulakieli"
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"also"
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"word": "lakikieli"
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"masculine"
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"sense": "technical talk of the legal profession",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"lang": "German",
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"tags": [
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"sense": "technical talk of the legal profession",
"word": "법률 용어"
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"sense": "technical talk of the legal profession",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "juridiquês"
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"tags": [
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