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"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "a guess",
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"word": "skud i tågen"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "a guess",
"word": "hakuammunta"
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"sense": "a guess",
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"word": "Schuss ins Blaue"
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"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "a guess",
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"feminine"
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"word": "ipotesi azzardata"
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"sense": "a guess",
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"word": "salto nel buio"
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"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "yami yo ni teppō",
"sense": "a guess",
"word": "闇夜に鉄砲"
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "a guess",
"word": "hakuammunta"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "a guess",
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"word": "Schuss ins Blaue"
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"sense": "a guess",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ipotesi azzardata"
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{
"code": "it",
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"sense": "a guess",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "salto nel buio"
},
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"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "yami yo ni teppō",
"sense": "a guess",
"word": "闇夜に鉄砲"
}
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