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"synonyms": [
{
"sense": "long or tiring walk",
"word": "hike"
},
{
"sense": "long or tiring walk",
"word": "trek"
},
{
"word": "trapes"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "long or tiring walk",
"word": "tarpominen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "long or tiring walk",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Gewaltmarsch"
}
],
"word": "traipse"
}
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