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"text": "And, after all, they were once very close, doesn’t Lewis still have the keys to his apartment, you know the way you let someone keep the keys after you’ve broken up, only a little because you hope the person might just saunter in, drunk or high, late some evening, […]",
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},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "a leisurely walk or stroll",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "przechadzka"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "a leisurely walk or stroll",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "spacer"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "a leisurely walk or stroll",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "passeio"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "progulka",
"sense": "a leisurely walk or stroll",
"word": "прогулка"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "a leisurely walk or stroll",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "paseo"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "medlennaja poxodka",
"sense": "A leisurely pace",
"word": "медленная походка"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Henry David Thoreau",
"Late Middle English"
],
"word": "saunter"
}
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