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"word": "baulk end"
},
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}
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"An uncultivated ridge formed in the open field system, caused by the action of ploughing."
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"(agriculture) An uncultivated ridge formed in the open field system, caused by the action of ploughing."
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"The wall of earth at the edge of an excavation."
],
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[
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"(archaeology) The wall of earth at the edge of an excavation."
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"Beam, crossbeam; squared timber; a tie beam of a house, stretching from wall to wall, especially when laid so as to form a loft, \"the balks\"."
],
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],
[
"crossbeam",
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],
[
"tie beam",
"tie beam"
]
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "greda",
"sense": "beam",
"word": "греда"
},
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "beam",
"word": "vazný trám"
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"sense": "beam",
"word": "palkki"
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"sense": "beam",
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"masculine"
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"sense": "beam",
"word": "balak"
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"lang": "Malay",
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"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "beam",
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"masculine"
],
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"code": "ota",
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"roman": "mertek",
"sense": "beam",
"word": "مرتك"
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
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"masculine"
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"masculine"
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"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "beam",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "grindă"
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"code": "ro",
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"sense": "beam",
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"word": "lonjeron"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "bálka",
"sense": "beam",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ба́лка"
},
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "beam",
"word": "viga"
}
]
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{
"text": ", \"Concealment of Sin\"\na balk to the confidence of the bold undertaker"
}
],
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"A hindrance or disappointment; a check."
],
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"hindrance",
"hindrance"
],
[
"disappointment",
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],
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"check",
"check"
]
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "spǎnka",
"sense": "hindrance",
"word": "спънка"
},
{
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "prečka",
"sense": "hindrance",
"word": "пречка"
},
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "hindrance",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "překážka"
},
{
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "hindrance",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "zábrana"
},
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "hindrance",
"tags": [
"neuter"
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"word": "zklamání"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "hindrance",
"word": "este"
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"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "hindrance",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "obstacol"
},
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"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "hindrance",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "piedică"
}
]
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"A sudden and obstinate stop."
],
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"obstinate"
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],
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"word": "failure"
}
]
},
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"glosses": [
"An omission."
],
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"links": [
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"omission",
"omission"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete) An omission."
],
"tags": [
"obsolete"
]
},
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"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Baseball",
"orig": "en:Baseball",
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"Sports",
"Human activity",
"Human behaviour",
"Human",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
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"A deceptive motion.",
"An illegal motion by the pitcher, intended to deceive a runner."
],
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[
"sports",
"sports"
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[
"baseball",
"baseball"
],
[
"pitcher",
"pitcher"
],
[
"deceive",
"deceive"
],
[
"runner",
"runner"
]
],
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"(sports) A deceptive motion.",
"(baseball) An illegal motion by the pitcher, intended to deceive a runner."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "feint"
}
],
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"ball-games",
"baseball",
"games",
"hobbies",
"lifestyle",
"sports"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "topical",
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"orig": "en:Badminton",
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"Sports",
"Human activity",
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"All topics",
"Fundamental"
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"All topics",
"Fundamental"
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],
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"A deceptive motion.",
"A motion used to deceive the opponent during a serve."
],
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[
"sports",
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[
"deceptive",
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[
"badminton",
"badminton"
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[
"serve",
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]
],
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"(sports) A deceptive motion.",
"(badminton) A motion used to deceive the opponent during a serve."
],
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}
],
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"hobbies",
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"sports"
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"orig": "en:Billiards",
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"Recreation",
"Human activity",
"Human behaviour",
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],
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"The area of the table lying behind the line from which the cue ball is initially shot, and from which a ball in hand must be played."
],
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"cue ball",
"cue ball"
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"ball in hand",
"ball in hand"
]
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"(billiards) The area of the table lying behind the line from which the cue ball is initially shot, and from which a ball in hand must be played."
],
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"ball-games",
"billiards",
"games",
"hobbies",
"lifestyle",
"sports"
]
},
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"Recreation",
"Human activity",
"Human behaviour",
"Human",
"All topics",
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"The area of the table lying behind the baulk line."
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"snooker",
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"(snooker) The area of the table lying behind the baulk line."
],
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"ball-games",
"games",
"hobbies",
"lifestyle",
"snooker",
"sports"
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"Human activity",
"Human behaviour",
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"All topics",
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],
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"The rope by which fishing nets are fastened together."
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"links": [
[
"fishing",
"fishing#Noun"
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[
"fishing net",
"fishing net"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(fishing) The rope by which fishing nets are fastened together."
],
"topics": [
"fishing",
"hobbies",
"lifestyle"
]
}
],
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"ipa": "/bɔːk/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/bɔːlk/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/bɔk/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/bɑk/",
"tags": [
"Inland-Northern-American",
"cot-caught-merger"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɔːk"
},
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"code": "br",
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"sense": "an unplowed strip of land",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "erv"
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"sense": "an unplowed strip of land",
"word": "неизорана ивица земя"
},
{
"_dis1": "12 2 17 0 7 0 18 18 10 8 8",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "an unplowed strip of land",
"word": "kyntämätön sarka"
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{
"_dis1": "12 2 17 0 7 0 18 18 10 8 8",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "an unplowed strip of land",
"word": "raja"
},
{
"_dis1": "12 2 17 0 7 0 18 18 10 8 8",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "an unplowed strip of land",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "raie"
},
{
"_dis1": "12 2 17 0 7 0 18 18 10 8 8",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "an unplowed strip of land",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Rain"
},
{
"_dis1": "12 2 17 0 7 0 18 18 10 8 8",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "an unplowed strip of land",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Feldrain"
},
{
"_dis1": "12 2 17 0 7 0 18 18 10 8 8",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "an unplowed strip of land",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Feldrand"
},
{
"_dis1": "12 2 17 0 7 0 18 18 10 8 8",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "an unplowed strip of land",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Furchenrücken"
},
{
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"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "sphûra",
"sense": "an unplowed strip of land",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "σφῦρα"
},
{
"_dis1": "12 2 17 0 7 0 18 18 10 8 8",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "an unplowed strip of land",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "porca"
},
{
"_dis1": "12 2 17 0 7 0 18 18 10 8 8",
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "an unplowed strip of land",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "immyr vane"
},
{
"_dis1": "12 2 17 0 7 0 18 18 10 8 8",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "an unplowed strip of land",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "miedza"
},
{
"_dis1": "12 2 17 0 7 0 18 18 10 8 8",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "an unplowed strip of land",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "hat"
},
{
"_dis1": "12 2 17 0 7 0 18 18 10 8 8",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "an unplowed strip of land",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "hotar"
},
{
"_dis1": "12 2 17 0 7 0 18 18 10 8 8",
"code": "dsb",
"lang": "Lower Sorbian",
"sense": "an unplowed strip of land",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "mjaza"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 0 3 0 1 0 40 40 6 5 2",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "fint",
"sense": "(sports) deceptive motion; feint",
"word": "финт"
},
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"code": "bg",
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[
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[
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"feminine"
],
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],
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"feminine"
],
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"code": "bg",
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"sense": "beam",
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"word": "vazný trám"
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"text": "The horse balked.",
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"ref": "2013, Aaron Wisewell, The Baseball Coach",
"text": "The best advice you can receive regarding balking is to always maintain poise and composure on the mound.",
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}
],
"glosses": [
"To make a deceptive motion to deceive another player."
],
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[
"sports",
"sports"
],
[
"deceptive",
"deceptive"
],
[
"motion",
"motion"
],
[
"deceive",
"deceive"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(sports, intransitive) To make a deceptive motion to deceive another player."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
],
"topics": [
"hobbies",
"lifestyle",
"sports"
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/bɔːk/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/bɔːlk/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/bɔk/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/bɑk/",
"tags": [
"Inland-Northern-American",
"cot-caught-merger"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɔːk"
},
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"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "baulk"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"word": "kikerül"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"word": "elhalad (mellette)"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"word": "elmegy (mellette)"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"word": "übergehen"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"word": "kihagy"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"word": "elsiklik"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"word": "átsiklik"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"word": "eltéveszt"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"word": "elmulaszt"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"word": "vermeiden"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"word": "kihagy"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"word": "mellőz"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"word": "kerül"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"word": "elszalaszt"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"word": "elmulaszt"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"word": "kivonja magát"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"word": "elkerül"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "preča",
"word": "преча"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "spǎvam",
"word": "спъвам"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zatrudnjavam",
"word": "затруднявам"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "zarazit"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "zastavit"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "zmařit"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"word": "estää"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"word": "verhindern"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"word": "stoppen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"word": "blockieren"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"word": "behindern"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"word": "vereiteln"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"word": "Einhalt gebieten"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"word": "durchkreuzen"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"word": "meghiúsít"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"word": "akadályoz"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"word": "gátol"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"word": "hátráltat"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"word": "keresztülhúzza a számításait"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"word": "ostacolare"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zapiram se",
"word": "запирам се"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "zarazit se"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"word": "seisahtua"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"word": "tehdä tenä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"word": "regimber"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"word": "verweigern"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"word": "stoppen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"word": "scheuen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"word": "stocken"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"word": "megmakacsolja magát"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"word": "megbokrosodik"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"word": "megtorpan"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"word": "vonakodik"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"word": "húzódozik"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"word": "habozik"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"word": "bokkol"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"word": "tirarsi indietro"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"word": "reguitnar"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"word": "ustuknuti"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "propuskam",
"word": "пропускам"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "otkazvam",
"word": "отказвам"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "vzepřít se"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"word": "tehdä tenä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"word": "kieltäytyä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"word": "regimber"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"word": "sich sperren"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"word": "zurückweisen"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"word": "visszahőköl"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"word": "visszariad"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"word": "visszaretten"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"word": "ustuknuti"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"word": "csalódást kelt/okoz"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"word": "kiábrándít"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to engage in contradiction; to be in opposition",
"word": "szembeszáll"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to engage in contradiction; to be in opposition",
"word": "elébe áll"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to engage in contradiction; to be in opposition",
"word": "keresztbe áll"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to engage in contradiction; to be in opposition",
"word": "ellenez"
}
],
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"Balk (disambiguation)"
],
"word": "balk"
}
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"English verbs",
"sv:Heraldic charges"
],
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"4": "",
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"name": "der"
}
],
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{
"form": "balks",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "balking",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "balked",
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"past"
]
},
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"past"
]
}
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{
"glosses": [
"To indicate to fishermen, by shouts or signals from shore, the direction taken by the shoals of herring."
],
"links": [
[
"shoal",
"shoal"
],
[
"herring",
"herring"
]
]
}
],
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}
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}
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"called_from": "page/2517",
"msg": "UNIMPLEMENTED parse_translation_template: trans-top-see {1: 'to omit, miss or overlook by chance', 2: 'omit', 3: 'miss', 4: 'overlook'}",
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