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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "timid, hesitant",
"word": "bevend"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "timid, hesitant",
"word": "epävarma"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "timid, hesitant",
"word": "hermostunut"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "timid, hesitant",
"word": "timide"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "timid, hesitant",
"word": "timoré"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "timid, hesitant",
"word": "ängstlich"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "timid, hesitant",
"word": "furchtsam"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "bojazkyj",
"sense": "timid, hesitant",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "боязкий"
}
],
"word": "tremulous"
}
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