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"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "almost",
"word": "meira eða minna"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "almost",
"word": "quasi"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hotondo",
"sense": "almost",
"word": "ほとんど"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "almost",
"word": "mer eller mindre"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "almost",
"word": "meir eller mindre"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "almost",
"word": "prawie"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "almost",
"word": "prawie że"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "almost",
"word": "quase"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "bóleje íli méneje",
"sense": "almost",
"word": "бо́лее и́ли ме́нее"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "bóleje-méneje",
"sense": "almost",
"word": "бо́лее-ме́нее"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "almost",
"word": "casi"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "almost",
"word": "mer eller mindre"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to varying extents",
"word": "mniej lub bardziej"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to varying extents",
"word": "mniej lub więcej"
}
],
"word": "more or less"
}
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