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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "one step or stage at a time",
"word": "askel kerrallaan"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "one step or stage at a time",
"word": "järjestyksessä"
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{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "one step or stage at a time",
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{
"code": "de",
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"sense": "one step or stage at a time",
"word": "schrittweise"
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{
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"sense": "one step or stage at a time",
"word": "lépésenként"
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{
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"word": "step by step"
},
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"word": "incrementally"
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},
{
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"sense": "one step or stage at a time",
"word": "järjestyksessä"
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{
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{
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"sense": "one step or stage at a time",
"word": "schrittweise"
},
{
"code": "hu",
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"sense": "one step or stage at a time",
"word": "lépésenként"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "one step or stage at a time",
"word": "lépésről lépésre"
}
],
"word": "stepwise"
}
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