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"4": "",
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"5": "to wander beyond"
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"ref": "1907, Virgil, “1.X”, in Edward Fairfax Taylor, transl., The Æneid of Virgil, London: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd.",
"text": "Go, set the storm-winds free, / And sink their ships or scatter them astray, / And strew their corpses forth, to weltering waves a prey.",
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "biḍalāl",
"sense": "in a wrong direction",
"word": "بِضَلَال"
},
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʕalā ḍalāl",
"sense": "in a wrong direction",
"word": "عَلَى ضَلَال"
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{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "in a wrong direction",
"word": "desencaminadament"
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{
"code": "chr",
"lang": "Cherokee",
"roman": "ulenahidv",
"sense": "in a wrong direction",
"word": "ᎤᎴᎾᎯᏛ"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "in a wrong direction",
"word": "迷途地"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "in a wrong direction",
"word": "harhaan"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "in a wrong direction",
"word": "fehlgeleitet"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "in a wrong direction",
"word": "abwegig"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "in a wrong direction",
"word": "irregeleitet"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"sense": "in a wrong direction",
"word": "道に迷って"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zabludívšisʹ",
"sense": "in a wrong direction",
"word": "заблуди́вшись"
},
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sbívšisʹ s putí",
"sense": "in a wrong direction",
"word": "сби́вшись с пути́"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "in a wrong direction",
"word": "perdido"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "in a wrong direction",
"word": "extraviado"
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "in a wrong direction",
"word": "vilse"
},
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "in a wrong direction",
"word": "på villovägar"
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "biḍalāl",
"sense": "in a wrong direction",
"word": "بِضَلَال"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʕalā ḍalāl",
"sense": "in a wrong direction",
"word": "عَلَى ضَلَال"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "in a wrong direction",
"word": "desencaminadament"
},
{
"code": "chr",
"lang": "Cherokee",
"roman": "ulenahidv",
"sense": "in a wrong direction",
"word": "ᎤᎴᎾᎯᏛ"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "in a wrong direction",
"word": "迷途地"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "in a wrong direction",
"word": "harhaan"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "in a wrong direction",
"word": "fehlgeleitet"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "in a wrong direction",
"word": "abwegig"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "in a wrong direction",
"word": "irregeleitet"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"sense": "in a wrong direction",
"word": "道に迷って"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zabludívšisʹ",
"sense": "in a wrong direction",
"word": "заблуди́вшись"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sbívšisʹ s putí",
"sense": "in a wrong direction",
"word": "сби́вшись с пути́"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "in a wrong direction",
"word": "perdido"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "in a wrong direction",
"word": "extraviado"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "in a wrong direction",
"word": "vilse"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "in a wrong direction",
"word": "på villovägar"
}
],
"word": "astray"
}
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