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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to be deliciously soft and creamy, need little chewing",
"word": "fondre dans la bouche"
},
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "to be deliciously soft and creamy, need little chewing",
"word": "fondre en bouche"
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{
"code": "de",
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"sense": "to be deliciously soft and creamy, need little chewing",
"word": "auf der Zunge zergehen"
},
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "to be deliciously soft and creamy, need little chewing",
"word": "sciogliersi in bocca"
},
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"alt": "くちにとける",
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"sense": "to be deliciously soft and creamy, need little chewing",
"word": "口に溶ける"
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"word": "rozpływać się w ustach"
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"roman": "rastájatʹ vo rtu",
"sense": "to be deliciously soft and creamy, need little chewing",
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"word": "раста́ять во рту"
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"sense": "deliciously soft and creamy, needing little chewing",
"word": "fondant"
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"sense": "deliciously soft and creamy, needing little chewing",
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"sense": "to be deliciously soft and creamy, need little chewing",
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to be deliciously soft and creamy, need little chewing",
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "to be deliciously soft and creamy, need little chewing",
"word": "auf der Zunge zergehen"
},
{
"code": "it",
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"sense": "to be deliciously soft and creamy, need little chewing",
"word": "sciogliersi in bocca"
},
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"alt": "くちにとける",
"code": "ja",
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"roman": "kuchi ni tokeru",
"sense": "to be deliciously soft and creamy, need little chewing",
"word": "口に溶ける"
},
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"sense": "to be deliciously soft and creamy, need little chewing",
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"word": "rozpływać się w ustach"
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"sense": "to be deliciously soft and creamy, need little chewing",
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"lang": "French",
"sense": "deliciously soft and creamy, needing little chewing",
"word": "fondant"
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"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "deliciously soft and creamy, needing little chewing",
"tags": [
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "deliciously soft and creamy, needing little chewing",
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"sense": "deliciously soft and creamy, needing little chewing",
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"alt": "くちどけのよい",
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"word": "miód w gębie"
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