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"sense": "to search, hunt",
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"sense": "to search, hunt",
"word": "localizar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to search, hunt",
"word": "spåra"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to search, hunt",
"word": "förfölja"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vystéžuvaty",
"sense": "to search, hunt",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "висте́жувати"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "výstežyty",
"sense": "to search, hunt",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "ви́стежити"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vyslídžuvaty",
"sense": "to search, hunt",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "вислі́джувати"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "výslidyty",
"sense": "to search, hunt",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "ви́слідити"
},
{
"code": "vep",
"lang": "Veps",
"sense": "to search, hunt",
"word": "kacelta"
},
{
"code": "sah",
"lang": "Yakut",
"roman": "irdee",
"sense": "to search, hunt",
"word": "ирдээ"
}
],
"word": "track down"
}
{
"called_from": "page/2386",
"msg": "inconsistent language codes cmn vs nan-hbl in translation item: 't' {1: 'nan-hbl', 2: '查獲', 'tr': 'cha-he̍k'}",
"path": [
"track down",
"t"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "verb",
"title": "track down",
"trace": ""
}
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