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"A casual, courteous remark."
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"(sometimes proscribed) A casual, courteous remark."
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"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "ljubeznost",
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"sense": "courteous remark",
"word": "客套的話"
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"ref": "2014 November 18, Daniel Taylor, The Guardian",
"text": "Charlie Mulgrew could easily have been shown two yellow cards by a stricter referee and amid all the usual Anglo-Scottish pleasantries, the two sets of fans put an awful lot of effort into trying to drown out one another’s national anthems.",
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"A playful remark; a jest."
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"roman": "šega",
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"sense": "jest",
"word": "打趣的話"
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"roman": "xiántán de huà",
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"word": "闲谈的话"
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"roman": "meze",
"sense": "jest",
"word": "مزه"
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"roman": "špilʹka",
"sense": "jest",
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"word": "шпилька"
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"Anything that promotes pleasure or merriment."
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"(dated) Anything that promotes pleasure or merriment."
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"(sometimes proscribed) A casual, courteous remark."
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"Anything that promotes pleasure or merriment."
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"(dated) Anything that promotes pleasure or merriment."
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "ljubeznost",
"sense": "courteous remark",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "любезност"
},
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "courteous remark",
"word": "客套的話"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "kètào de huà",
"sense": "courteous remark",
"word": "客套的话"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "courteous remark",
"word": "寒暄的話"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "hánxuān de huà",
"sense": "courteous remark",
"word": "寒暄的话"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "courteous remark",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "elskværdighed"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "courteous remark",
"word": "kohteliaisuus"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "courteous remark",
"word": "kehu"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ljubeznostʹ",
"sense": "courteous remark",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "любезность"
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "šega",
"sense": "jest",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "шега"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zakačka",
"sense": "jest",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "закачка"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "jest",
"word": "打趣的話"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "dǎqù de huà",
"sense": "jest",
"word": "打趣的话"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "jest",
"word": "閑談的話"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "xiántán de huà",
"sense": "jest",
"word": "闲谈的话"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "jest",
"word": "vitsailu"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "meze",
"sense": "jest",
"word": "مزه"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "špilʹka",
"sense": "jest",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "шпилька"
}
],
"word": "pleasantry"
}
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