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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "matters previously stated or set forth",
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "fángdì",
"sense": "piece of real estate",
"word": "房地"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"english": "building",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "fángwū",
"sense": "piece of real estate",
"word": "房屋"
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"code": "nl",
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"sense": "piece of real estate",
"word": "perceel"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "piece of real estate",
"word": "kiinteistö"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "piece of real estate",
"word": "tila"
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "piece of real estate",
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"word": "local"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "piece of real estate",
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"word": "Lokal"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "piece of real estate",
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"word": "Räumlichkeiten"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "piece of real estate",
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"word": "Lokalität"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "piece of real estate",
"word": "locale"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "piece of real estate",
"word": "posto"
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"alt": "ていない",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "teinai",
"sense": "piece of real estate",
"word": "邸内"
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"alt": "こうない",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kōnai",
"sense": "piece of real estate",
"word": "構内"
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"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "teritórija",
"sense": "piece of real estate",
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],
"word": "терито́рија"
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"code": "mk",
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"roman": "prostórija",
"sense": "piece of real estate",
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"roman": "zdánie",
"sense": "piece of real estate",
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"word": "зда́ние"
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"roman": "nédvižnost",
"sense": "piece of real estate",
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"code": "pl",
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"sense": "piece of real estate",
"tags": [
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"word": "parcela"
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{
"code": "pl",
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"tags": [
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],
"word": "nieruchomość"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"english": "territory",
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"roman": "territórija",
"sense": "piece of real estate",
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"word": "террито́рия"
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"code": "ru",
"english": "room",
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"word": "помеще́ние"
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"code": "ru",
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"sense": "piece of real estate",
"tags": [
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"word": "примі́щення"
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"ref": "1712 February 13 (Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison; Richard Steele et al.], “SATURDAY, February 2, 1711–1712”, in The Spectator, number 291; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a New Edition, […], volume III, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton & Company, 1853, →OCLC:",
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"ref": "1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling:",
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"ref": "1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii]:",
"text": "the premised flames of the last day",
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"text": "1794–1796, Erasmus Darwin, Zoonomia\nif venesection can be previously performed, even to but few ounces, the effect of the opium is much more certain; and still more so, if there be time to premise a brisk cathartic, or even an emetic"
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