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"sense": "reflexive jerking away",
"word": "arreguizo"
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"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "reflexive jerking away",
"word": "arrepío"
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"(intransitive) To make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a (usually negative) stimulus; to cringe."
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"tags": [
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"sense": "to make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a stimulus",
"word": "terugdeinzen"
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"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a stimulus",
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{
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a stimulus",
"word": "kavahtaa"
},
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"_dis1": "95 2 3",
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "to make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a stimulus",
"word": "säpsähtää"
},
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"_dis1": "95 2 3",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a stimulus",
"word": "broncher"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 3",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a stimulus",
"word": "sursauter"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 3",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a stimulus",
"word": "arreguizarse"
},
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"_dis1": "95 2 3",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a stimulus",
"word": "arrepiarse"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 3",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a stimulus",
"word": "estremecerse"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a stimulus",
"word": "zucken"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a stimulus",
"word": "zurückzucken"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a stimulus",
"word": "zurückschrecken"
},
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"_dis1": "95 2 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a stimulus",
"word": "zurückweichen"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a stimulus",
"word": "zusammenzucken"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a stimulus",
"word": "wanken"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a stimulus",
"word": "zusammenfahren"
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"_dis1": "95 2 3",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "anapidó",
"sense": "to make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a stimulus",
"word": "αναπηδώ"
},
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"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "anapēdô",
"sense": "to make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a stimulus",
"word": "ἀναπηδῶ"
},
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"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a stimulus",
"word": "cúlaigh"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 3",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a stimulus",
"word": "creathnaigh"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 3",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a stimulus",
"word": "sussultare"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 3",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hirumu",
"sense": "to make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a stimulus",
"word": "怯む"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 3",
"code": "mi",
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"sense": "to make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a stimulus",
"word": "wīwī"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 3",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a stimulus",
"word": "toemi"
},
{
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"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a stimulus",
"word": "kōrapa"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 3",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a stimulus",
"word": "koemi"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 3",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a stimulus",
"word": "maopo"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 3",
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "to make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a stimulus",
"word": "schrynken"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 3",
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "pusmak",
"sense": "to make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a stimulus",
"word": "پوصمق"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 3",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a stimulus",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "wzdrygać się"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 3",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a stimulus",
"tags": [
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"word": "wzdrygnąć się"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 3",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a stimulus",
"word": "estremecer"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 3",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vzdrágivatʹ",
"sense": "to make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a stimulus",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "вздра́гивать"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 3",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vzdrógnutʹ",
"sense": "to make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a stimulus",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "вздро́гнуть"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 3",
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sodrogátʹsja",
"sense": "to make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a stimulus",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "содрога́ться"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 3",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sodrognútʹsja",
"sense": "to make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a stimulus",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "содрогну́ться"
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{
"_dis1": "95 2 3",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a stimulus",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "cimnuti"
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{
"_dis1": "95 2 3",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a stimulus",
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"word": "lecnuti"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 3",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a stimulus",
"tags": [
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"reflexive"
],
"word": "trznuti"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 3",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a stimulus",
"word": "cuknúť sa"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 3",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a stimulus",
"word": "myknúť sa"
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"_dis1": "95 2 3",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a stimulus",
"word": "trhnúť sa"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 3",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "to make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a stimulus",
"word": "trzniti"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 3",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a stimulus",
"word": "estremecerse"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 3",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a stimulus",
"word": "reaccionar"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 3",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a stimulus",
"word": "rycka till"
}
]
},
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"To dodge (a question), to avoid an unpleasant task or duty"
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"word": "couvnout"
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"_dis1": "6 87 7",
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"sense": "to avoid doing something momentarily",
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{
"_dis1": "6 87 7",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to avoid doing something momentarily",
"tags": [
"perfective"
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"word": "vyhnout se"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 87 7",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to avoid doing something momentarily",
"word": "sich entziehen"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 87 7",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to avoid doing something momentarily",
"word": "kōrapa"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 87 7",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "uvilʹnutʹ",
"sense": "to avoid doing something momentarily",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "увильнуть"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 87 7",
"code": "sk",
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"sense": "to avoid doing something momentarily",
"word": "vyhnúť sa"
}
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"singular",
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},
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"present"
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"code": "sk",
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