See muddy the waters on Wiktionary
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"ref": "2004 March 12, Giles Tremlett, “The clues that point towards al-Qaida”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:",
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"roman": "jiǎo húnshuǐ",
"sense": "To make something unclear and difficult to understand",
"word": "攪渾水 /搅浑水"
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"sense": "To make something unclear and difficult to understand",
"word": "sotkea asiaa"
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"sense": "To make something unclear and difficult to understand",
"word": "hämmentää"
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"sense": "To make something unclear and difficult to understand",
"word": "noyer le poisson"
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"word": "brouiller les pistes"
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"roman": "tholóno ta nerá",
"sense": "To make something unclear and difficult to understand",
"word": "θολώνω τα νερά"
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"sense": "To make something unclear and difficult to understand",
"word": "intorbidare le acque"
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"sense": "To make something unclear and difficult to understand",
"word": "confondere le acque"
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"sense": "To make something unclear and difficult to understand",
"word": "zaciemniać obraz"
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"roman": "mutítʹ vódu",
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"sense": "To make something unclear and difficult to understand",
"word": "攪渾水 /搅浑水"
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"sense": "To make something unclear and difficult to understand",
"word": "sotkea asiaa"
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"word": "hämmentää"
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"word": "noyer le poisson"
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"word": "brouiller les pistes"
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"roman": "tholóno ta nerá",
"sense": "To make something unclear and difficult to understand",
"word": "θολώνω τα νερά"
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"sense": "To make something unclear and difficult to understand",
"word": "intorbidare le acque"
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"word": "confondere le acque"
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"word": "zaciemniać obraz"
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