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| English
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Topics
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Indonesian
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Standard Malay
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Notes
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| sabotage
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sabotasê
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sabotaj
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| sack (bag)
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goni
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guni
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| sad
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iba
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hiba
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| salaam alaikum (Muslim greeting)
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Islam
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asalamualaikum
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assalamualaikum
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| salad
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cuisine
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sêlada
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salad
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| salty (taste)
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cuisine
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asin
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masin
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| sandpaper
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ampêlas
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empelas
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| sarcastic
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sarkastis
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sarkastik
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| sardine (fish)
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zoology
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sardèn
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sardin
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| Saturn
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astronomy
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Zohal
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Zuhal
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| sauce
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cuisine
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saus
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sos
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| sausage
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cuisine
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sosis
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soséj
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| scale
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music
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skala
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skel
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| scenario
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drama
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skénario
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sénario
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| schedule
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jadwal
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jadual
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| scheme
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skéma
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skim
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| schist
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geology
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sêkis
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syis
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| scholarship (grant-in-aid)
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education
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béasiswa
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biasiswa
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| scold
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hardik
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herdik
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| scoop (verb)
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ciduk
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cédok
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| scorpion
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zoology
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kalajêngking
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kala jengking
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| Scotland
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geography
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Skotlandia
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Scotland
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| screw
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engineering
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sêkrup
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skru
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| secret
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rahasia
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rahsia
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| sect
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séktê
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sékta
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| section
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bagian
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bahagian
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| section
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sèksi
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séksyen
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| secular (not specifically religious)
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sèkulèr
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sékular
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| security
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financial
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sêkuritas
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sékuriti
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| sediment, precipitate
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êndap
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hendap
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| semen (body fluid)
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biology
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sèmèn
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sémen
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| sense (manner by which living beings perceive the physical world)
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biology
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indra
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deria
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| sensitivity
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sènsitivitas
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sénsitiviti
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| sentiment
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sèntimèn
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séntimen
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| separate (verb)
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urai
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hurai
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| sermon
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religion
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khotbah
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khutbah
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| sequin
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fashion
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lobêrci
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labuci
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| sergeant
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military
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sèrsan
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sarjan
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| series
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séri
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siri
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| sewer
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lungkang
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longkang
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| sexuality
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sèksualitas
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séksualiti
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| sexy
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sèksi
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séksi
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| Sha'ban
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Islam
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Syakban
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Syaaban
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| shake
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guncang
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goncang
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| shampoo
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sampo
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syampu
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| shell
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biology
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cangkang
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cangkerang
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The form of cangkang is also attested in Standard Malay (Malaysian) dictionary.
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| shiftwork
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sif
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syif
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| silage
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silasê
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silaj
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| silk
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fashion
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sutra
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sutera
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| simpleleaf chastetree
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lênggundi
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legundi
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| sin
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Islam
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karyah
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kiryah
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| sinful
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Islam
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fasik
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fasiq
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| sink
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kêlêlap
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kelalap
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| siren (loud sound device)
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sirénê
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siren
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| sky
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cakrawala
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cakerawala
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| slander
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jujah
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jujat
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| slang (unconventional language)
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linguistics
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slang
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slanga
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| sled
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èrèt
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hérét
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| slip
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gêlimang
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gelumang
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| sloth
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kungkang
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kongkang
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| Slovakia
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geography
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Slowakia
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Slovakia
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| small cut
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iris
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hiris
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| small job
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gêrupis
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geropes
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| snapping
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antuk
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hantuk
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| snooker
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sport
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snoker
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snuker
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| snot
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ingus
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hingus
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| snow
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salju
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salji
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| sob
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têrisak-isak
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terésak-ésak
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| solidarity
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sociology
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solidaritas
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solidariti
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| sounds smooth and loud
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gêlêting
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keleting
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| sour (taste)
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asam
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masam
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| souvenir
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cêndêra mata
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cenderamata
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| soy sauce
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cuisine
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kècap
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kicap
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| Spain, Spanish
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geography
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Spanyol
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Sepanyol
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| spayed, castration
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biology
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kêbiri
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kembiri
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| specimen
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spèsimên
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spésimen
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| spectacles
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medicine
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kacamata
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kaca mata
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| sphincter
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anatomy
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sfingter
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sfinkter
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| spider
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zoology
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laba-laba
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labah-labah
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| spoils of war
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ganimah
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ghanimah
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| spoils of war
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ganimah
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ghanimah
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| sponge
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zoology
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spons
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span
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| sponge (a type of light cake)
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cuisine
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bolu
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baulu
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| sparrow
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zoology
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gêlatik
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jelatik
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| sputum
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medicine
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dahak
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kahak
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| stadium (sporting venue)
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stadion
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stadium
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| stamp (stamping)
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business
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cap
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cop
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| stamp (paper for prepay postage or other dues)
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business
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mêtêrai
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meterai
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| standard
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standar
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standard
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| statement (declaration or remark)
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communication
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pêrnyataan
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kenyataan
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| station
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civil engineering
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stasiun
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stésén
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| statistics
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mathematics
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statistika
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statistik
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| statute
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law
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statuta
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statut
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| steak (meat)
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cuisine
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stéik
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stik
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| steam
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chemistry
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uap
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wap
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| stereotype
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stéréotipê
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stéréotaip
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| stomp hard
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ênyak
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henyak
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| stone of wisdom
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guliga
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geliga
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| strange
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garib
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gharib
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| strategic
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stratègis
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stratégik
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| strawberry
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botany
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strobèri
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strawberi [strobéri]
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| stretching
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gêlinggang
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gelénggang
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| style (flower)
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botany
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stilus
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stil
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| subsidiary
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subsider
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subsidiari
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| suck, draw
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sêdot
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sedut
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| sun
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surya
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suria
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| superiority
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supêrioritas
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supérioriti
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| supply (amount of)
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perbekalan
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bekalan
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| surprised
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hèran
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hairan
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| suspect
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law
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suspèk
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suspék
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| Sweden
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geography
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Swedia
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Sweden
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| syllabic
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linguistics
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silabis
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silabik
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| symbiotic
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simbiotis
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simbiotik
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| symptom
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medicine
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simtom
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simptom
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| syndicate
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sindikat
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sindikét
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| synthetic
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sintètis
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sintétik
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| Syria
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geography
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Suriah
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Syria
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| syrup
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cuisine
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sirop
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sirap
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| system
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philosophy
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sistém
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sistem
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| systematic
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philosophy
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sistématis, sistématik
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sistematik
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| tactical
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taktis
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taktikal
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| talcum
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material science
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talk
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talkum
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| tar
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material science
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bêlangkin
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belaking
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| tart
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cuisine
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tar
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tart [tat]
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| tasty
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cuisine
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lêzat
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lazat
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| tauco (fermented soybean paste)
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cuisine
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taoco
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taucu
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| taxi
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mechanical engineering
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taksi
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téksi
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| technical
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engineering
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tèknis
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téknikal
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| technician
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engineering
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tèknisi
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téknisyen*
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The form is attested in Singaporean Standard Malay, (Malaysian) Standard Malay use juruteknik instead.
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| technique
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tèknik
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téknik
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| telephone
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electronics
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télépon
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téléfon
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| television
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electronics
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télévisi
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télévisyen
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| telophase
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cytology
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telofasê
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telofasa
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| tempo
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témpo
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témpoh
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| terrace
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architecture
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tèras
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térés
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| the Honourable
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Yang Terhormat (Yth.)
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Yang Berhormat (YB)
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| thematic
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tèmatis
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tematik
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| theocratic
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government
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tèokratis
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téokratik
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| theorem
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tèorèma
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téorem
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| theoretical
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philosophy
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tèorètis
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téorétikal
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| thermal
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physics
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termal
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terma
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| thermodynamic
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physics
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termodinamis
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termodinamik
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| thermodynamics
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physics
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termodinamika
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termodinamik
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| thin
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tipis
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nipis
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| thin-layer chromatography
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analytical chemistry
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kromatografi lapis tipis
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kromatografi lapisan nipis
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| think (action); thinking
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pikir
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fikir
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| thud
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gêdêbuk
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gedebak
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| Thursday
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Kamis
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Khamis
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| ticket
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business
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tikèt
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tikét
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| tickle
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gêlitik
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geléték
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The Indonesian nonstandard spellings include gêlètèk and gêliting.
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| tight-lipped
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bungkas
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bongkas
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| time zone
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geography
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zona waktu
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zon waktu
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| tofu
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cuisine
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tahu
|
tauhu
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| tomato
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cuisine
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tomat
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tomato
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| Tomb Sweeping Day
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religion
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cèngbèng
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cémbéng
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| ton (unit of weight)
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physics
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ton
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tan
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| tonnage
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tonasê
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tanan
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| tool for unplugging bottle plugs
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kotrèk
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koterék
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| toothless
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ompong
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rompong
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| torque
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mechanics
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torsi, torka
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tork
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| tract
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anatomy
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saluran
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salur
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| tragic
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tragis
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tragik
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| trample
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êntak
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hentak
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| trapezium
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geometry
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trapésium
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trapézium
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| traumatic
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traumatis
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traumatik
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| treacherous
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durhaka
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derhaka
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| treasurer
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business
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bendahara, bendahari
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bendahara, bendahari
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Both standard listed both forms. The bendahara/bendahari distinction lie on the scale on Standard Malay (state treasurer will use -a form, small organisation use -i form) and sex on Indonesian (male treasurer use -a form, female treasurer use -i form).
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| trend
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trèn
|
trénd [trén]
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| Trinity
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Christianity
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trinitas
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triniti
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| tropical
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geography
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tropis
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tropika
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| truck (lorry)
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mechanical engineering
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truk
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trak
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| try
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coba
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cuba
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| tunnel
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civil engineering
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têrowongan
|
terowong
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| turmeric bird
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kêpodang
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kepudang
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| turpentine
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chemical engineering
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térpêntin
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turpentin
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| turquoise (mineral)
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geology
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pirus
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firus
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| twitching
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komat-kamit
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kumat-kamit
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| tycoon (magnate; a wealthy, powerful business person)
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business
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taipan, taiko
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taikun
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| type
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tipê
|
tipa
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| typhoon
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geology
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topan
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taufan
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