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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "snoróvka",
"sense": "ability or skill",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "сноро́вка"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "návyk",
"sense": "ability or skill",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "на́вык"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "ability or skill",
"word": "suficiencia"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "ability or skill",
"word": "pericia"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "ability or skill",
"word": "habilidad"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "ability or skill",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "aptitud"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "ability or skill",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "competencia"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "ability or skill",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "färdighet"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "ability or skill",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "kunskap"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "ability or skill",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "kunnighet"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "ability or skill",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "begåvning"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "ability or skill",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "skicklighet"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "ability or skill",
"word": "ehliyet"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "ability or skill",
"word": "yeterlilik"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "ability or skill",
"word": "ustalık"
}
],
"word": "proficiency"
}
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