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"ref": "1922, Michael Arlen, “3/1/1”, in “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days",
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"word": "柏油路"
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"sense": "bituminous road surface",
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"word": "asfalt"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "bituminous road surface",
"word": "öljysora"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "bituminous road surface",
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"code": "fi",
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "bituminous road surface",
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{
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"sense": "bituminous road surface",
"word": "aszfaltburkolat"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "bituminous road surface",
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{
"code": "hu",
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"sense": "bituminous road surface",
"word": "aszfaltút"
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{
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"note": "aszfaltozott/kátrányos út/útburkolat/burkolat",
"sense": "bituminous road surface"
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{
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"masculine"
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{
"code": "ga",
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"sense": "bituminous road surface",
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "bituminous road surface",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"code": "ja",
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"sense": "bituminous road surface",
"word": "ターマック"
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"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
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"sense": "bituminous road surface",
"word": "アスファルト舗装路"
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{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
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"sense": "bituminous road surface",
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},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "bituminous road surface",
"word": "papatau"
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "area of an airport, where planes park or maneuver",
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"ref": "2008, Valerie Belsey, Exploring Green Lanes in North and North-West Devon, page 108",
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"ref": "2014, Taking the rough with the smooth: Bolton residents anger over half-tarmaced road, ITV Granada",
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