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"code": "it",
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"sense": "in opposition to",
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"sense": "compared with",
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{
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"word": "ha"
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"code": "sv",
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"sense": "compared with",
"word": "jämfört"
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{
"code": "bo",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"roman": "gzhan las",
"sense": "compared with",
"word": "གཞན་ལས"
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"roman": "bamuqābila",
"sense": "compared with",
"word": "مقابلہ"
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