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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "razžóvyvatʹ",
"sense": "deliver information in as basic a manner as possible",
"word": "разжёвывать"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "deliver information in as basic a manner as possible",
"word": "masticar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "deliver information in as basic a manner as possible",
"word": "skedmata"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "deliver information in as basic a manner as possible",
"word": "dalta"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "deliver information in as basic a manner as possible",
"word": "klema"
}
],
"word": "spoon-feed"
}
{
"called_from": "translations/324",
"msg": "possible sense number in translation item: Dutch: __IGNORE__ (1)",
"path": [
"spoon-feed"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "verb",
"title": "spoon-feed",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "translations/324",
"msg": "possible sense number in translation item: Slovak: __IGNORE__ (1)",
"path": [
"spoon-feed"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "verb",
"title": "spoon-feed",
"trace": ""
}
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