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"text": "The computer has been very troublesome for me. It never works when I need to use it.",
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},
{
"ref": "2022 June 15, Christian Wolmar, “What do the railways need and how can we fulfil that need?”, in RAIL, number 959, page 45",
"text": "The problem is that the likes of Shapps and his boss Boris Johnson are eager for a fight with the unions. They are being deliberately provocative, so they can portray railway workers as 'troublesome trots'.",
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"word": "burdensome"
},
{
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}
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"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "giving trouble",
"word": "lastig"
},
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"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "neprijaten",
"sense": "giving trouble",
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],
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"sense": "giving trouble",
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"sense": "giving trouble",
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{
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"sense": "giving trouble",
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{
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"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "giving trouble",
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{
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"sense": "giving trouble",
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{
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{
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{
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"sense": "giving trouble",
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"lang": "German",
"sense": "giving trouble",
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"word": "χαλεπός"
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"roman": "argaléos",
"sense": "giving trouble",
"word": "ἀργαλέος"
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"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "giving trouble",
"word": "bajos"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "giving trouble",
"word": "aimpléiseach"
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{
"code": "ga",
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"sense": "giving trouble",
"word": "trioblóideach"
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "giving trouble",
"word": "problematico"
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"sense": "giving trouble",
"word": "យ៉ាប់"
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"sense": "giving trouble",
"word": "molestus"
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"sense": "giving trouble",
"word": "susah"
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{
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"sense": "giving trouble",
"word": "menyusahkan"
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{
"code": "mi",
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"sense": "giving trouble",
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{
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"word": "whakatōwenewene"
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"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "giving trouble",
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"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "giving trouble",
"word": "problemático"
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"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "giving trouble",
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"sense": "giving trouble",
"word": "беспоко́йный"
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"sense": "giving trouble",
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{
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"sense": "giving trouble",
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},
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"text": "The computer has been very troublesome for me. It never works when I need to use it.",
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"ref": "2022 June 15, Christian Wolmar, “What do the railways need and how can we fulfil that need?”, in RAIL, number 959, page 45",
"text": "The problem is that the likes of Shapps and his boss Boris Johnson are eager for a fight with the unions. They are being deliberately provocative, so they can portray railway workers as 'troublesome trots'.",
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{
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"sense": "giving trouble",
"word": "lastig"
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"sense": "giving trouble",
"word": "неприятен"
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"sense": "giving trouble",
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
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},
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"code": "nan-hbl",
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"sense": "giving trouble",
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"sense": "giving trouble",
"word": "討厭"
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"word": "讨厌"
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"word": "煩人"
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"word": "麻煩"
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"word": "យ៉ាប់"
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"word": "беспоко́йный"
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"word": "хло́потный"
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"sense": "giving trouble",
"word": "helbulus"
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