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"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "Someone with whom one has a special connection",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"neuter"
],
"word": "srodna duša"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "Someone with whom one has a special connection",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "alma gemela"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "Someone with whom one has a special connection",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "själsfrände"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "ātmīyuḍu",
"sense": "Someone with whom one has a special connection",
"word": "ఆత్మీయుడు"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "nʉ́ʉa-kûu",
"sense": "Someone with whom one has a special connection",
"word": "เนื้อคู่"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "Someone with whom one has a special connection",
"word": "ruhsal eş"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "Someone with whom one has a special connection",
"word": "ruh ikizi"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "druh",
"sense": "Someone with whom one has a special connection",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "друг"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "pódruha",
"sense": "Someone with whom one has a special connection",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "по́друга"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "dvijnýk",
"sense": "Someone with whom one has a special connection",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "двійни́к"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "dvíjka",
"sense": "Someone with whom one has a special connection",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "дві́йка"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "Someone with whom one has a special connection",
"word": "bạn tri âm"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "Someone with whom one has a special connection",
"word": "tri kỉ"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "Someone with whom one has a special connection",
"word": "bạn tri kỉ"
}
],
"word": "soulmate"
}
{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
"msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": sympathizer vs. jedinomýšlennik",
"path": [
"soulmate"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "soulmate",
"trace": ""
}
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