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"word": "sermunculus"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "idle conversation",
"word": "tūtara"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "idle conversation",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"neuter"
],
"word": "småprat"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "idle conversation",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"neuter"
],
"word": "småprat"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "idle conversation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "small talk"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "idle conversation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "conversa fiada"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ljóxkaja beséda",
"sense": "idle conversation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "лёгкая бесе́да"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "svétskij razgovór",
"sense": "idle conversation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "све́тский разгово́р"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "idle conversation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "charla"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "idle conversation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "palique"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "idle conversation",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "kallprat"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "idle conversation",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "småprat"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "idle conversation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "mân siarad"
}
],
"word": "small talk"
}
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