See payback in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "a form of recompense",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "recompensa"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vynahoroda",
"sense": "a form of recompense",
"word": "винагорода"
}
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],
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}
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"English phrasal nouns",
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"Terms with Mandarin translations",
"Terms with Portuguese translations",
"Terms with Romanian translations",
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},
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}
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"pos": "verb",
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"word": "have it coming"
},
{
"word": "pay back"
}
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"word": "pay back"
}
],
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],
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"pay back",
"pay back#English"
]
],
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]
}
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},
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}
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