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"roman": "pǎlen",
"sense": "euphemism for fat",
"word": "пълен"
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"roman": "edǎr",
"sense": "euphemism for fat",
"word": "едър"
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"sense": "euphemism for fat",
"word": "gezet"
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"sense": "euphemism for fat",
"word": "fort"
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"lang": "French",
"sense": "euphemism for fat",
"word": "corpulent"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "euphemism for fat",
"word": "korpulent"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "euphemism for fat",
"word": "vollschlank"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "euphemism for fat",
"word": "beleibt"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "euphemism for fat",
"word": "stattlich"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "euphemism for fat",
"word": "behäbig"
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"lang": "German",
"sense": "euphemism for fat",
"word": "würdevoll"
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{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "euphemism for fat",
"word": "gildur"
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{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "euphemism for fat",
"word": "takapū"
},
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"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "euphemism for fat",
"word": "druglich"
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{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "euphemism for fat",
"word": "korpulent"
},
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "euphemism for fat",
"word": "rundlagd"
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"word": "portly"
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