See let down on Wiktionary
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"word": "подведа"
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"word": "辜負 /辜负"
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"sense": "to disappoint",
"word": "pettää"
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"sense": "to disappoint",
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"sense": "to disappoint",
"word": "laisser tomber"
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"lang": "German",
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"sense": "to disappoint",
"word": "im Stich lassen"
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"_dis1": "1 2 89 1 2 2 1",
"code": "de",
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "to disappoint",
"word": "átejt"
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"sense": "to disappoint",
"word": "clis ar"
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"sense": "to disappoint",
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"sense": "to disappoint",
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"sense": "to disappoint",
"word": "lämna i sticket"
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"sense": "to disappoint",
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"word": "pidentää"
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"sense": "to allow to descend",
"word": "జార్చు"
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"code": "uk",
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"code": "bg",
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"code": "cmn",
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"word": "pettää"
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"code": "fi",
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"word": "hylätä"
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{
"code": "fr",
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"sense": "to disappoint",
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"word": "pettää"
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"sense": "to disappoint",
"word": "clis ar"
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{
"code": "it",
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"sense": "to disappoint",
"word": "deludere"
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{
"code": "it",
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"sense": "to disappoint",
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"word": "失望させる"
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"word": "zawieść"
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{
"code": "pl",
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"word": "rozczarować"
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "to disappoint",
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"code": "ru",
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"code": "ru",
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"code": "sh",
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"code": "sh",
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"code": "es",
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},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "to disappoint",
"word": "svika"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "to disappoint",
"word": "lämna i sticket"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"lang_code": "tr",
"sense": "to disappoint",
"word": "hayal kırıklığına uğratmak"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"lang_code": "uk",
"roman": "pidvódyty",
"sense": "to disappoint",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "підво́дити"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"lang_code": "uk",
"roman": "pidvésty",
"sense": "to disappoint",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "підве́сти"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"lang_code": "uk",
"roman": "rozčaróvuvaty",
"sense": "to disappoint",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "розчаро́вувати"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"lang_code": "uk",
"roman": "rozčaruváty",
"sense": "to disappoint",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "розчарува́ти"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"lang_code": "bg",
"roman": "otpusna podgǎv",
"sense": "to lengthen by undoing and resewing",
"word": "отпусна подгъв"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"lang_code": "bg",
"roman": "udǎlža s otpuskane na podgǎva",
"sense": "to lengthen by undoing and resewing",
"word": "удължа с отпускане на подгъва"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "to lengthen by undoing and resewing",
"word": "pidentää"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "to lengthen by undoing and resewing",
"word": "auslassen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "to lengthen by undoing and resewing",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
],
"word": "herauslassen"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"lang_code": "ro",
"sense": "to lengthen by undoing and resewing",
"word": "lăsa tivul"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"lang_code": "ro",
"sense": "to lengthen by undoing and resewing",
"word": "lungi tivul"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"lang_code": "sh",
"sense": "to lengthen by undoing and resewing",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "пустити поруб"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"lang_code": "sh",
"sense": "to lengthen by undoing and resewing",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "продужити пуштањем поруба"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"lang_code": "sh",
"sense": "to lengthen by undoing and resewing",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "pustiti porub"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"lang_code": "sh",
"sense": "to lengthen by undoing and resewing",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "produžiti puštanjem poruba"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "to lengthen by undoing and resewing",
"word": "alargar"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"lang_code": "bg",
"roman": "otpuskam",
"sense": "to reduce one's level of effort",
"word": "отпускам"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"lang_code": "bg",
"roman": "namaljavam usilijata",
"sense": "to reduce one's level of effort",
"word": "намалявам усилията"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "to reduce one's level of effort",
"word": "antaa periksi"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "to reduce one's level of effort",
"word": "ausbremsen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "to reduce one's level of effort",
"word": "beeinträchtigen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "to reduce one's level of effort",
"word": "erschweren"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "to reduce one's level of effort",
"word": "zurückhalten"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"lang_code": "ro",
"sense": "to reduce one's level of effort",
"word": "lenevi"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"lang_code": "ro",
"sense": "to reduce one's level of effort",
"word": "slăbi efortul"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"lang_code": "sh",
"sense": "to reduce one's level of effort",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "попустити"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"lang_code": "sh",
"sense": "to reduce one's level of effort",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "смањити напор"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"lang_code": "sh",
"sense": "to reduce one's level of effort",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "popustiti"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"lang_code": "sh",
"sense": "to reduce one's level of effort",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "smanjiti napor"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"lang_code": "bg",
"roman": "omekotjavam pri temperirane",
"sense": "to soften in tempering",
"word": "омекотявам при темпериране"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "to soften in tempering",
"word": "temperoida"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"lang_code": "ro",
"sense": "to soften in tempering",
"word": "înmuia prin călire"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"lang_code": "sh",
"sense": "to soften in tempering",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "омекшати при термичкој обради"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"lang_code": "sh",
"sense": "to soften in tempering",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "omekšati pri termičkoj obradi"
}
],
"word": "let down"
}
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