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"text": "aparātam ir kāda vaina, ka tas nedarbojas",
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"text": "viņi visas vainas ārstējot ar zāļu tējām'",
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"english": "to complain about all kinds of ailments",
"text": "sūdzēties par visādām vainām",
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],
"glosses": [
"disease, ailment, wound"
],
"links": [
[
"disease",
"disease"
],
[
"ailment",
"ailment"
],
[
"wound",
"wound"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-4",
"feminine"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Latvian terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "if he doesn't work, it is only because of laziness",
"text": "ja viņš nestrādā, tad tā ir tikai slinkuma vaina",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"cause"
],
"links": [
[
"cause",
"cause"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-4",
"feminine"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[vāīna]"
},
{
"audio": "Lv-vaina.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/6c/Lv-vaina.ogg/Lv-vaina.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6c/Lv-vaina.ogg"
}
],
"word": "vaina"
}
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