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"text": "She threw her arms around the Lion's neck and kissed him, patting his big head tenderly. Then she kissed the Tin Woodman, who was weeping in a way most dangerous to his joints. But she hugged the soft, stuffed body of the Scarecrow in her arms instead of kissing his painted face, and found she was crying herself at this sorrowful parting from her loving comrades.",
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "muḥzan",
"sense": "full of sorrow",
"word": "مُحْزَن"
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"sense": "full of sorrow",
"word": "վշտալի"
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"sense": "full of sorrow",
"word": "悲哀"
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"sense": "full of sorrow",
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"sense": "full of sorrow",
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"lang": "German",
"sense": "full of sorrow",
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"lang": "German",
"sense": "full of sorrow",
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"code": "got",
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"sense": "full of sorrow",
"word": "𐌲𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍃"
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"sense": "full of sorrow",
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{
"code": "izh",
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"word": "murhekas"
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"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "full of sorrow",
"word": "aiféalach"
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"lang": "Japanese",
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"word": "痛ましい"
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"lang": "Japanese",
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"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
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"sense": "full of sorrow",
"word": "슬프다"
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"sense": "full of sorrow",
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"code": "mi",
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"word": "tuarea"
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{
"code": "mi",
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"sense": "full of sorrow",
"word": "aroaroā"
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{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "full of sorrow",
"word": "ċeariġ"
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{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "full of sorrow",
"word": "ġeōmor"
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"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "suhte",
"sense": "full of sorrow",
"word": "سوخته"
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"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "ğamnâk",
"sense": "full of sorrow",
"word": "غمناک"
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "full of sorrow",
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "full of sorrow",
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"word": "magoado"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pečálʹnyj",
"sense": "full of sorrow",
"word": "печа́льный"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "grústnyj",
"sense": "full of sorrow",
"word": "гру́стный"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "dolorous",
"sense": "full of sorrow",
"word": "ско́рбный"
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{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "full of sorrow",
"word": "brònach"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "full of sorrow",
"word": "triste"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "full of sorrow",
"word": "acılı"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "full of sorrow",
"word": "müteessir"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "full of sorrow",
"word": "üzüntülü"
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "pečalen",
"sense": "producing sorrow",
"word": "печален"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "producing sorrow",
"word": "surullinen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "producing sorrow",
"word": "valitettava"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "producing sorrow",
"word": "attristant"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "sacodavi",
"sense": "producing sorrow",
"word": "საცოდავი"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "producing sorrow",
"word": "léanmhar"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "antakkapda",
"sense": "producing sorrow",
"word": "안타깝다"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "žálen",
"sense": "producing sorrow",
"word": "жа́лен"
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{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "žálosen",
"sense": "producing sorrow",
"word": "жа́лосен"
},
{
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "producing sorrow",
"word": "hevysum"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "producing sorrow",
"word": "üzücü"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "producing sorrow",
"word": "hüzünlü"
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{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "producing sorrow",
"word": "üzüntülü"
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