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"roman": "zástoj",
"sense": "complete immobility",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "за́стој"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "bezdéjstvie",
"sense": "complete immobility",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "безде́јствие"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "bézdejstvo",
"sense": "complete immobility",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "бе́здејство"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "complete immobility",
"word": "whakamāraritanga"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "complete immobility",
"word": "stillstand"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "complete immobility",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "zastój"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "complete immobility",
"word": "paralisação"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "complete immobility",
"word": "oprit"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "complete immobility",
"word": "imobilizat"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ostanóvka",
"sense": "complete immobility",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "остано́вка"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zastój",
"sense": "complete immobility",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "засто́й"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "bezdéjstvije",
"sense": "complete immobility",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "безде́йствие"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"note": "esp. at work",
"roman": "prostój",
"sense": "complete immobility",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "просто́й"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "complete immobility",
"word": "parada"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "complete immobility",
"word": "bế tắc"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "complete immobility",
"word": "dừng"
}
],
"word": "standstill"
}
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