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"text": "He [the Devil] marketh well […] mennes complexions within thẽ [them], health, or ſicknes, good humours or badde, by which they be light hearted or lumpiſh, ſtrong hearted, or faynt & fieble of ſpirite, bolde and hardy, or timorous and fearefull of courage.",
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"msg": "suspicious translation with '; ': {'lang': 'Turkish', 'code': 'tr', 'sense': 'fearful, timid', 'word': 'ürkek; çekingen'}",
"path": [
"timorous"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "adjective",
"title": "timorous",
"trace": ""
}
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