See banter on Wiktionary
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"text": "June 1804, William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham\nIf they banter your regularity, order, and love of study, banter in return their neglect of them."
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"sense": "to engage in banter",
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"sense": "to engage in banter",
"word": "се за́дева"
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"sense": "to engage in banter",
"word": "whakatara"
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"sense": "to engage in banter",
"word": "charlar"
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"sense": "to engage in banter",
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"sense": "to play or do something amusing",
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "to play or do something amusing",
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"word": "s’amuser"
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"code": "de",
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"word": "Spaß haben"
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"word": "sich vergnügen"
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"sense": "to play or do something amusing",
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"sense": "to play or do something amusing",
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"sense": "to play or do something amusing",
"word": "divertirse"
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"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zakačam se",
"sense": "to tease mildly",
"word": "закачам се"
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"code": "bg",
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"roman": "šeguvam se",
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"word": "шегувам се"
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"word": "談笑"
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"word": "plagen"
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "to tease mildly",
"word": "kiusoitella"
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"sense": "to tease mildly",
"word": "taquiner"
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"sense": "to tease mildly",
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"word": "auf den Arm nehmen"
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"sense": "to tease mildly",
"word": "stríða"
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"sense": "to tease mildly",
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"sense": "to tease mildly",
"word": "stuzzicare"
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"code": "mk",
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"sense": "to tease mildly",
"word": "се ше́гува"
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"sense": "to tease mildly",
"word": "caçoar"
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "to tease mildly",
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"sense": "to tease mildly",
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"sense": "to tease mildly",
"word": "подтрунивать"
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"sense": "to tease mildly",
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to tease mildly",
"word": "tomar el pelo a"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to tease mildly",
"word": "chacotear"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to tease mildly",
"word": "takılmak"
}
],
"word": "banter"
}
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