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"sense": "with a crook or bend; with the hand on the hip and elbow turned outward",
"word": "me duart në ijë"
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"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "jeṙkʻerə kantʻac",
"sense": "with a crook or bend; with the hand on the hip and elbow turned outward",
"word": "ձեռքերը կանթած"
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"code": "bcl",
"lang": "Bikol Central",
"sense": "with a crook or bend; with the hand on the hip and elbow turned outward",
"word": "sarikaw"
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "with a crook or bend; with the hand on the hip and elbow turned outward",
"word": "en gerres"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "chāyāo",
"sense": "with a crook or bend; with the hand on the hip and elbow turned outward",
"word": "插腰"
},
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "with a crook or bend; with the hand on the hip and elbow turned outward",
"word": "s rukama v bok"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "with a crook or bend; with the hand on the hip and elbow turned outward",
"word": "met de handen"
},
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"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "with a crook or bend; with the hand on the hip and elbow turned outward",
"word": "mansurkokse"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "with a crook or bend; with the hand on the hip and elbow turned outward",
"word": "puusas"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "with a crook or bend; with the hand on the hip and elbow turned outward",
"word": "poings sur hanches"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "doinǯšemoq̇rili",
"sense": "with a crook or bend; with the hand on the hip and elbow turned outward",
"word": "დოინჯშემოყრილი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "with a crook or bend; with the hand on the hip and elbow turned outward",
"word": "in die Seiten gestemmt"
},
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"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "with a crook or bend; with the hand on the hip and elbow turned outward",
"word": "með hendur á mjöðmum"
},
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"code": "ilo",
"lang": "Ilocano",
"sense": "with a crook or bend; with the hand on the hip and elbow turned outward",
"word": "nakabannikes"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "with a crook or bend; with the hand on the hip and elbow turned outward",
"word": "de mãos nas ancas"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "with a crook or bend; with the hand on the hip and elbow turned outward",
"word": "de mãos à ilharga"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "with a crook or bend; with the hand on the hip and elbow turned outward",
"word": "podbočen"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "with a crook or bend; with the hand on the hip and elbow turned outward",
"word": "en jarras"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "with a crook or bend; with the hand on the hip and elbow turned outward",
"word": "nakapamaywang"
}
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"ref": "1903, Emily Constance Baird Cook, Highways and byways in London, page 430:",
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"ref": "1978, Padma Upadhyaya, Female Images in the Museums of Uttar Pradesh, page 272:",
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "s rǎce na krǎsta",
"sense": "with arms akimbo",
"word": "с ръце на кръста"
},
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "chāyāode",
"sense": "with arms akimbo",
"word": "插腰地"
},
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "with arms akimbo",
"word": "kädet lanteilla"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "doinǯšemoq̇rili",
"sense": "with arms akimbo",
"word": "დოინჯშემოყრილი"
},
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "with arms akimbo",
"word": "die Arme in die Seite gestemmt"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "with arms akimbo",
"word": "die Arme in die Hüften gestemmt"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "with arms akimbo",
"word": "csípőre tett kézzel"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "with arms akimbo",
"word": "com as mãos na cintura"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "podbočénivšisʹ",
"sense": "with arms akimbo",
"word": "подбоче́нившись"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "with arms akimbo",
"word": "con los brazos en jarras"
},
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "with arms akimbo",
"word": "höfterfäst"
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