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"ref": "2017 March 1, “UN slams Thai 'culture of torture'”, in Bangkok Post",
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"sense": "Inexplicable",
"word": "onverklaarbaar"
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"sense": "Inexplicable",
"word": "selittämätön"
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"roman": "osvoboden ot otgovornost",
"sense": "Not responsible",
"word": "освободен от отговорност"
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"sense": "Not responsible",
"word": "onaansprakelijk"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "Not responsible",
"word": "vastuuton"
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"sense": "Not responsible",
"word": "qui n’a pas de compte à rendre"
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"code": "grc",
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"roman": "aneúthunos",
"sense": "Not responsible",
"word": "ἀνεύθυνος"
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"sense": "Not responsible",
"word": "nieodpowiedzialny"
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"roman": "nepodotčótnyj",
"sense": "Not responsible",
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