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}
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"word": "참고서"
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"sense": "book providing factual information",
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"sense": "book providing factual information",
"word": "sách hướng dẫn"
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}
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"code": "ar",
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],
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"code": "be",
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"sense": "book providing factual information",
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"sense": "book providing factual information",
"tags": [
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"code": "cmn",
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"sense": "book providing factual information",
"word": "參考書"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "cānkǎoshū",
"sense": "book providing factual information",
"word": "参考书"
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"sense": "book providing factual information",
"word": "工具書"
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{
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"word": "naslagwerk"
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"sense": "book providing factual information",
"word": "teatmeteos"
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{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "book providing factual information",
"word": "lähdeteos"
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{
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"sense": "book providing factual information",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "livre de référence"
},
{
"code": "de",
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"sense": "book providing factual information",
"tags": [
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"word": "Nachschlagewerk"
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{
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"lang": "German",
"sense": "book providing factual information",
"tags": [
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"code": "gu",
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"roman": "sandarbhagranth",
"sense": "book providing factual information",
"word": "સંદર્ભગ્રંથ"
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{
"code": "hu",
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"sense": "book providing factual information",
"word": "segédkönyv"
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"sense": "book providing factual information",
"word": "참고서"
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"sense": "book providing factual information",
"word": "ഗ്രന്ഥം"
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"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "book providing factual information",
"tags": [
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"code": "tl",
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"sense": "book providing factual information",
"word": "sangguniang aklat"
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"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "nǎng-sʉ̌ʉ-âang-ing",
"sense": "book providing factual information",
"word": "หนังสืออ้างอิง"
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"sense": "book providing factual information",
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{
"code": "vi",
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"sense": "book providing factual information",
"word": "sách hướng dẫn"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "book providing factual information",
"word": "sách chỉ dẫn"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
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"sense": "library: book that may not be borrowed",
"word": "參考書"
},
{
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "cānkǎoshū",
"sense": "library: book that may not be borrowed",
"word": "参考书"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "library: book that may not be borrowed",
"word": "工具書"
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "gōngjùshū",
"sense": "library: book that may not be borrowed",
"word": "工具书"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "library: book that may not be borrowed",
"word": "käsikirjaston kirja"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "library: book that may not be borrowed",
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"masculine"
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"word": "Präsenzbestand"
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"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
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"sense": "library: book that may not be borrowed",
"tags": [
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "library: book that may not be borrowed",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "livro de consulta"
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"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "library: book that may not be borrowed",
"word": "sangguniang aklat"
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