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"sense": "to do without",
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"roman": "otkazvam se",
"sense": "to let pass",
"word": "отказвам се"
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"roman": "izostavjam",
"sense": "to let pass",
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"word": "laten voorbijgaan"
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"sense": "to let pass",
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"sense": "to let pass",
"word": "päästää"
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"sense": "to let pass",
"word": "antaa mennä"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to let pass",
"word": "jättää rauhaan"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to let pass",
"word": "auslassen"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "to let pass",
"word": "unterlassen"
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"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to let pass",
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"sense": "to let pass",
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"sense": "to let pass",
"word": "odpovedati se čemu"
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"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to let pass",
"word": "pasar por alto"
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"roman": "minavam bez",
"sense": "to do without",
"word": "минавам без"
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"sense": "to do without",
"word": "undvære"
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"sense": "to do without",
"word": "het zonder doen"
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{
"code": "nl",
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"sense": "to do without",
"word": "zich onthouden van"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to do without",
"word": "luopua"
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"sense": "to do without",
"word": "olla ilman"
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{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "to do without",
"word": "pidättäytyä"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to do without",
"word": "se passer de"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to do without",
"word": "renoncer à"
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"code": "de",
"english": "auf",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to do without",
"word": "verzichten"
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"lang": "German",
"sense": "to do without",
"word": "entsagen"
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{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to do without",
"word": "whakamahue"
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"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to do without",
"word": "whakakore"
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"code": "mi",
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"sense": "to do without",
"word": "whakarere"
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"code": "mi",
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"sense": "to do without",
"word": "waiho"
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"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to do without",
"word": "abandonar"
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"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to do without",
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"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to do without",
"word": "renonciar"
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"code": "ru",
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"roman": "otkázyvatʹsja",
"sense": "to do without",
"word": "отка́зываться"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vozdérživatʹsja",
"sense": "to do without",
"word": "возде́рживаться"
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to do without",
"word": "dejar de lado"
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"sense": "to do without",
"word": "avstå från"
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