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"text": "The Gods defenders of the innocent,\nWill neuer proſper your intended driftes,\nThat thus oppreſſe poore friendles paſſengers.",
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"sense": "to be successful",
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"word": "亨祚"
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"sense": "to be successful",
"word": "prospérer"
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"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to be successful",
"word": "prosperar"
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"sense": "to be successful",
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"word": "prosperieren"
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"sense": "to be successful",
"word": "𐌸𐌴𐌹𐌷𐌰𐌽"
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"sense": "to be successful",
"word": "संपन्न"
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"roman": "samŕddh",
"sense": "to be successful",
"word": "समृद्ध"
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"word": "prosperare"
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"word": "栄える"
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"sense": "to be successful",
"word": "ຈະເລີນ"
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"sense": "to be successful",
"word": "ຮຸ່ງເຮືອງ"
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"word": "prosperar"
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"sense": "to be successful",
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"sense": "to be successful",
"word": "prosperar"
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"sense": "to be successful",
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"word": "благоде́нствовать"
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"word": "एधते"
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"lang": "Shan",
"roman": "khūen yàue màue sǔng",
"sense": "to be successful",
"word": "ၶိုၼ်ႈယႂ်ႇမႂ်ႇသုင်"
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"roman": "māak míi lǐi pǎen",
"sense": "to be successful",
"word": "မၢၵ်ႈမီးလီပဵၼ်"
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"sense": "to be successful",
"word": "prosperar"
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"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "jà-rəən",
"sense": "to be successful",
"word": "เจริญ"
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"code": "th",
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"roman": "rûng-rʉʉang",
"sense": "to be successful",
"word": "รุ่งเรือง"
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"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to be successful",
"word": "başarmak"
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"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "procvitáty",
"sense": "to be successful",
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"word": "процвіта́ти"
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