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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "restrained",
"word": "zurückhaltend"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "restrained",
"word": "zaghaft"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "restrained",
"word": "zögernd"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "restrained",
"word": "zögerlich"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "restrained",
"word": "tastend"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "restrained",
"word": "vorfühlend"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "restrained",
"word": "puhatolózó"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "restrained",
"word": "tapogatózó"
}
],
"word": "tentative"
}
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