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"word": "lustvoll"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "obscene",
"word": "obszön"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "obscene",
"word": "obsceniczny"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nepristojnyj",
"sense": "obscene",
"word": "непристойный"
}
],
"word": "luscious"
}
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