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"word": "drive Irish tandem"
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"word": "in tandem"
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"word": "short tandem repeat"
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"word": "tandem axle"
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"word": "tandem bicycle"
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"word": "tandem cart"
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"word": "tandem engine"
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"word": "tandem gait"
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"word": "tandem harness"
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"word": "tandem landing gear"
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"word": "tandemocracy"
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"word": "tandem repeat"
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"word": "tandem spoke"
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"word": "tandem system"
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{
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"word": "tandem trailer"
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"word": "tandem wheel"
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"word": "tandemwise"
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"word": "tridem"
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"word": "variable tandem repeat locus"
}
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"1": "as",
"2": "টমটম",
"bor": "1",
"tr": "tomtom"
},
"expansion": "→ Assamese: টমটম (tomtom)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Assamese: টমটম (tomtom)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "bn",
"2": "টমটম",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Bengali: টমটম (ṭomoṭom)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Bengali: টমটম (ṭomoṭom)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ca",
"2": "tàndem",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Catalan: tàndem",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Catalan: tàndem"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "cs",
"2": "tandem",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Czech: tandem",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Czech: tandem"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "tandem",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Danish: tandem",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Danish: tandem"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "tandem",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Dutch: tandem",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Dutch: tandem"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fi",
"2": "tandem",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Finnish: tandem",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Finnish: tandem"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "tandem",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ French: tandem",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ French: tandem"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "Tandem",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ German: Tandem",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ German: Tandem"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "el",
"2": "τάντεμ",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Greek: τάντεμ (tántem)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Greek: τάντεμ (tántem)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "hu",
"2": "tandem",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Hungarian: tandem",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Hungarian: tandem"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "it",
"2": "tandem",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Italian: tandem",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Italian: tandem"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pl",
"2": "tandem",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Polish: tandem",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Polish: tandem"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pt",
"2": "tandem",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Portuguese: tandem",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Portuguese: tandem"
},
{
"depth": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "ru",
"2": "танде́м",
"bor": "1",
"tr": "tandɛ́m"
},
"expansion": "→ Russian: танде́м (tandɛ́m)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Russian: танде́м (tandɛ́m)"
},
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"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sh",
"2": "та̀нде̄м",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Serbo-Croatian: та̀нде̄м",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sh",
"2": "tàndēm"
},
"expansion": "tàndēm",
"name": "l"
}
],
"text": "→ Serbo-Croatian: та̀нде̄м / tàndēm"
},
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"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "es",
"2": "tándem",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Spanish: tándem",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Spanish: tándem"
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"2": "la",
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"expansion": "Latin tandem (“(of time) at length, at last”)",
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"etymology_text": "From Latin tandem (“(of time) at length, at last”). In English, applied humorously (by someone who knew Latin) to two horses harnessed \"at length\" (i.e., in a single line) instead of side-by-side.",
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]
}
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"ref": "1850-50, William Makepeace Thackeray, Pendennis, ch 3",
"text": "Mr. Foker was no more like a gentleman now than in his school days: and yet Pen felt a secret pride in strutting down High Street with a young fellow who owned tandems, talked to officers, and ordered turtle and champagne for dinner."
}
],
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"A carriage pulled by two or more draught animals (generally draught horses) harnessed one behind the other, both providing the pulling power but only the animal in front able to steer."
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[
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"draft animal"
],
[
"draught horse",
"draft horse"
],
[
"steer",
"steer"
]
]
},
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],
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"A bicycle or tricycle in which two people sit one behind the other, both able to pedal but only the person in front able to steer."
],
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[
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],
[
"tricycle",
"tricycle"
],
[
"pedal",
"pedal"
]
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"qualifier": "transferred sense",
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"(transferred sense) A bicycle or tricycle in which two people sit one behind the other, both able to pedal but only the person in front able to steer."
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "tandem",
"sense": "bicycle",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "тандем"
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "bicycle",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tàndem"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "bicycle",
"word": "雙人自行車"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shuāngrén zìxíngchē",
"sense": "bicycle",
"word": "双人自行车"
},
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "bicycle",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tandem"
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"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "bicycle",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "tandem"
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"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "bicycle",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "tandemcykel"
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "bicycle",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tandem"
},
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"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "bicycle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "tvísúkkla"
},
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "bicycle",
"word": "tandem"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "bicycle",
"word": "tandempyörä"
},
{
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "bicycle",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tandem"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "bicycle",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Tandem"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "tántem",
"sense": "bicycle",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "τάντεμ"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "bicycle",
"word": "tandem"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0",
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "bicycle",
"word": "tandemo"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "bicycle",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tandem"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "tandemu jitensha",
"sense": "bicycle",
"word": "タンデム自転車"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "iinyong jajeon'geo",
"sense": "bicycle",
"word": "이인용 자전거"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0",
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "bicycle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "bike à deux"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "bicycle",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tandem"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "bicycle",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tandem"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "tandɛ́m",
"sense": "bicycle",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "танде́м"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "bicycle",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tándem"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "bicycle",
"word": "xe đạp đôi"
}
]
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"kind": "topical",
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"name": "Vehicles",
"orig": "en:Vehicles",
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"Machines",
"Transport",
"Technology",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
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"A group of two or more people, machines etc. working together; close collaboration."
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"collaboration",
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"(figurative) A group of two or more people, machines etc. working together; close collaboration."
],
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"figuratively"
]
},
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"Technology",
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"langcode": "en",
"name": "Horses",
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"ref": "2007, Jane Woodin, “Intercultural positioning: tandem conversations about word meaning”, in Regina Weinert, editor, Spoken Language Pragmatics, Bloomsbury Publishing",
"text": "Spanish and English tandem learners discuss the meaning of a given word in a semi-structured conversation.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"A method of language learning based on mutual exchange, where ideally each learner is a native speaker in the language the other person wants to learn."
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[
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[
"language",
"language"
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[
"learning",
"learning"
],
[
"native speaker",
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"education"
]
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"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Medicine",
"orig": "en:Medicine",
"parents": [
"Biology",
"Sciences",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
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}
],
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{
"ref": "2007, Phillip M. Devlin, editor, Brachytherapy: Applications and Techniques, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, page 236",
"text": "This sagittal ultrasound shows the bright signal of the tandem in a good position in the uterus.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"a hollow metal tube containing radioactive material, inserted through the vagina into the uterus for treatment of gynecological cancer."
],
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"(medicine) a hollow metal tube containing radioactive material, inserted through the vagina into the uterus for treatment of gynecological cancer."
],
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"medicine",
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]
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"ipa": "/ˈtæn.dəm/",
"tags": [
"General-Australian",
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈtæn.dəm/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈtɛən.dəm]",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ændəm"
},
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "arrangement",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tandem"
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{
"_dis1": "27 22 7 30 15",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "arrangement",
"word": "tandem"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 22 7 30 15",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "tan du",
"sense": "arrangement",
"word": "טַן דּוּ"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 22 7 30 15",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "arrangement",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "fila"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 22 7 30 15",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "arrangement",
"tags": [
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"word": "linha"
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"_dis1": "27 22 7 30 15",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "tandɛ́m",
"sense": "arrangement",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "танде́м"
},
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"_dis1": "27 22 7 30 15",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pára",
"sense": "arrangement",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "па́ра"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 22 7 30 15",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "arrangement",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tandem"
}
],
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"text": "to ride tandem on a bicycle-built-for-two",
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"code": "ru",
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{
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{
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{
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{
"word": "tandem trailer"
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{
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"depth": 1,
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"depth": 1,
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"2": "tandem",
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"depth": 1,
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"2": "tandem",
"bor": "1"
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"depth": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "tandem",
"bor": "1"
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"name": "desc"
}
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{
"depth": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "fi",
"2": "tandem",
"bor": "1"
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"name": "desc"
}
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{
"depth": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "tandem",
"bor": "1"
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"expansion": "→ French: tandem",
"name": "desc"
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{
"depth": 1,
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"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "Tandem",
"bor": "1"
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{
"depth": 1,
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"depth": 1,
"templates": [
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"2": "tandem",
"bor": "1"
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"name": "desc"
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"depth": 1,
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"args": {
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"2": "tandem",
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"sense": "bicycle",
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"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "shuāngrén zìxíngchē",
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"word": "双人自行车"
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"lang": "Danish",
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"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "bicycle",
"tags": [
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{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "bicycle",
"word": "tandem"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "bicycle",
"word": "tandempyörä"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "bicycle",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "tandem"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "bicycle",
"tags": [
"neuter"
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"word": "Tandem"
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{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "tántem",
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"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "bicycle",
"word": "tandemo"
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "bicycle",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
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"sense": "bicycle",
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{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "iinyong jajeon'geo",
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"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "bicycle",
"tags": [
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"lang": "Portuguese",
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"tags": [
"masculine"
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "edin zad drug",
"sense": "One behind the other",
"word": "един зад друг"
},
{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "One behind the other",
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"roman": "gusʹkóm",
"sense": "One behind the other",
"word": "гусько́м"
},
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"lang": "Russian",
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"sense": "One behind the other",
"word": "цу́гом"
},
{
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"english": "on a bicycle",
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"roman": "tandɛ́mom",
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"word": "танде́мом"
},
{
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"sense": "One behind the other",
"word": "angkas"
}
],
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}
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zaedno",
"sense": "together; working as one",
"word": "заедно"
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{
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"roman": "sǎvmestno",
"sense": "together; working as one",
"word": "съвместно"
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{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "together; working as one",
"word": "samen-"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "together; working as one",
"word": "yhteistyössä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "together; working as one",
"word": "yhdessä"
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}
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