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"2": "thorough-",
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"ref": "1961, Frederic Morton, The Rothschilds, page 173",
"text": "“I ask you,” cried Lloyd George in 1909. “Are we to have all the ways of reform, financial and social, blocked simply by a notice board: ‘No thoroughfare. By order of Nathanial Rothschild’?”",
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"ref": "1974, John Le Carré, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy",
"text": "In the scullery Smiley had once more checked his thoroughfare, shoved some deck-chairs aside, and pinned a string to the mangle to guide him because he saw badly in the dark.",
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"sense": "way through",
"word": "անցում"
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"roman": "tōngdào",
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"sense": "way through",
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"_dis1": "86 1 12 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "way through",
"word": "kulkureitti"
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{
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"sense": "way through",
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"word": "passage"
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"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "gasasvleli",
"sense": "way through",
"word": "გასასვლელი"
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"roman": "gasavali",
"sense": "way through",
"word": "გასავალი"
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"roman": "díodos",
"sense": "way through",
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"feminine"
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"sense": "way through",
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"ref": "1841, Charles Dickens, Barnaby Rudge",
"text": "a dozen houses were quickly blazing, including those of Sir John Fielding and two other justices, and four in Holborn – one of the greatest thoroughfares in London – which were all burning at the same time, and burned until they went out of themselves, for the people cut the engine hose, and would not suffer the firemen to play upon the flames.",
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"ref": "2011 July 1, Stephen Phelan, The Guardian",
"text": "Local art is now a viable industry, and hundreds of islanders make a living in it. The thoroughfare of Oneroa village is lined with shops and galleries full of their work.",
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "šāriʕ raʔīsiyy",
"sense": "road open at both ends",
"tags": [
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"word": "شَارِع رَئِيسِيّ"
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"roman": "layn pʿoġocʿ",
"sense": "road open at both ends",
"word": "լայն փողոց"
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"roman": "banuk pʿoġocʿ",
"sense": "road open at both ends",
"word": "բանուկ փողոց"
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"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "pǎtna arterija",
"sense": "road open at both ends",
"word": "пътна артерия"
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yàodào",
"sense": "road open at both ends",
"word": "要道"
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"sense": "road open at both ends",
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"word": "康衢"
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"sense": "road open at both ends",
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"tags": [
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"word": "päätie"
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"sense": "road open at both ends",
"word": "pääkatu"
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{
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"sense": "road open at both ends",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "grand-rue"
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{
"_dis1": "3 87 7 2",
"code": "fr",
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"sense": "road open at both ends",
"tags": [
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"word": "voie principale"
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"tags": [
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"word": "artère"
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"roman": "saṭransṗorṭo magisṭrali",
"sense": "road open at both ends",
"word": "სატრანსპორტო მაგისტრალი"
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"roman": "cocxali kuča",
"sense": "road open at both ends",
"word": "ცოცხალი ქუჩა"
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"roman": "parto kuča",
"sense": "road open at both ends",
"word": "ფართო ქუჩა"
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"roman": "ganieri kuča",
"sense": "road open at both ends",
"word": "განიერი ქუჩა"
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"tags": [
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"tags": [
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"word": "Verkehrsader"
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"roman": "leofóros",
"sense": "road open at both ends",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "λεωφόρος"
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{
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"roman": "diéxodos",
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"sense": "road open at both ends",
"word": "目抜き通り"
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{
"_dis1": "3 87 7 2",
"alt": "おおどおり",
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"sense": "road open at both ends",
"word": "大通り"
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"_dis1": "3 87 7 2",
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"sense": "road open at both ends",
"tags": [
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"word": "droga przelotowa"
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"sense": "road open at both ends",
"tags": [
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"word": "via pública"
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"_dis1": "3 87 7 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "glávnaja doróga",
"sense": "road open at both ends",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "гла́вная доро́га"
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{
"_dis1": "3 87 7 2",
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "oživljónnaja doróga",
"sense": "road open at both ends",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "оживлённая доро́га"
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"roman": "oživljónnaja úlica",
"sense": "road open at both ends",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "оживлённая у́лица"
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"_dis1": "3 87 7 2",
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "avtostráda",
"sense": "road open at both ends",
"tags": [
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"word": "автостра́да"
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"_dis1": "3 87 7 2",
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"roman": "magistrálʹ",
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"tags": [
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"sense": "road open at both ends",
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"sense": "road open at both ends",
"tags": [
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"word": "vía pública"
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"_dis1": "3 87 7 2",
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"sense": "road open at both ends",
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"word": "vía de comunicación f gran rua"
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{
"_dis1": "3 87 7 2",
"code": "vi",
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"sense": "road open at both ends",
"word": "đường lớn"
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{
"_dis1": "3 87 7 2",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "road open at both ends",
"word": "đường phố lớn"
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"text": "The sign leading to the other carriage reads: No thoroughfare.",
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"ref": "1819, Washington Irving, The Sketch Book, Roscoe",
"text": "Mr. Roscoe, on the contrary, has claimed none of the accorded privileges of talent. He has shut himself up in no garden of thought, no elysium of fancy; but has gone forth into the highways and thoroughfares of life; […].",
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"The act of going through; passage; travel, transit."
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"(uncountable) The act of going through; passage; travel, transit."
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"roman": "ǰrayin uġi",
"sense": "waterway",
"word": "ջրային ուղի"
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"roman": "hángdào",
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"word": "航道"
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"_dis1": "11 5 6 77",
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"roman": "shuǐdào",
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"roman": "vódnyj putʹ",
"sense": "waterway",
"tags": [
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"ref": "1961, Frederic Morton, The Rothschilds, page 173",
"text": "“I ask you,” cried Lloyd George in 1909. “Are we to have all the ways of reform, financial and social, blocked simply by a notice board: ‘No thoroughfare. By order of Nathanial Rothschild’?”",
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"ref": "1974, John Le Carré, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy",
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"ref": "2011 July 1, Stephen Phelan, The Guardian",
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"ref": "1819, Washington Irving, The Sketch Book, Roscoe",
"text": "Mr. Roscoe, on the contrary, has claimed none of the accorded privileges of talent. He has shut himself up in no garden of thought, no elysium of fancy; but has gone forth into the highways and thoroughfares of life; […].",
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"roman": "ancʿum",
"sense": "way through",
"word": "անցում"
},
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"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "tōngdào",
"sense": "way through",
"word": "通道"
},
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],
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"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "way through",
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"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "gasasvleli",
"sense": "way through",
"word": "გასასვლელი"
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{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "gasavali",
"sense": "way through",
"word": "გასავალი"
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"sense": "way through",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"tags": [
"feminine"
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"roman": "díodos",
"sense": "way through",
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"feminine"
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"sense": "way through",
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"feminine"
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{
"alt": "とおりぬけ",
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"sense": "way through",
"word": "通り抜け"
},
{
"alt": "つうろ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "tsūro",
"sense": "way through",
"word": "通路"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "way through",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "przejście"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "way through",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "passagem"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "proxód",
"sense": "way through",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "прохо́д"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "projézd",
"sense": "way through",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "прое́зд"
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "way through",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "way through",
"word": "lối đi"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "šāriʕ raʔīsiyy",
"sense": "road open at both ends",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "شَارِع رَئِيسِيّ"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "layn pʿoġocʿ",
"sense": "road open at both ends",
"word": "լայն փողոց"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "banuk pʿoġocʿ",
"sense": "road open at both ends",
"word": "բանուկ փողոց"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "pǎtna arterija",
"sense": "road open at both ends",
"word": "пътна артерия"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yàodào",
"sense": "road open at both ends",
"word": "要道"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zhǔlù",
"sense": "road open at both ends",
"word": "主路"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "dàdào",
"sense": "road open at both ends",
"word": "大道"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "kāngqú",
"sense": "road open at both ends",
"word": "康衢"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "road open at both ends",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "doorgangsweg"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "road open at both ends",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "doorgaande weg"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "road open at both ends",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "verkeersader"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "road open at both ends",
"word": "päätie"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "road open at both ends",
"word": "pääkatu"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "road open at both ends",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "grand-rue"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "road open at both ends",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "voie principale"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "road open at both ends",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "artère"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "saṭransṗorṭo magisṭrali",
"sense": "road open at both ends",
"word": "სატრანსპორტო მაგისტრალი"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "cocxali kuča",
"sense": "road open at both ends",
"word": "ცოცხალი ქუჩა"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "parto kuča",
"sense": "road open at both ends",
"word": "ფართო ქუჩა"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ganieri kuča",
"sense": "road open at both ends",
"word": "განიერი ქუჩა"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "road open at both ends",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Durchgangsstraße"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "road open at both ends",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Hauptverkehrsstraße"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "road open at both ends",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Verkehrsader"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "leofóros",
"sense": "road open at both ends",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "λεωφόρος"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "diéxodos",
"sense": "road open at both ends",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "διέξοδος"
},
{
"alt": "めぬきどおり",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "menukidōri",
"sense": "road open at both ends",
"word": "目抜き通り"
},
{
"alt": "おおどおり",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "ōdōri",
"sense": "road open at both ends",
"word": "大通り"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "road open at both ends",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "droga przelotowa"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "road open at both ends",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "via pública"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "glávnaja doróga",
"sense": "road open at both ends",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "гла́вная доро́га"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "oživljónnaja doróga",
"sense": "road open at both ends",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "оживлённая доро́га"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "oživljónnaja úlica",
"sense": "road open at both ends",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "оживлённая у́лица"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "avtostráda",
"sense": "road open at both ends",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "автостра́да"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "magistrálʹ",
"sense": "road open at both ends",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "магистра́ль"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "avtomagistrálʹ",
"sense": "road open at both ends",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "автомагистра́ль"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "road open at both ends",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "vía pública"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "road open at both ends",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "vía de comunicación f gran rua"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "road open at both ends",
"word": "đường lớn"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "road open at both ends",
"word": "đường phố lớn"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "ǰrayin uġi",
"sense": "waterway",
"word": "ջրային ուղի"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "hángdào",
"sense": "waterway",
"word": "航道"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shuǐdào",
"sense": "waterway",
"word": "水道"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "waterway",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "vaarweg"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "waterway",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "waterweg"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "waterway",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "vaarwater"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "waterway",
"word": "vesitie"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "waterway",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "voie navigable"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "waterway",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Wasserstrasse"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "porthmós",
"sense": "waterway",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "πορθμός"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "waterway",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "droga wodna"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "waterway",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "hidrovia"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vódnyj putʹ",
"sense": "waterway",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "во́дный путь"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kanál",
"sense": "waterway",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "кана́л"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vódnaja magistrálʹ",
"sense": "waterway",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "во́дная магистра́ль"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "waterway",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "canal"
}
],
"word": "thoroughfare"
}
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