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"sense": "to be attentive",
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"sense": "to be attentive",
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"word": "обраща́ть внима́ние"
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"english": "to a person",
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"sense": "to be attentive",
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"sense": "to be attentive",
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"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
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"sense": "to be attentive",
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"sense": "to be attentive",
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"sense": "to be attentive",
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"sense": "to be attentive",
"word": "prestar atención"
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"sense": "to be attentive",
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"sense": "to be attentive",
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"sense": "to be attentive",
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"sense": "to be attentive",
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"sense": "to be attentive",
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"sense": "to be attentive",
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"sense": "to be attentive",
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"sense": "to be attentive",
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"sense": "to be attentive",
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"sense": "to be attentive",
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"sense": "to be attentive",
"word": "prestare attenzione"
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"sense": "to be attentive",
"word": "fare attenzione"
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"sense": "to be attentive",
"word": "dare retta"
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"alt": "ちゅういをはらう",
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"sense": "to be attentive",
"word": "注意を払う"
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"roman": "yɔɔk cət tuk dak",
"sense": "to be attentive",
"word": "យកចិត្តទុកដាក់"
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"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "juuireul giurida",
"sense": "to be attentive",
"word": "주의를 기울이다"
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"sense": "to be attentive",
"word": "bo xwe kirin xem"
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"sense": "to be attentive",
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"sense": "to be attentive",
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"sense": "to be attentive",
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"sense": "to be attentive",
"word": "aspecto"
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"sense": "to be attentive",
"word": "attendō"
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"sense": "to be attentive",
"word": "audio"
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"sense": "to be attentive",
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"code": "mi",
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"sense": "to be attentive",
"word": "matenui"
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"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to be attentive",
"word": "mātorotoro"
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"code": "mi",
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"sense": "to be attentive",
"word": "whakapaepae"
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"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to be attentive",
"word": "følge med"
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"sense": "to be attentive",
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"code": "pl",
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"sense": "to be attentive",
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"word": "zwrócić uwagę"
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"sense": "to be attentive",
"word": "prestar atenção"
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"code": "rgn",
"lang": "Romagnol",
"sense": "to be attentive",
"word": "abadêr"
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"sense": "to be attentive",
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"code": "ro",
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"sense": "to be attentive",
"word": "fi atent la"
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"code": "ro",
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"sense": "to be attentive",
"word": "da atenție"
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"sense": "to be attentive",
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"word": "обраща́ть внима́ние"
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"sense": "to be attentive",
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"word": "обрати́ть внима́ние"
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"sense": "to be attentive",
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"sense": "to be attentive",
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"code": "es",
"english": "to a person",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to be attentive",
"word": "prestar atención"
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"english": "to an idea or thing",
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"sense": "to be attentive",
"word": "poner atención"
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"word": "கவனி"
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"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "rá-wang",
"sense": "to be attentive",
"word": "ระวัง"
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"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to be attentive",
"word": "dikkatini vermek"
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"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zvertáty uváhu",
"sense": "to be attentive",
"tags": [
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"word": "зверта́ти ува́гу"
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"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to be attentive",
"word": "chú ý"
}
],
"word": "pay attention"
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