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"sense": "react with anger or fear",
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"roman": "vyxodítʹ iz sebjá",
"sense": "react with anger or fear",
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"word": "выходи́ть из себя́"
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"sense": "react with anger or fear",
"word": "çıldırmak"
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"roman": "vyxodyty z sebe",
"sense": "react with anger or fear",
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"sense": "scare someone",
"word": "嚇"
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"word": "嚇死"
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"word": "吓死"
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"word": "pelottaa"
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "scare someone",
"word": "faire paniquer"
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"code": "it",
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"word": "intimorire"
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"word": "spaventare"
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"sense": "scare someone",
"word": "怖がらせる"
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"sense": "scare someone",
"word": "겁주다"
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"sense": "scare someone",
"word": "amedrontar"
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"sense": "scare someone",
"word": "assustar"
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