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"ref": "1959, “In Old Mexico”, Tom Lehrer (music)",
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"(intransitive) To step or turn aside; to deviate; to swerve; especially, to turn aside from the main subject of attention, or course of argument, in writing or speaking."
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"sense": "to deviate",
"word": "kreniti vstran"
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"To turn aside from the right path; to transgress; to offend."
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"(intransitive) To turn aside from the right path; to transgress; to offend."
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"sense": "to transgress",
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"word": "отступа́ть"
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"(intransitive) To step or turn aside; to deviate; to swerve; especially, to turn aside from the main subject of attention, or course of argument, in writing or speaking."
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"word": "отклонявам се"
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"sense": "to deviate",
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{
"code": "cs",
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"sense": "to deviate",
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"sense": "to deviate",
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"code": "eo",
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"sense": "to deviate",
"word": "deflankiĝi"
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"code": "fi",
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"word": "eksyä (aiheesta)"
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"sense": "to deviate",
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{
"code": "hu",
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"sense": "to deviate",
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{
"code": "mi",
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"sense": "to deviate",
"word": "kāwekaweka"
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{
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"code": "pl",
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "to deviate",
"word": "divagar"
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"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to deviate",
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{
"code": "ru",
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"roman": "otklonjátʹsja",
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"sense": "to deviate",
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"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
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"word": "kreniti vstran"
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"code": "sl",
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"sense": "to deviate",
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"word": "oddaljiti se"
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to deviate",
"word": "desviarse"
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{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "šeġvel",
"sense": "to transgress",
"word": "շեղվել"
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{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to transgress",
"word": "ofensa"
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"code": "ru",
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"roman": "otstupátʹ",
"sense": "to transgress",
"word": "отступа́ть"
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],
"word": "digress"
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