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"sense": "hole for jewelry",
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"code": "cmn",
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"word": "沖孔"
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"text": "The piercing noise of the children could be heard two blocks from the elementary school.",
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"sense": "appearing to look deeply into; penetrating",
"word": "проницателен"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jiānlì",
"sense": "appearing to look deeply into; penetrating",
"word": "尖利"
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "appearing to look deeply into; penetrating",
"word": "läpitunkeva"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "appearing to look deeply into; penetrating",
"word": "durchdringend"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "appearing to look deeply into; penetrating",
"word": "stechend"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "appearing to look deeply into; penetrating",
"word": "pungente"
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "appearing to look deeply into; penetrating",
"word": "penetrante"
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"code": "la",
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"word": "penetrālis"
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"sense": "of temperature - extremely cold",
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"code": "de",
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"word": "beißend"
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"code": "mi",
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"word": "kōtaratara"
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"code": "be",
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"sense": "of sound - shrill",
"word": "strīdulus"
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"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "of sound - shrill",
"word": "tīkākā"
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"code": "mi",
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"sense": "of sound - shrill",
"word": "tīwharawhara"
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