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"form": "foul",
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},
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}
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{
"categories": [],
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{
"text": "After a bad foul, a soccer player has to leave the game"
}
],
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"Something that goes against the rules in a sport."
],
"id": "simple-foul-en-noun-~XnW9IKm",
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}
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},
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},
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"audio": "en-us-foul.ogg",
"tags": [
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]
},
{
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]
}
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}
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},
{
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]
},
{
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"superlative"
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}
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"examples": [
{
"text": "We left the meat too many days, and now it is foul and we can't eat it."
},
{
"text": "There's a foul smell in the bathroom."
}
],
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"Bad, or having a bad smell."
],
"id": "simple-foul-en-adj-mxs~em3K"
}
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},
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"audio": "en-us-foul.ogg",
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},
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}
],
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}
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"Something that goes against the rules in a sport."
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"tags": [
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}
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"word": "foul"
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"positive"
]
},
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},
{
"form": "foulest",
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"superlative"
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{
"text": "We left the meat too many days, and now it is foul and we can't eat it."
},
{
"text": "There's a foul smell in the bathroom."
}
],
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"Bad, or having a bad smell."
]
}
],
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{
"enpr": "foul"
},
{
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},
{
"audio": "en-us-foul.ogg",
"tags": [
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]
},
{
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"fowl"
]
}
],
"word": "foul"
}
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