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"colloquial",
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"colloquial"
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"Welsh terms derived from Proto-Celtic",
"Welsh terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
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{
"english": "fragile, loose",
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"word": "breuol"
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"english": "to become brittle",
"translation": "to become brittle",
"word": "breuo"
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"translation": "shortcrust pastry",
"word": "crwst brau"
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"english": "brittle bladder-fern",
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