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},
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"ipa": "[pʰæˀt̚]"
},
{
"rhymes": "-æt"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-pat.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/5b/En-us-pat.ogg/En-us-pat.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5b/En-us-pat.ogg"
},
{
"audio": "en-au-pat.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/4d/En-au-pat.ogg/En-au-pat.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4d/En-au-pat.ogg"
},
{
"enpr": "pǎt"
}
],
"word": "pat"
}
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