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"sense": "to make longer",
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"sense": "to make longer",
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"_dis1": "73 27",
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"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to make longer",
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"_dis1": "73 27",
"code": "nrf",
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"sense": "to make longer",
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"sense": "to make longer",
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"_dis1": "73 27",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to make longer",
"word": "alongar"
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{
"_dis1": "73 27",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to make longer",
"word": "acompridar"
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"sense": "to make longer",
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"sense": "to make longer",
"word": "lungi"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "udlinjátʹ",
"sense": "to make longer",
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"sense": "to make longer",
"word": "alargar"
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"sense": "to make longer",
"word": "förlänga"
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"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "poḍigiñcu",
"sense": "to make longer",
"word": "పొడిగించు"
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"sense": "to make longer",
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"sense": "to make longer",
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"roman": "jiācháng",
"sense": "to make longer",
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"sense": "to make longer",
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"sense": "to make longer",
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"sense": "to make longer",
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"roman": "dač̣imva",
"sense": "to make longer",
"word": "დაჭიმვა"
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"sense": "to make longer",
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"sense": "to make longer",
"word": "pitentää"
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"sense": "to make longer",
"word": "sín"
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"sense": "to make longer",
"word": "allungare"
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"sense": "to make longer",
"word": "延ばす"
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"code": "lad",
"lang": "Ladino",
"sense": "to make longer",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "alargar"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "dolži",
"sense": "to make longer",
"word": "должи"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "prodolžuva",
"sense": "to make longer",
"word": "продолжува"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to make longer",
"word": "whakaroa"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to make longer",
"word": "katete"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "to make longer",
"tags": [
"Jersey"
],
"word": "allouongni"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to make longer",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "przedłużyć"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to make longer",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "wydłużyć"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to make longer",
"word": "alongar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to make longer",
"word": "acompridar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to make longer",
"word": "encompridar"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to make longer",
"word": "lungi"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "udlinjátʹ",
"sense": "to make longer",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "удлиня́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "udlinítʹ",
"sense": "to make longer",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "удлини́ть"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to make longer",
"word": "alargar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to make longer",
"word": "förlänga"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "poḍigiñcu",
"sense": "to make longer",
"word": "పొడిగించు"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ṭāla",
"sense": "to become longer",
"word": "طَالَ"
},
{
"code": "as",
"lang": "Assamese",
"roman": "dighol hüa",
"sense": "to become longer",
"word": "দীঘল হোৱা"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "udǎlžavam se",
"sense": "to become longer",
"word": "удължавам се"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to become longer",
"word": "prodloužit se"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to become longer",
"word": "pidentyä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to become longer",
"word": "pidetä"
},
{
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "to become longer",
"word": "pitetä"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "ūzaru",
"sense": "to become longer",
"word": "ұзару"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to become longer",
"word": "förlängas"
}
],
"word": "lengthen"
}
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