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"sense": "the principal spring of a clockwork mechanism",
"word": "vedru"
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"sense": "the principal spring of a clockwork mechanism",
"word": "vieteri"
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"sense": "the principal spring of a clockwork mechanism",
"word": "granda resorto"
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"sense": "the principal spring of a clockwork mechanism",
"word": "ぜんまいばね"
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"roman": "pradhāna prēraṇe",
"sense": "the principal spring of a clockwork mechanism",
"word": "ಪ್ರಧಾನ ಪ್ರೇರಣೆ"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "the principal spring of a clockwork mechanism",
"word": "zenbelka serekî"
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"code": "gv",
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"sense": "the principal spring of a clockwork mechanism",
"tags": [
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"word": "ard-lheimaghan"
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "the principal spring of a clockwork mechanism",
"word": "sprężyna napędowa"
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "the principal spring of a clockwork mechanism",
"tags": [
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"word": "resorte motor"
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"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "laan",
"sense": "the principal spring of a clockwork mechanism",
"word": "ลาน"
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{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "the principal spring of a clockwork mechanism",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "zemberek"
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{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"sense": "the principal spring of a clockwork mechanism",
"word": "بڑی کمانی"
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{
"code": "vi",
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"sense": "the principal spring of a clockwork mechanism",
"word": "dây cót chính"
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"word": "mainspring"
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