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"word": "мач на елиминация"
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"sense": "series game",
"word": "季後賽"
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"word": "季后赛"
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"sense": "series game",
"word": "附加賽"
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"roman": "fùjiāsài",
"sense": "series game",
"word": "附加赛"
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"sense": "series game",
"tags": [
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"word": "baráž"
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "series game",
"word": "pudotuspelit"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "series game",
"word": "pudotuspeli"
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"sense": "series game",
"word": "プレーオフ"
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"word": "плей-офф"
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"sense": "series game",
"word": "플레이오프"
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"word": "плејоф"
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"word": "repasaż"
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"sense": "series game",
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"word": "play-off"
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"code": "sv",
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"sense": "series game",
"word": "utslagsmatch"
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"word": "playoff-match"
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