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"sense": "bashful, shy",
"word": "tímido"
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"sense": "bashful, shy",
"word": "túzaro"
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"sense": "bashful, shy",
"word": "მორცხვი"
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"word": "keusch"
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"sense": "bashful, shy",
"word": "verlegen"
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"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "bashful, shy",
"word": "szégyenlős"
},
{
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "bashful, shy",
"word": "félénk"
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"word": "მორიდებული"
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"word": "verschämt"
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"word": "скро́мный"
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"word": "თავშეკავებული"
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"sense": "reluctant to give details about something sensitive",
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"ref": "1981, A. D. Hope, “His Coy Mistress to Mr. Marvell”, in A Book of Answers:",
"text": "The ill-bred miss, the bird-brained Jill, / May simper and be coy at will; / A lady, sir, as you will find, / Keeps counsel, or she speaks her mind, / Means what she says and scorns to fence / And palter with feigned innocence.",
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"_dis1": "9 10 4 72 5",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jīnchí",
"sense": "pretending shyness or modesty",
"word": "矜持"
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"code": "nl",
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"sense": "pretending shyness or modesty",
"word": "koket"
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"code": "fi",
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"word": "häveliäs"
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"code": "gl",
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"sense": "pretending shyness or modesty",
"word": "coqueto"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "pretending shyness or modesty",
"tags": [
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"word": "kokett"
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"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "naesung",
"sense": "pretending shyness or modesty",
"tags": [
"noun"
],
"word": "내숭"
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "pretending shyness or modesty",
"word": "timorato pero coqueto"
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "pretending shyness or modesty",
"word": "coquetamente timorato"
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"sense": "archaic: quiet, reserved, modest",
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"code": "nl",
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"code": "de",
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