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"sense": "word denoting part of whole",
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"sense": "word denoting part of whole",
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},
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"roman": "fèntǐcí",
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "word denoting part of whole",
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},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "word denoting part of whole",
"word": "osakäsite"
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{
"code": "fr",
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"sense": "word denoting part of whole",
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