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"To behave in a manner appropriate to one's age."
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"word": "别没大没小的"
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"word": "sich seinem Alter entsprechend benehmen"
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"word": "uzvesties atbilstoši savam vecumam"
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"roman": "vestí sebjá sootvétstvenno svojemú vózrastu",
"sense": "to be mature and not childish",
"word": "вести́ себя́ соотве́тственно своему́ во́зрасту"
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"word": "ทำตัวให้เป็นผู้ใหญ่"
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"word": "别没大没小的"
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"sense": "to be mature and not childish",
"word": "不要孩子气"
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"sense": "to be mature and not childish",
"word": "käyttäytyä (kunnolla)"
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"sense": "to be mature and not childish",
"word": "sich seinem Alter entsprechend benehmen"
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"sense": "to be mature and not childish",
"word": "uzvesties atbilstoši savam vecumam"
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"sense": "to be mature and not childish",
"word": "comporte-se"
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"roman": "vestí sebjá sootvétstvenno svojemú vózrastu",
"sense": "to be mature and not childish",
"word": "вести́ себя́ соотве́тственно своему́ во́зрасту"
},
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"sense": "to be mature and not childish",
"word": "comportarse"
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"sense": "to be mature and not childish",
"word": "ทำตัวให้เป็นผู้ใหญ่"
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"word": "act one's age"
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