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"text": "Don't cast aspersions on me, or on my patriotism.",
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"ref": "1911, Joseph Conrad, Under Western Eyes",
"text": "“You are casting aspersions,” remonstrated Peter Ivanovitch, “which as far as you are concerned—” “No!” Razumov interrupted without heat. “Indeed, I don’t want to cast aspersions, but it’s just as well to have no illusions.” Peter Ivanovitch gave him an inscrutable glance of his dark spectacles, accompanied by a faint smile. “The man who says that he has no illusions has at least that one,” he said, in a very friendly tone.",
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"sense": "make damaging or spiteful remarks",
"word": "calumniar"
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"word": "proferir improperios"
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"sense": "make damaging or spiteful remarks",
"word": "förtala"
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"sense": "make damaging or spiteful remarks",
"word": "bagvaske"
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"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "make damaging or spiteful remarks",
"word": "met modder gooien naar"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "make damaging or spiteful remarks",
"word": "herjata"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "make damaging or spiteful remarks",
"word": "panetella"
},
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"lang": "French",
"sense": "make damaging or spiteful remarks",
"word": "calomnier"
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"sense": "make damaging or spiteful remarks",
"word": "dire du mal"
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"lang": "German",
"sense": "make damaging or spiteful remarks",
"word": "verleumden"
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"lang": "German",
"sense": "make damaging or spiteful remarks",
"word": "schmähen"
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"sense": "make damaging or spiteful remarks",
"word": "diffamieren"
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"lang": "German",
"sense": "make damaging or spiteful remarks",
"word": "schlechtreden"
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"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "make damaging or spiteful remarks",
"word": "tīkai"
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{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"sense": "make damaging or spiteful remarks",
"word": "هتک حرمت"
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"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "make damaging or spiteful remarks",
"word": "sujar a imagem"
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "make damaging or spiteful remarks",
"word": "calumniar"
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "make damaging or spiteful remarks",
"word": "proferir improperios"
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"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "make damaging or spiteful remarks",
"word": "förtala"
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"sense": "make damaging or spiteful remarks",
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