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},
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"sense": "wire fastener used to secure stacks of paper",
"tags": [
"neuter"
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{
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"sense": "wire fastener used to secure stacks of paper",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "grapa"
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{
"_dis1": "38 34 24 1 1 0 1 1",
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"sense": "wire fastener used to secure stacks of paper",
"word": "釘書釘"
},
{
"_dis1": "38 34 24 1 1 0 1 1",
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{
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{
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"sense": "wire fastener used to secure stacks of paper",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
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{
"_dis1": "38 34 24 1 1 0 1 1",
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"sense": "wire fastener used to secure stacks of paper",
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"sense": "wire fastener used to secure stacks of paper",
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"_dis1": "38 34 24 1 1 0 1 1",
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"sense": "wire fastener used to secure stacks of paper",
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"sense": "wire fastener used to secure stacks of paper",
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"feminine"
],
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{
"_dis1": "38 34 24 1 1 0 1 1",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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{
"_dis1": "38 34 24 1 1 0 1 1",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "wire fastener used to secure stacks of paper",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
{
"_dis1": "38 34 24 1 1 0 1 1",
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"sense": "wire fastener used to secure stacks of paper",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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{
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"sense": "wire fastener used to secure stacks of paper",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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{
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"sense": "wire fastener used to secure stacks of paper",
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{
"_dis1": "38 34 24 1 1 0 1 1",
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"sense": "wire fastener used to secure stacks of paper",
"tags": [
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{
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"feminine"
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{
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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"tags": [
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"word": "钉书钉"
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"word": "订书钉"
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"code": "da",
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"code": "nl",
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"tags": [
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"code": "eo",
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"word": "agrafo"
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "wire fastener used to secure stacks of paper",
"word": "nitomanasta"
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"code": "fi",
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"word": "paperiniitti"
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"code": "gl",
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"feminine"
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"tags": [
"feminine"
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"feminine"
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"code": "is",
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"word": "គ្រាប់កិប"
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"code": "mi",
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"code": "pl",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "zszywka"
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"code": "pt",
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"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "grampo"
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"code": "ro",
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"tags": [
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{
"code": "ru",
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"tags": [
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"code": "ru",
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"code": "hsb",
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"tags": [
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"word": "spinka"
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"code": "es",
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"code": "es",
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"code": "es",
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"tags": [
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{
"code": "es",
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"code": "sv",
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"code": "th",
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"word": "ลวดเย็บกระดาษ"
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"code": "tr",
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"word": "tel zımba"
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"code": "vi",
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"word": "ghim"
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"code": "cy",
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"code": "cy",
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"code": "af",
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"code": "nl",
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{
"code": "fi",
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{
"code": "fi",
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{
"code": "fr",
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"code": "gl",
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"code": "hu",
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"code": "is",
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"code": "tl",
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"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "secure with a staple",
"word": "capsa"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "skrepljátʹ",
"sense": "secure with a staple",
"word": "скрепля́ть"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "secure with a staple",
"word": "grapar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "secure with a staple",
"word": "engrapar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "secure with a staple",
"word": "häfta"
}
],
"word": "staple"
}
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