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],
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"word": "ئەندۇۋا"
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"text": "I need to dig a hole for these begonias; would you pass me that trowel?",
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"word": "espátula"
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"A tool used for smoothing a mold."
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"word": "Glättkelle"
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"sense": "scoop-like gardening tool",
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"word": "مِنْقَار"
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"code": "ca",
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"code": "nl",
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"sense": "scoop-like gardening tool",
"word": "tuinschep"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "scoop-like gardening tool",
"word": "istutuslapio"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "scoop-like gardening tool",
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"masculine"
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"word": "déplantoir"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "scoop-like gardening tool",
"word": "transplantoir"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "scoop-like gardening tool",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Pflanzkelle"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "scoop-like gardening tool",
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"feminine"
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"word": "Pflanzschaufel"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "scoop-like gardening tool",
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"feminine"
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{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "scoop-like gardening tool",
"word": "sekop"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "scoop-like gardening tool",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "lián"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "scoop-like gardening tool",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "paletta"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "mojongsap",
"sense": "scoop-like gardening tool",
"word": "모종삽"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "bilče",
"sense": "scoop-like gardening tool",
"word": "بیلچه"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "scoop-like gardening tool",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "łopatka"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "scoop-like gardening tool",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "espátula"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sadóvyj sovók",
"sense": "scoop-like gardening tool",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "садо́вый сово́к"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "scoop-like gardening tool",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pala de jardinería"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "scoop-like gardening tool",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "desplantador"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "scoop-like gardening tool",
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"word": "trädgårdsspade"
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{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "scoop-like gardening tool",
"word": "planteringsspade"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "scoop-like gardening tool",
"word": "dulos"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "scoop-like gardening tool",
"word": "bahçe malası"
},
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"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "scoop-like gardening tool",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "mālaj",
"sense": "tool used for smoothing mold",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "مَالَج"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "tool used for smoothing mold",
"word": "tasoituslasta"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "tool used for smoothing mold",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "gâche"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "tool used for smoothing mold",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Glättkelle"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
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],
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{
"code": "de",
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"code": "de",
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"code": "hu",
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"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "tool used for smoothing mold",
"word": "sekop"
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"code": "it",
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"feminine"
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"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
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"feminine"
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"ref": "2014 July 1, Steve Rose, “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes: a primate scream - first look review”, in The Guardian",
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to apply with a trowel",
"word": "troffelen"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to apply with a trowel",
"word": "lapata"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to apply with a trowel",
"word": "lapioida"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to apply with a trowel",
"word": "tasoittaa"
},
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"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to apply with a trowel",
"word": "tasoitella"
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"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "malalamak",
"sense": "to apply with a trowel",
"word": "مالهلامق"
},
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"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to apply with a trowel",
"word": "malalamak"
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