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"αστοχώ" }, { "code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "To fail to discharge properly", "word": "loic" }, { "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "To fail to discharge properly", "word": "incepparsi" }, { "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "osečʹsja", "sense": "To fail to discharge properly", "tags": [ "perfective" ], "word": "осечься" }, { "code": "cmn", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "shīhuǒ", "sense": "To fail to ignite in the proper sequence", "word": "失火" }, { "code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "To fail to ignite in the proper sequence", "word": "střílet" }, { "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "To fail to ignite in the proper sequence", "word": "caler" }, { "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "To fail to ignite in the proper sequence", "word": "fehlzünden" }, { "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "To fail to ignite in the proper sequence", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "encendido defectuoso" }, { "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": 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