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"text": "As in the season of rutting (an uncouth phrase, by which the vulgar denote that gentle dalliance, which in the well-wooded forest of Hampshire, passes between lovers of the ferine kind),",
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"text": "“Mark,” said Gabriel, sternly, “now you mind this: none of that dalliance-talk—that philandering way—that dandle-smack-and-coddle style of yours—about Miss Everdene. I don’t allow it. Do you hear?”",
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"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "playful flirtation",
"word": "teerenpeli"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "playful flirtation",
"word": "peli"
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"sense": "playful flirtation",
"word": "flirt"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "playful flirtation",
"word": "conter fleurette"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "playful flirtation",
"word": "coquetage"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "playful flirtation",
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"neuter"
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"word": "Liebesspiel"
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"code": "de",
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"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "playful flirtation",
"tags": [
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"word": "Flirt"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "playful flirtation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "Tändelei"
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"lang": "Greek",
"lang_code": "el",
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"sense": "playful flirtation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ερωτοτροπία"
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"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"lang_code": "el",
"roman": "charientismós",
"sense": "playful flirtation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "χαριεντισμός"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "playful flirtation",
"word": "flört"
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "playful flirtation",
"word": "flörtölés"
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "playful flirtation",
"word": "kacérkodás"
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"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "playful flirtation",
"word": "kokettálás"
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"sense": "playful flirtation",
"tags": [
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"word": "flirt"
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"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "playful flirtation",
"tags": [
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"code": "pt",
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"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "playful flirtation",
"tags": [
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"word": "paquera"
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"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "flirt",
"sense": "playful flirtation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "флирт"
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"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "zaígryvanije",
"sense": "playful flirtation",
"tags": [
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"word": "заи́грывание"
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"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "kokétstvo",
"sense": "playful flirtation",
"tags": [
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"word": "коке́тство"
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"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
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"sense": "playful flirtation",
"tags": [
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"word": "mànran"
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"code": "es",
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"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "playful flirtation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "coqueteo"
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{
"code": "es",
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"sense": "playful flirtation",
"tags": [
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"sense": "playful flirtation",
"tags": [
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"sense": "playful flirtation",
"tags": [
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"lang_code": "bg",
"roman": "gubene na vreme",
"sense": "a wasting of time in idleness or trifles",
"word": "губене на време"
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"lang": "Dutch",
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"sense": "a wasting of time in idleness or trifles",
"word": "verspilling"
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{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"lang_code": "nl",
"sense": "a wasting of time in idleness or trifles",
"word": "tijdverlies"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"lang_code": "nl",
"sense": "a wasting of time in idleness or trifles",
"word": "gelanterfanter"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "a wasting of time in idleness or trifles",
"word": "ajan tappaminen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "a wasting of time in idleness or trifles",
"word": "notkuminen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "a wasting of time in idleness or trifles",
"word": "hengailu"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "a wasting of time in idleness or trifles",
"word": "lorvailu"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "a wasting of time in idleness or trifles",
"word": "baguenaudage"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "a wasting of time in idleness or trifles",
"word": "perte de temps"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "a wasting of time in idleness or trifles",
"word": "glandouillage"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "a wasting of time in idleness or trifles",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "Trödelei"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "a wasting of time in idleness or trifles",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "Zeitverschwendung"
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"code": "el",
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"lang_code": "el",
"roman": "chasoméri",
"sense": "a wasting of time in idleness or trifles",
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"neuter"
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"word": "χασομέρι"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "prazdnoje vremjapreprovoždénije",
"sense": "a wasting of time in idleness or trifles",
"word": "праздное времяпрепровожде́ние"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"lang_code": "cs",
"sense": "A sexual relationship, not serious but often illicit",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "aférka"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "A sexual relationship, not serious but often illicit",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Seitensprung"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "intrižka",
"sense": "A sexual relationship, not serious but often illicit",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "интрижка"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
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"sense": "A sexual relationship, not serious but often illicit",
"word": "devaneo"
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"lang": "Spanish",
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"sense": "A sexual relationship, not serious but often illicit",
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