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"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to become known",
"word": "tulla tietoon"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to become known",
"word": "paljastua"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to become known",
"word": "transpirer"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "mathévomai",
"sense": "to become known",
"word": "μαθεύομαι"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to become known",
"word": "kiderül"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to become known",
"word": "kitudódik"
},
{
"alt": "あきらかになる",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "akiraka ninaru",
"sense": "to become known",
"word": "明らかになる"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Transpiration"
],
"word": "transpire"
}
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