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"word": "potkaista tyhjää"
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"word": "βλέπω τα ραδίκια ανάποδα"
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"sense": "to die",
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"sense": "to die",
"word": "tirare le cuoia"
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"sense": "to die",
"word": "bite i graset"
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to quit or fail",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "rozbít se"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"english": "Moravian",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to quit or fail",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "dat kožu"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to quit or fail",
"word": "sanoa sopimuksensa irti"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to quit or fail",
"word": "mordre la poussière"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to quit or fail",
"word": "lâcher"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to quit or fail",
"word": "ins Gras beißen"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"note": "धूल चाटना (to get defeated, literally “licking dirt”)",
"sense": "to quit or fail"
},
{
"code": "ia",
"lang": "Interlingua",
"sense": "to quit or fail",
"word": "morder le pulvere"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to quit or fail",
"word": "mangiare la polvere"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to quit or fail",
"word": "fallire"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to quit or fail",
"word": "essere sconfitto"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to quit or fail",
"word": "bite i gresset"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to quit or fail",
"word": "bite i graset"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "to quit or fail",
"word": "bite i graset"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nakrýtʹsja",
"sense": "to quit or fail",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "накры́ться"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to quit or fail",
"word": "morder el polvo"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to quit or fail",
"word": "bita i gräset"
}
],
"word": "bite the dust"
}
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