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"sense": "anything that whirls or spins around, such as a toy",
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"sense": "anything that whirls or spins around, such as a toy",
"word": "tararī"
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"sense": "anything that whirls or spins around, such as a toy",
"word": "takawairore"
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"roman": "vertuška",
"sense": "anything that whirls or spins around, such as a toy",
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"word": "вертушка"
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"sense": "anything that whirls or spins around, such as a toy",
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