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"word": "cuento chino"
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"word": "histoire à dormir debout"
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "bájka",
"sense": "tale or story which is fantastic and greatly exaggerated",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ба́йка"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nebylíca",
"sense": "tale or story which is fantastic and greatly exaggerated",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "небыли́ца"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"english": "vranyo, white lies",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vranʹjó",
"sense": "tale or story which is fantastic and greatly exaggerated",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "враньё"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "tale or story which is fantastic and greatly exaggerated",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cuento chino"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "tale or story which is fantastic and greatly exaggerated",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "patraña"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "tale or story which is fantastic and greatly exaggerated",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "rövarhistoria"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "tale or story which is fantastic and greatly exaggerated",
"word": "fantasteri"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "nebylýcja",
"sense": "tale or story which is fantastic and greatly exaggerated",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "небили́ця"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "bobe-mayse",
"sense": "tale or story which is fantastic and greatly exaggerated",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "באָבע־מעשׂה"
}
],
"word": "tall tale"
}
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