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"sense": "to watch by craning the neck",
"word": "引頸而望"
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"word": "kurkottaa kaulaansa"
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"word": "sich den Hals verrenken"
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"ref": "2023 July 6, Pamela Paul, “What’s the Story With Colleen Hoover?”, in The New York Times",
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},
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"sense": "to watch by craning the neck",
"word": "引頸而望"
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"code": "cmn",
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"sense": "to watch by craning the neck",
"word": "引颈而望"
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"sense": "to watch by craning the neck",
"word": "kurkottaa kaulaansa"
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "to watch by craning the neck",
"word": "faire le badaud"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "to watch by craning the neck",
"word": "gaffen"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to watch by craning the neck",
"word": "sich den Hals verrenken"
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"roman": "glazétʹ",
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"roman": "taráščitʹsja",
"sense": "to watch by craning the neck",
"tags": [
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"word": "тара́щиться"
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to watch by craning the neck",
"tags": [
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"word": "sapear"
},
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to watch by craning the neck",
"word": "mirar"
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"word": "rubberneck"
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