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"ref": "1922, Michael Arlen, “3/19/2”, in “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days",
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"code": "gl",
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"code": "gl",
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"word": "Lärm"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "loud noise",
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],
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},
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"code": "el",
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"sense": "loud noise",
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"feminine"
],
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{
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"sense": "loud noise",
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"masculine"
],
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{
"code": "ga",
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"sense": "loud noise",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "callán"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "loud noise",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "strepitus"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "loud noise",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "clangor"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "loud noise",
"word": "matioke"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "loud noise",
"word": "tararau"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "loud noise",
"word": "whakatioro"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "loud noise",
"word": "pararētanga"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "loud noise",
"word": "tātākī"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "loud noise",
"word": "matioke"
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{
"code": "mi",
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"word": "ngē"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "loud noise",
"word": "ngangau"
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{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "šuugian",
"sense": "loud noise",
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"code": "mn",
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"sense": "loud noise",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "Krom"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "loud noise",
"word": "hałas"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "loud noise",
"word": "wrzawa"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "loud noise",
"word": "harmider"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "loud noise",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "algazarra"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "šum",
"sense": "loud noise",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "шум"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
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"code": "ru",
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"code": "ru",
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},
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "loud noise",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "estruendo"
},
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "loud noise",
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"neuter"
],
"word": "oväsen"
},
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"code": "wa",
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"code": "wa",
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"code": "cy",
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"masculine"
],
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"code": "cy",
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"code": "bg",
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"sense": "fraud",
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"neuter"
],
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"code": "bg",
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"sense": "fraud",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "шантаж"
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"code": "bg",
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"roman": "reket",
"sense": "fraud",
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"word": "рекет"
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"code": "ca",
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"word": "tripijoc"
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"code": "ca",
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"word": "trafica"
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"code": "nl",
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"word": "zwendel"
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"feminine"
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"word": "escroquerie"
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"code": "gl",
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"sense": "fraud",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "baldroca"
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"code": "gl",
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"code": "pt",
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"word": "рэ́кет"
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],
"word": "reket"
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