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{
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"word": "dammit"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:yay",
"word": "woe is me"
}
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{
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"word": "yayness"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0",
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"3": "イェーイ",
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"text": "→ Japanese: イェイ (yei), イェーイ (yēi)"
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{
"_dis": "75 25",
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"source": "w+disamb"
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{
"_dis": "59 41",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Ido translations",
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"source": "w+disamb"
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"_dis": "69 31",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Interlingua translations",
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{
"_dis": "57 43",
"kind": "other",
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"_dis": "75 25",
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"name": "Terms with Korean translations",
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"source": "w+disamb"
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"_dis": "78 22",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Mandarin translations",
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"_dis": "75 25",
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"An expression of happiness."
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"(colloquial) An expression of happiness."
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"sense": "an expression of happiness",
"word": "好哇"
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"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "wànsuì",
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"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "an expression of happiness",
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"sense": "an expression of happiness",
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"sense": "an expression of happiness",
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "an expression of happiness",
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"sense": "an expression of happiness",
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"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "an expression of happiness",
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"sense": "an expression of happiness",
"word": "ვაშა"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "an expression of happiness",
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{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "an expression of happiness",
"word": "hurra"
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"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "grc",
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"roman": "alalaí",
"sense": "an expression of happiness",
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"code": "grc",
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"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "hu",
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"sense": "an expression of happiness",
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{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "an expression of happiness",
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"code": "is",
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{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "is",
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"sense": "an expression of happiness",
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{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "io",
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"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "ia",
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"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "ja",
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "an expression of happiness",
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "an expression of happiness",
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"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "an expression of happiness",
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"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "an expression of happiness",
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
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"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "es",
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"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "es",
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"sense": "an expression of happiness",
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "an expression of happiness",
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"code": "sv",
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"sense": "an expression of happiness",
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"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "sv",
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"lang": "Turkish",
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"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "tr",
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"sense": "an expression of happiness",
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"_dis1": "100 0",
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"_dis1": "100 0",
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"sense": "an expression of happiness",
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"_dis1": "0 0",
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"_dis1": "0 0",
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"_dis1": "0 0",
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"_dis1": "0 0",
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"_dis1": "0 0",
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"_dis1": "0 0",
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"_dis1": "0 0",
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"_dis1": "0 0",
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"homophone": "Ye"
}
],
"word": "yay"
}
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"called_from": "page/2530",
"msg": "skipping string in the middle of translations: </table></div></div>\n\n",
"path": [
"yay"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "interjection",
"title": "yay",
"trace": ""
}
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