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"sense": "to delay someone or something",
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"sense": "to delay someone or something",
"word": "tegenhouden"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to delay someone or something",
"word": "ritardare"
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"code": "pl",
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"sense": "to delay someone or something",
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"word": "odczekiwać"
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"code": "pl",
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"sense": "to delay someone or something",
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"sense": "to delay someone or something",
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"sense": "to delay someone or something",
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{
"code": "pt",
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"sense": "to delay someone or something",
"word": "deter"
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{
"code": "pt",
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"sense": "to delay someone or something",
"word": "reter"
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{
"code": "pt",
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"sense": "to delay someone or something",
"word": "segurar"
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"roman": "otkládyvatʹ",
"sense": "to delay someone or something",
"word": "откла́дывать"
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "to delay someone or something",
"word": "posponer"
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"sense": "to delay someone or something",
"word": "retrasar"
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "to delay commencing",
"word": "posporre"
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"sense": "to delay commencing",
"word": "deter"
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"sense": "to delay commencing",
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"sense": "to delay commencing",
"word": "откла́дывать"
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"sense": "to delay commencing",
"word": "posponer"
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "To delay commencing an action",
"word": "attendere"
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"roman": "otkládyvatʹ",
"sense": "To delay commencing an action",
"word": "откла́дывать"
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "To delay commencing an action",
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"word": "hold off"
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