See works in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"sense": "a factory",
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"sense": "everything or everything that is available or possible; especially, all available toppings on food",
"word": "minden"
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "everything or everything that is available or possible; especially, all available toppings on food",
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"sense": "everything or everything that is available or possible; especially, all available toppings on food",
"word": "az egész"
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"code": "hu",
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"sense": "everything or everything that is available or possible; especially, all available toppings on food",
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"code": "hu",
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"code": "hu",
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"word": "miskulancia"
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "an act associated with moral or religious standing",
"word": "daden"
}
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"works"
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"word": "all the way"
},
{
"word": "in the works"
},
{
"word": "the whole nine yards"
},
{
"word": "the whole shebang"
},
{
"word": "the whole shop"
}
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"word": "work"
}
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"third-person singular simple present indicative of work"
],
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[
"work",
"work#English"
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"works"
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}
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"title": "works",
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