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"text": "Don't take it personally when he shouts like that. He's just blowing off steam."
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"sense": "to vent to relieve stress",
"word": "stoom afblazen"
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"sense": "to vent to relieve stress",
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"sense": "to vent to relieve stress",
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"sense": "to vent to relieve stress",
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"sense": "to vent to relieve stress",
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"sense": "to vent to relieve stress",
"word": "Dampf ablassen"
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"etymology_text": "Relief valves released the excess pressure in a steam engine to prevent the boiler from exploding.",
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"sense": "to vent to relieve stress",
"word": "stoom afblazen"
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"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to vent to relieve stress",
"word": "puhista"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to vent to relieve stress",
"word": "souffler"
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "to vent to relieve stress",
"word": "décompresser"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to vent to relieve stress",
"word": "se défouler"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "to vent to relieve stress",
"word": "Dampf ablassen"
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{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "to vent to relieve stress",
"word": "קיטר"
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{
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"sense": "to vent to relieve stress",
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"word": "קִטֵּר"
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"code": "is",
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"sense": "to vent to relieve stress",
"word": "rasa út"
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"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to vent to relieve stress",
"word": "fá útrás"
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"sense": "to vent to relieve stress",
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"code": "pl",
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"sense": "to vent to relieve stress",
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"word": "wyszumieć się"
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "to vent to relieve stress",
"word": "desabafar"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "spustítʹ par",
"sense": "to vent to relieve stress",
"word": "спусти́ть пар"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to vent to relieve stress",
"word": "desahogarse"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to vent to relieve stress",
"word": "desfogarse"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to get rid of excess energy",
"word": "purkaa paineita"
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"word": "blow off steam"
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