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"sense": "to act naturally",
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"sense": "to act naturally",
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],
"word": "كَانَ نَفْسَكَ"
},
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "kāna nafsaki",
"sense": "to act naturally",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "كَانَ نَفْسَكِ"
},
{
"code": "br",
"lang": "Breton",
"sense": "to act naturally",
"word": "bezit c'hwi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to act naturally",
"word": "olla oma itsensä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to act naturally",
"tags": [
"infinitive"
],
"word": "être soi-même"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to act naturally",
"word": "összhangban van önmagával"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to act naturally",
"word": "természetesen / spontán módon viselkedik"
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{
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"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to act naturally",
"word": "magát adja"
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"sense": "to act naturally",
"word": "önmaga"
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to act naturally",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "być sobą"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to act naturally",
"word": "ser si mesmo"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "bytʹ samím sobój",
"sense": "to act naturally",
"tags": [
"infinitive"
],
"word": "быть сами́м собо́й"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "to act naturally",
"word": "maging sarili ng isa"
}
],
"word": "be oneself"
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