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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "idiomatic: to accumulate",
"word": "s’amonceler"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "idiomatic: to accumulate",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "nawarstwiać się"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "idiomatic: to accumulate",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "nawarstwić się"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "idiomatic: to accumulate",
"word": "amontoar-se"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nakáplivatʹsja",
"sense": "idiomatic: to accumulate",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "нака́пливаться"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nakopítʹsja",
"sense": "idiomatic: to accumulate",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "накопи́ться"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "idiomatic: to accumulate",
"word": "nakopiť sa"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "idiomatic: to accumulate",
"word": "kopiť sa"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "idiomatic: to accumulate",
"word": "amontonarse"
}
],
"word": "pile up"
}
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