at a loss for words in English

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          "code": "ca",
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          "sense": "having nothing to say",
          "word": "quedar-se sense paraules"
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          "code": "nl",
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          "sense": "having nothing to say",
          "word": "sprakeloos"
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          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "having nothing to say",
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          "word": "mennä sanattomaksi"
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          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "having nothing to say",
          "word": "bouche bée"
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          "alt": "ことばにできない",
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "having nothing to say",
      "word": "quedar-se sense paraules"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "having nothing to say",
      "word": "sprakeloos"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "having nothing to say",
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      "word": "mennä sanattomaksi"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "having nothing to say",
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      "word": "mykistyä"
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      "sense": "having nothing to say",
      "word": "bouche bée"
    },
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      "code": "tts",
      "lang": "Isan",
      "roman": "bə̀ət-kam-sì-wáo",
      "sense": "having nothing to say",
      "word": "เบิดคำสิเว้า"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ことばにできない",
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      "roman": "kotoba ni dekinai",
      "sense": "having nothing to say",
      "word": "言葉に出来ない"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
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      "note": "brak komuś słów (komuś is replaced with the appropriate noun or pronoun in dative)",
      "sense": "having nothing to say"
    },
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      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "mòt-kam-jà-pûut",
      "sense": "having nothing to say",
      "word": "หมดคำจะพูด"
    },
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      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "pûut-mâi-ɔ̀ɔk",
      "sense": "having nothing to say",
      "word": "พูดไม่ออก"
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"at a loss for words" meaning in English

Prepositional phrase