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"word": "家醜"
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"word": "lijk in de kast"
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"sense": "shameful secret",
"word": "luukere kapis"
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"word": "luuranko kaapissa"
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"word": "Leiche im Keller"
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"word": "Dreck am Stecken"
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"roman": "skeletós stin ntoulápa",
"sense": "shameful secret",
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"word": "σκελετός στην ντουλάπα"
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"sense": "shameful secret",
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"sense": "shameful secret",
"word": "luuranko kaapissa"
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"sense": "shameful secret",
"tags": [
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"word": "cadavre dans le placard"
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"lang": "French",
"sense": "shameful secret",
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"word": "squelette dans le placard"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "shameful secret",
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{
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"sense": "shameful secret",
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"word": "Dreck am Stecken"
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"code": "el",
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"roman": "skeletós stin ntoulápa",
"sense": "shameful secret",
"tags": [
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"word": "σκελετός στην ντουλάπα"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "shameful secret",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "scheletro nell'armadio"
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{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "shameful secret",
"word": "şerrnizariya veşartî"
},
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"sense": "shameful secret",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "kompromatas"
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"sense": "shameful secret",
"tags": [
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"word": "skjelett i skapet"
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "shameful secret",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "trup w szafie"
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "shameful secret",
"tags": [
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"word": "szkielet w szafie"
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "shameful secret",
"word": "esqueleto no armário"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "skelét v škafú",
"sense": "shameful secret",
"tags": [
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"word": "скеле́т в шкафу́"
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{
"code": "ru",
"english": "family secret",
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"roman": "seméjnaja tájna",
"sense": "shameful secret",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "семе́йная та́йна"
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"sense": "shameful secret",
"tags": [
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"word": "esqueleto en el armario"
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "shameful secret",
"tags": [
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"word": "skelett i garderoben"
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"word": "skeleton in the cupboard"
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