See look down one's nose on Wiktionary
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"ref": "1940, Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton, The House of Lee, Kessinger, published 2005, →ISBN, page 98:",
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"word": "herabschauen"
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"word": "смотре́ть с высока́"
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"word": "herabschauen"
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"word": "von oben herab behandeln"
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"sense": "To regard as inferior or distasteful; to hold in contempt",
"word": "guardare dall'alto in basso"
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"sense": "To regard as inferior or distasteful; to hold in contempt",
"word": "tirohura"
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"sense": "To regard as inferior or distasteful; to hold in contempt",
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"word": "смотре́ть с высока́"
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"word": "look down one's nose"
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