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"text": "You're talking a load of twaddle. Get your facts straight, man!",
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"text": "\"What ineffable twaddle!\" I cried, slapping the magazine down on the table; \"I never read such rubbish in my life.\""
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"text": "I would rather be rude than to listen to twaddle from a man I’ve known."
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"sense": "Empty or silly idle talk or writing",
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"roman": "nisenitnycja",
"sense": "Empty or silly idle talk or writing",
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"feminine"
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"word": "трындеть"
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"neuter"
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\"Swedish\", \"sense\": \"Empty or silly idle talk or writing\", \"tags\": [\"neuter\"], \"word\": \"pladder\"}, {\"code\": \"sv\", \"lang\": \"Swedish\", \"sense\": \"Empty or silly idle talk or writing\", \"tags\": [\"neuter\"], \"word\": \"babbel\"}, {\"code\": \"uk\", \"lang\": \"Ukrainian\", \"roman\": \"nisenitnycja\", \"sense\": \"Empty or silly idle talk or writing\", \"tags\": [\"feminine\"], \"word\": \"нісенітниця\"}, {\"code\": \"uk\", \"lang\": \"Ukrainian\", \"roman\": \"pustoslivʺja\", \"sense\": \"Empty or silly idle talk or writing\", \"tags\": [\"neuter\"], \"word\": \"пустослів'я\"}, {\"code\": \"vo\", \"lang\": \"Volapük\", \"sense\": \"Empty or silly idle talk or writing\", \"word\": \"lupükot\"}], \"word\": \"twaddle\"}",
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