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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "pikiram",
"sense": "to dive down in a steep angle",
"word": "пикирам"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to dive down in a steep angle",
"word": "capbussar"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to dive down in a steep angle",
"word": "styrtdykke"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to dive down in a steep angle",
"word": "syöksyä pystysyöksyssä"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kyūkōka suru",
"sense": "to dive down in a steep angle",
"word": "急降下する"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to dive down in a steep angle",
"word": "tapakō"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to dive down in a steep angle",
"word": "sumergirse"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to dive down in a steep angle",
"word": "störtdyka"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "srivam",
"sense": "to perform a rapid fall in price or value",
"word": "сривам"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to perform a rapid fall in price or value",
"word": "caure's el preu"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to perform a rapid fall in price or value",
"word": "caure's el valor"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to perform a rapid fall in price or value",
"word": "styrtdykke"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to perform a rapid fall in price or value",
"word": "romahtaa"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to perform a rapid fall in price or value",
"word": "zuhan"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to perform a rapid fall in price or value",
"word": "desplomarse el precio"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to perform a rapid fall in price or value",
"word": "desplomarse el valor"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to perform a rapid fall in price or value",
"word": "störtdyka"
}
],
"word": "nosedive"
}
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