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"text": "The massage was a pleasurable experience."
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"text": "c. 1620, Francis Bacon, letter of advice to Sir George Villiers\nPlanting of orchards is very […] pleasurable."
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"ref": "1723, Charles Walker, Memoirs of the Life of Sally Salisbury",
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"sense": "that gives pleasure",
"word": "miellyttävä"
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"sense": "that gives pleasure",
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"lang": "French",
"sense": "that gives pleasure",
"word": "plaisant"
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"code": "ka",
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"roman": "sasiamovno",
"sense": "that gives pleasure",
"word": "სასიამოვნო"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "that gives pleasure",
"word": "angenehm"
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"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "tanoshī",
"sense": "that gives pleasure",
"word": "楽しい"
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"code": "ja",
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"word": "愉快"
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"sense": "that gives pleasure",
"word": "whakarekareka"
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"sense": "that gives pleasure",
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"word": "prazeroso"
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"sense": "that gives pleasure",
"word": "прия́тный"
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"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "that gives pleasure",
"word": "tlachdmhor"
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "that gives pleasure",
"word": "placentero"
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"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "pryjémnyj",
"sense": "that gives pleasure",
"word": "приє́мний"
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