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"word": "qan eləmək"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "rapidly achieving good results",
"tags": [
"slang",
"vulgar"
],
"word": "sikib-dağıtmaq"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "rapidly achieving good results",
"word": "vauhdissa"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "rapidly achieving good results",
"tags": [
"verb"
],
"word": "einen Lauf haben"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "rapidly achieving good results",
"word": "na fali"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "v udáre",
"sense": "rapidly achieving good results",
"word": "в уда́ре"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "rapidly achieving good results",
"word": "en fuego"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "rapidly achieving good results",
"word": "en racha"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "rapidly achieving good results",
"word": "a tope"
}
],
"word": "on fire"
}
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