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"sense": "change in the direction or expected outcome of the plot",
"word": "劇情轉彎"
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"sense": "change in the direction or expected outcome of the plot",
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"sense": "change in the direction or expected outcome of the plot",
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"sense": "change in the direction or expected outcome of the plot",
"word": "プロットの再方向付け"
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"word": "작의 강선전도"
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"word": "поворо́т сюже́та"
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"sense": "change in the direction or expected outcome of the plot",
"word": "cambio de dirección del diagrama"
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"word": "поворо́т сюже́ту"
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"sense": "change in the direction or expected outcome of the plot",
"word": "劇情轉彎"
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"sense": "change in the direction or expected outcome of the plot",
"word": "Plottorsion"
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"sense": "change in the direction or expected outcome of the plot",
"tags": [
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"word": "Plottwist"
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"roman": "systrofí plokón",
"sense": "change in the direction or expected outcome of the plot",
"word": "συστροφή πλοκών"
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "change in the direction or expected outcome of the plot",
"tags": [
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"word": "colpo di scena"
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"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "purotto no sai-hōkōzuke",
"sense": "change in the direction or expected outcome of the plot",
"word": "プロットの再方向付け"
},
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"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "purotto no nejire",
"sense": "change in the direction or expected outcome of the plot",
"word": "プロットの捻れ"
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"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "jagui gangseonjeondo",
"sense": "change in the direction or expected outcome of the plot",
"word": "작의 강선전도"
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"sense": "change in the direction or expected outcome of the plot",
"tags": [
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"word": "zwrot akcji"
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"roman": "povorót sjužéta",
"sense": "change in the direction or expected outcome of the plot",
"tags": [
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"word": "поворо́т сюже́та"
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"sense": "change in the direction or expected outcome of the plot",
"word": "cambio de dirección del diagrama"
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"roman": "povorót sjužétu",
"sense": "change in the direction or expected outcome of the plot",
"tags": [
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"word": "поворо́т сюже́ту"
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"roman": "sjužétnyj povorót",
"sense": "change in the direction or expected outcome of the plot",
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"word": "сюже́тний поворо́т"
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