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Language
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Definition
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Word
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Afrikaans
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Wide, open rural grassland and scrubland of Africa
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Veld
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Arabic
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Hot beverage high in caffeine made from beans
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Coffee
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Bengali
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Coarse fibre used to make sacks and mats
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Jute
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Burmese
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Third largest ethnic group of Myanmar, aka Kayin
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Karen
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Cantonese
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Deep bow which touches the head to the floor
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Kowtow
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Catalan
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⁂Small round orange fruit related to peaches
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Apricot
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Czech
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Programmable machine, humanoid machine
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Robot
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Dharug
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Marsupial famous for eucalyptus consumption
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Koala
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Dutch
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Shoulder held rocket launcher
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Bazooka
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French
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Rod used in/by conductors, military, relay, police, etc.
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Baton
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German
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Spirit of the times, mood of a period in history
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Zeitgeist
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Greek
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Aircraft that can hover, and flies with two rotating blades
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Helicopter
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Gujarati
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Another term for ivy gourd/scarlet gourd
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Tindora
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Hindustani
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Large spotted cat, fastest animal on land
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Cheetah
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Hungarian
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Powdered spice made from ground, dried chillies
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Paprika
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Inuktitut
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Small narrow boat propelled by paddling while seated
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Kayak
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Italian
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Center of gambling
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Casino
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Japanese
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Wealthy/powerful business person, magnate/mogul
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Tycoon
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Javanese
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⁑Violent flow of pyroclastic material down a volacano
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Lahar
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Kannada
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Fast-growing grass with hard stem eaten by pandas
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Bamboo
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Korean
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Video of eating large amounts of food
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Mukbang
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Malay
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Be on an uncontrollable violent frenzy
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Run amok
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Malayalam
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Very large tropical edible fruit
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Jackfruit
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Mandarin
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*Extremely enthusiastic or energetic
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Gung ho
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Marathi
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⁂Small carnivorous mammal known for predating snakes
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Mongoose
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Nahuatl
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Spear thrower
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Atlatl
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Odia
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⁂Mighty, unstoppable force
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Juggernaut
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Persian
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Two player board game consisting of kings, pawns, etc.
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Chess
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Polish
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Another term for European bison
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Zubr
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Portuguese
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Highly venomous hooded snake
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Cobra
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Punjabi
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Sikh place of worship
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Gurdwara
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Quechua
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Antimalarial medicine used in tonic water
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Quinine
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Romani
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Improvised knife
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Shiv
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Romanian
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Type of cured meat common in delis and sandwiches
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Pastrami
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Russian
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Riot/massacre of an ethnic group, esp. Jews.
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Pogrom
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Serbo-Croatian
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Blood-sucking mythological creature
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Vampire
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Spanish
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Undesirable black/brown winged insect (not bloodsucking)
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Cockroach
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Swahili
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⁂A trip into the habitat of wild animals for tourism
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Safari
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Swedish
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Dense, high melting point, robust metal element
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Tungsten
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Tagalog
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Remote, rural areas, hinterlands (in the plural)
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Boondocks
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Taino
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Bed suspended between two trees
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Hammock
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Tamil
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Boat with two hulls
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Catamaran
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Telugu
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Small terrestrial marsupial native to Oceania
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Bandicoot
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Thai
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Motorized rickshaw
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Tuk-tuk
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Tibetan
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Mountain dwelling unidentified abominable humanoid
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Yeti
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Tongan
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Excluded or forbidden, especially by social custom
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Taboo
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Turkish
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Semisolid food from bacterially fermented milk
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Yogurt
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Vietnamese
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Soup consisting of broth, rice noodles, herbs, and meat
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Pho
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Wolof
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Curved yellow tropical fruit
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Banana
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Yiddish
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A clumsy person
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Klutz
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