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"text": "Smith passes the car and does a double take as he realizes it is on fire.",
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"text": "I swear I did a double-take when I spotted that $100 bill lying in the gutter!",
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"ref": "1949, Frank B. Gilbreth, Jr., Ernestine Gilbreth Carey, Cheaper by the Dozen",
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zakǎsnjala reakcija",
"sense": "reaction to surprising sight",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "reaction to surprising sight",
"word": "subita reatento"
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"english": "(verbal",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "reaction to surprising sight",
"word": "to do a double take) zweimal hinsehen müssen"
},
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "reaction to surprising sight",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "scoppio ritardato"
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"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "nidomi",
"sense": "reaction to surprising sight",
"word": "二度見"
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"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "dubeonbogo",
"sense": "reaction to surprising sight",
"word": "두번보고"
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"roman": "zamédlennaja reákcija",
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"word": "заме́дленная реа́кция"
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"sense": "reaction to surprising sight",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "повто́рный взгляд"
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"roman": "vnimátelʹnyj osmótr",
"sense": "reaction to surprising sight",
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"masculine"
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"word": "внима́тельный осмо́тр"
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"roman": "zakǎsnjala reakcija",
"sense": "reaction to surprising sight",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "закъсняла реакция"
},
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"code": "eo",
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"sense": "reaction to surprising sight",
"word": "reatento"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "reaction to surprising sight",
"word": "subita reatento"
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"lang": "German",
"sense": "reaction to surprising sight",
"word": "to do a double take) zweimal hinsehen müssen"
},
{
"code": "it",
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"sense": "reaction to surprising sight",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "scoppio ritardato"
},
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"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "nidomi",
"sense": "reaction to surprising sight",
"word": "二度見"
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{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "dubeonbogo",
"sense": "reaction to surprising sight",
"word": "두번보고"
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"roman": "zamédlennaja reákcija",
"sense": "reaction to surprising sight",
"tags": [
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"word": "заме́дленная реа́кция"
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"code": "ru",
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"roman": "povtórnyj vzgljad",
"sense": "reaction to surprising sight",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "повто́рный взгляд"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
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"sense": "reaction to surprising sight",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "внима́тельный осмо́тр"
}
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"word": "double take"
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