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"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to dominate the thoughts of someone",
"word": "pitää vallassaan"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to dominate the thoughts of someone",
"word": "ossessionare"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to dominate the thoughts of someone",
"word": "whakamaimoa"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to dominate the thoughts of someone",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "prześladować"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zavladevatʹ",
"sense": "to dominate the thoughts of someone",
"word": "завладевать"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to dominate the thoughts of someone",
"word": "obsesionar"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"english": "to talk",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to think or talk obsessively about",
"word": "vaahdota"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to think or talk obsessively about",
"word": "saarnata"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to think or talk obsessively about",
"word": "whakamaimoa"
}
],
"word": "obsess"
}
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