couldn't in All languages combined

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  "categories": [
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Contractie in het Engels",
      "parents": [],
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    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Woorden in het Engels",
      "parents": [],
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    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Woorden in het Engels met audioweergave",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Woorden in het Engels van lengte 8",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Engels",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "contraction",
  "pos_title": "Contractie",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He wanted to come, but he couldn't.",
          "translation": "Hij wou komen, maar hij kon niet."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "could+not: kon niet, konden niet"
      ],
      "id": "nl-couldn't-en-contraction-9jD~Z~wf"
    }
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    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "contraction"
  ],
  "word": "couldn't"
}

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{
  "categories": [
    "Contractie in het Engels",
    "Woorden in het Engels",
    "Woorden in het Engels met audioweergave",
    "Woorden in het Engels van lengte 8"
  ],
  "lang": "Engels",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "contraction",
  "pos_title": "Contractie",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He wanted to come, but he couldn't.",
          "translation": "Hij wou komen, maar hij kon niet."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "could+not: kon niet, konden niet"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
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      "audio": "en-us-couldn't.ogg",
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      "ogg_url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/en-us-couldn't.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "contraction"
  ],
  "word": "couldn't"
}

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"couldn't" meaning in All languages combined

Contraction [Engels]