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"sense": "tolerant; not strict",
"word": "терпи́мый"
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"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "tolerant; not strict",
"word": "tròcaireach"
},
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"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "tolerant; not strict",
"word": "popustljiv"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "tolerant; not strict",
"word": "tolerante"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "tolerant; not strict",
"word": "laxo"
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],
"word": "leniente"
},
{
"code": "es",
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"sense": "tolerant; not strict",
"word": "de manga ancha"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "tolerant; not strict",
"word": "skonsam"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "tolerant; not strict",
"word": "hoşgörülü"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "tolerant; not strict",
"word": "müsamahakâr"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "tolerant; not strict",
"word": "müşfik"
},
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"roman": "nevymóhlyvyj",
"sense": "tolerant; not strict",
"word": "невимо́гливий"
},
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"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vybáčlyvyj",
"sense": "tolerant; not strict",
"word": "виба́чливий"
}
],
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}
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"3": "lēniēns"
},
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