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"lang": "Bikol Central",
"sense": "skilled",
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"roman": "shúliàn",
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{
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"sense": "skilled",
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"roman": "ānliàn",
"sense": "skilled",
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{
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"word": "熟嫻的"
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{
"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "shúxián",
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"sense": "skilled",
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"sense": "skilled",
"word": "competent"
},
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "skilled",
"word": "bekwaam"
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"note": "of language",
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"lang": "German",
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "skilled",
"word": "fähig"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "skilled",
"word": "kompetent"
},
{
"code": "de",
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"sense": "skilled",
"word": "befähigt"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "skilled",
"word": "bewandert"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "skilled",
"word": "erfahren"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "skilled",
"word": "sachkundig"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "skilled",
"word": "geübt"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
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"code": "hi",
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"sense": "skilled",
"word": "प्रवीण"
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"sense": "skilled",
"word": "fær"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "skilled",
"word": "snjall"
},
{
"code": "it",
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"sense": "skilled",
"word": "competente"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "skilled",
"word": "esperto"
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{
"code": "it",
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"sense": "skilled",
"word": "proficuo"
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"sense": "skilled",
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"sense": "skilled",
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{
"code": "kk",
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"code": "gv",
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"sense": "skilled",
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{
"code": "mi",
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"sense": "skilled",
"word": "kaiaka"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "skilled",
"word": "matatau"
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{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "skilled",
"word": "flink"
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{
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"sense": "skilled",
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{
"code": "pt",
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"word": "proficiente"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "skilled",
"word": "competente"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
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"word": "perito"
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"word": "компете́нтный"
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{
"code": "es",
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"sense": "skilled",
"word": "competente"
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{
"code": "sv",
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"sense": "skilled",
"word": "sakkunnig"
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{
"code": "sv",
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{
"code": "tl",
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"sense": "skilled",
"word": "dalubhasa"
},
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"code": "tr",
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"sense": "skilled",
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"code": "tr",
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"sense": "skilled",
"word": "ehliyetli"
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"code": "tr",
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{
"code": "tr",
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"sense": "skilled",
"word": "mahir"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "skilled",
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"code": "tr",
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"sense": "skilled",
"word": "usta"
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{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "skilled",
"word": "uzman"
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{
"code": "tr",
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"sense": "skilled",
"word": "yeterli"
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{
"code": "ug",
"lang": "Uyghur",
"roman": "puxta",
"sense": "skilled",
"word": "پۇختا"
}
],
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}
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "specialist",
"sense": "expert",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "специалист"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "expert",
"word": "expert"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "expert",
"word": "taituri"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "expert",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Fachmann"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "expert",
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "expert",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "expert",
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"feminine"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "expert",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Experte"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "expert",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Profi"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "expert",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Sachkundiger"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "pravīṇ",
"sense": "expert",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "प्रवीण"
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "expert",
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"masculine"
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"word": "esperto"
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"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "nipuṇaṉ",
"sense": "expert",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "നിപുണൻ"
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"sense": "expert",
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"word": "perito"
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"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "expert",
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "expert",
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"word": "perito"
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{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "expert",
"word": "usta"
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