See crafty on Wiktionary
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"text": "22 March 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Gameshttp://www.avclub.com/articles/the-hunger-games,71293/\nTogether, with the help of the drunkard Haymitch (Woody Harrelson), the only District 12 citizen ever to win the Games, they challenge tributes that range from sadistic volunteers to crafty kids like the pint-sized Rue (Amandla Stenberg) to the truly helpless and soon-to-be-dead."
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "srǎčen",
"sense": "dexterous",
"word": "сръчен"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "dexterous",
"word": "ingegnoso"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "dexterous",
"word": "destro"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "dexterous",
"word": "fantasioso"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "lóvkij",
"sense": "dexterous",
"word": "ло́вкий"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "dexterous",
"word": "diestro"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "dexterous",
"word": "becerikli"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "umel",
"sense": "skillful",
"word": "умел"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "skillful",
"word": "taitava"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "skillful",
"word": "kyvykäs"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "skillful",
"word": "osaava"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "skillful",
"word": "kykenevä"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "skillful",
"word": "geschickt"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "umélyj",
"sense": "skillful",
"word": "уме́лый"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
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"sense": "skillful",
"word": "иску́сный"
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{
"code": "es",
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"sense": "skillful",
"word": "mañoso"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "skillful",
"word": "habiloso"
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{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "skillful",
"word": "becerikli"
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "hitǎr",
"sense": "cunning, wily",
"word": "хитър"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "lukav",
"sense": "cunning, wily",
"word": "лукав"
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jiǎohuá",
"sense": "cunning, wily",
"word": "狡猾"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "cunning, wily",
"word": "ovela"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "cunning, wily",
"word": "viekas"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "cunning, wily",
"word": "rusé"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "cunning, wily",
"word": "madré"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "cunning, wily",
"word": "gerissen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "cunning, wily",
"word": "schlau"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "cunning, wily",
"word": "listig"
},
{
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "listeigs",
"sense": "cunning, wily",
"word": "𐌻𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌴𐌹𐌲𐍃"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "panoûrgos",
"sense": "cunning, wily",
"word": "πανοῦργος"
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{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "kídaphos",
"sense": "cunning, wily",
"word": "κίδαφος"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "cunning, wily",
"word": "cleasach"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "cunning, wily",
"word": "furbo"
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{
"alt": "こうかつな",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kōkatsu na",
"sense": "cunning, wily",
"word": "狡猾な"
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"code": "la",
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"sense": "cunning, wily",
"word": "dolōsus"
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{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "cunning, wily",
"word": "vafer"
},
{
"code": "la",
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"sense": "cunning, wily",
"word": "callidus"
},
{
"code": "mi",
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"sense": "cunning, wily",
"word": "mūrere"
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{
"code": "mi",
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"sense": "cunning, wily",
"word": "nanakia"
},
{
"code": "mi",
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"sense": "cunning, wily",
"word": "rauhanga"
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{
"code": "ang",
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"sense": "cunning, wily",
"word": "ġēaplīċ"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "kurnaz",
"sense": "cunning, wily",
"word": "قورناز"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "asmak",
"sense": "cunning, wily",
"word": "آصمق"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "hile-gar",
"sense": "cunning, wily",
"word": "حیلهگر"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "cunning, wily",
"word": "chytry"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "cunning, wily",
"word": "przebiegły"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "cunning, wily",
"word": "podstępny"
},
{
"code": "ru",
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"sense": "cunning, wily",
"word": "хи́трый"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
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"sense": "cunning, wily",
"word": "кова́рный"
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{
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "dhūrta",
"sense": "cunning, wily",
"word": "धूर्त"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "cunning, wily",
"word": "seòlta"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "cunning, wily",
"word": "astuto"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "cunning, wily",
"word": "pillo"
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{
"code": "es",
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"sense": "cunning, wily",
"word": "listo"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "cunning, wily",
"word": "pícaro"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "cunning, wily",
"word": "kurnaz"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "cunning, wily",
"word": "cingöz"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "cunning, wily",
"word": "açıkgöz"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "cunning, wily",
"word": "uyanık"
}
],
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