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"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-quant.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/4b/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-quant.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-quant.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/4b/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-quant.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-quant.wav.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɒnt"
}
],
"word": "quant"
}
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