See backfire on Wiktionary
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"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "fail",
"word": "give bagslag"
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},
{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "fail",
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"code": "pt",
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"word": "sair pela culatra"
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
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{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "fail",
"word": "obiti se o glavu"
},
{
"code": "es",
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},
{
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{
"code": "es",
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{
"code": "es",
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"word": "jugar una mala pasada"
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"args": {
"1": "en",
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