See swot in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "krcel",
"sense": "study hard",
"word": "կրծել"
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{
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"sense": "study hard",
"word": "ahtaa päähänsä"
},
{
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"word": "päntätä"
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{
"code": "fr",
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"word": "potasser"
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{
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{
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"sense": "study hard",
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"word": "열공하다"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "work",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"slang"
],
"word": "tapin"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vkályvanije",
"sense": "work",
"tags": [
"colloquial",
"neuter"
],
"word": "вка́лывание"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zubrene",
"sense": "vigorous study",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "зубрене"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "vigorous study",
"word": "死記"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "sǐjì",
"sense": "vigorous study",
"word": "死记"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "vigorous study",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "blok"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "vigorous study",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"slang"
],
"word": "bachot"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "vigorous study",
"word": "bachotage"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "vigorous study",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Büffeln"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "vigorous study",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Pauken"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "gariben",
"sense": "vigorous study",
"word": "がり勉"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zubrjóžka",
"sense": "vigorous study",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "зубрёжка"
}
],
"word": "swot"
}
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