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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "not in captivity",
"word": "karkuteillä"
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"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "not in captivity",
"word": "vapaalla jalalla"
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"lang": "Finnish",
"note": "not in captivity",
"sense": "not in captivity",
"word": "irrallaan"
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"lang": "Finnish",
"note": "not under control",
"sense": "not in captivity",
"word": "valloillaan"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "not in captivity",
"word": "sich frei bewegend"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "not in captivity",
"word": "frei herumlaufend"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "not in captivity",
"word": "frei umherziehend"
},
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"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "ektós elénchou",
"sense": "not in captivity",
"word": "εκτός ελέγχου"
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "not in captivity",
"word": "szabadlábon"
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"sense": "not in captivity",
"word": "szökésben"
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"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "not in captivity",
"word": "szabadon"
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"sense": "not in captivity",
"word": "på frifot"
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"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "not in captivity",
"word": "på frifot"
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "not in captivity",
"word": "na wolności"
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "not in captivity",
"word": "à solta"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "na vóle",
"sense": "not in captivity",
"word": "на во́ле"
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"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "not in captivity",
"word": "mu sgaoil"
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "not in captivity",
"tags": [
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"word": "suelto"
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "not in captivity",
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"word": "libre"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "not in captivity",
"tags": [
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"word": "liberado"
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "not in captivity",
"word": "på fri fot"
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"code": "sv",
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"sense": "not in captivity",
"word": "lös"
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"word": "on the loose"
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