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"word": "濕紙巾"
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"sense": "moistened piece of paper or cloth",
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"sense": "moistened piece of paper or cloth",
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"sense": "moistened piece of paper or cloth",
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"word": "toalhete"
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"word": "вла́жная салфе́тка"
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"sense": "moistened piece of paper or cloth",
"word": "ıslak mendil"
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"sense": "moistened piece of paper or cloth",
"word": "giấy ướt"
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"ref": "2023, Kesia Lupo, Let’s Play Murder, London: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, page 23",
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"ref": "2023 June 30, Marina Hyde, “The tide is coming in fast on Rishi Sunak – and it’s full of sewage”, in The Guardian",
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"word": "濕紙巾"
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"word": "湿纸巾"
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"word": "濕巾"
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"sense": "moistened piece of paper or cloth",
"word": "濕紙巾"
},
{
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"roman": "shīzhǐjīn",
"sense": "moistened piece of paper or cloth",
"word": "湿纸巾"
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "moistened piece of paper or cloth",
"word": "kosteuspyyhe"
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"sense": "moistened piece of paper or cloth",
"tags": [
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"word": "lingette humide"
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"sense": "moistened piece of paper or cloth",
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"word": "feuchtes Tuch"
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"sense": "moistened piece of paper or cloth",
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"word": "Feuchtpapier"
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"word": "mokra chusteczka"
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"sense": "moistened piece of paper or cloth",
"tags": [
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"word": "chusteczka nawilżająca"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "moistened piece of paper or cloth",
"tags": [
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"word": "toalhete"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vlážnaja salfétka",
"sense": "moistened piece of paper or cloth",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "вла́жная салфе́тка"
},
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"code": "sh",
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"sense": "moistened piece of paper or cloth",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "vlažna màramica"
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "moistened piece of paper or cloth",
"tags": [
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"word": "våtservett"
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{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "moistened piece of paper or cloth",
"word": "ıslak mendil"
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{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "moistened piece of paper or cloth",
"word": "giấy ướt"
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"wikipedia": [
"wet wipe"
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