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"word": "eavesdropper"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "eavesread"
}
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"2": "eaves",
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"etymology_text": "eaves + drop; the \"listening\" sense derives from the notion of the listener standing in the area denoted by the physical sense.",
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"form": "eavesdrops",
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"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "monitor"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "surveil"
},
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"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "tap"
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"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "wiretap"
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],
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"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "I hope nobody was eavesdropping on our conversation last night, since it got so personal."
}
],
"glosses": [
"To hear (intentionally) a conversation one is not intended to hear; to listen in."
],
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"_dis1": "90 10",
"sense": "hear conversation one is not intended to hear",
"word": "overhear"
}
],
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[
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],
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"(transitive, intransitive) To hear (intentionally) a conversation one is not intended to hear; to listen in."
],
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"en:to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear"
],
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"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "akanǰ dnel",
"sense": "to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear",
"word": "ականջ դնել"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "akanǰ kaxel",
"sense": "to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear",
"word": "ականջ կախել"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "tʿakʿun lsel",
"sense": "to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear",
"word": "թաքուն լսել"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "podslúšvam",
"sense": "to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "подслу́швам"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "ny",
"lang": "Chichewa",
"sense": "to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear",
"word": "-ba mawu"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear",
"word": "竊聽"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "sit³ teng¹",
"sense": "to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear",
"word": "窃听"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear",
"word": "偷聽"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "tōutīng",
"sense": "to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear",
"word": "偷听"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear",
"word": "竊聽"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "qiètīng",
"sense": "to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear",
"word": "窃听"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear",
"word": "聽牆根"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "tīng qiánggēn",
"sense": "to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear",
"word": "听墙根"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "odposlouchávat"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "odposlechnout"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear",
"word": "smuglytte"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear",
"word": "aflytte"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear",
"word": "lytte"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear",
"word": "afluisteren"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear",
"word": "luistervinken"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear",
"word": "subaŭskulti"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear",
"word": "salakuunnella"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear",
"word": "être aux écoutes"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear",
"word": "écouter secrètement"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear",
"word": "écouter discrètement"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear",
"word": "belauschen"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear",
"word": "horchen"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear",
"word": "lauschen"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear",
"word": "abhören"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear",
"word": "zuhören"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "kryfakoúo",
"sense": "to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear",
"word": "κρυφακούω"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear",
"word": "לצותת"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "anaknā",
"sense": "to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear",
"word": "अनकना"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear",
"tags": [
"intransitive"
],
"word": "hallgatózik"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear",
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"word": "kihallgat"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear",
"word": "lehallgat"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear",
"word": "cúléist"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear",
"word": "origliare"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"alt": "たちぎきする",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "tachigiki suru",
"sense": "to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear",
"word": "立ち聞きする"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "luǝc sdap",
"sense": "to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear",
"word": "លួចស្ដាប់"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "yeotdeutda",
"sense": "to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear",
"word": "엿듣다"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "prisluškuva",
"sense": "to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "прислушкува"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "prislušuva",
"sense": "to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "прислушува"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear",
"word": "cooyl-eaisht"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear",
"word": "eaisht gyn yss"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear",
"word": "whakarongo kōrero"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear",
"word": "overhøre"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear",
"word": "tjuvlytte"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear",
"word": "tyvlytte"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "fâlguš istâdan",
"sense": "to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear",
"word": "فالگوش ایستادن"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "šonud",
"sense": "to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear",
"word": "شنود"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "esterâq-e sam' kardan",
"sense": "to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear",
"word": "استراق سمع کردن"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "podsłuchiwać"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "podsłuchać"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear",
"word": "ouvir/escutar escondido"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear",
"word": "trage cu urechea"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear",
"word": "asculta pe furiș"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "podslúšivatʹ",
"sense": "to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "подслу́шивать"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "podslúšatʹ",
"sense": "to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "подслу́шать"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear",
"word": "dèan farchluais"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"imperfective"
],
"word": "prisluškivati"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear",
"word": "načúvať"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear",
"word": "odpočúvať"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear",
"word": "tjuvlyssna"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "dàk-fang",
"sense": "to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear",
"word": "ดักฟัง"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear",
"word": "kulak misafiri olmak (overhear)"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear",
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
],
"word": "kulak kabartmak"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear",
"word": "nghe lén"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear",
"word": "nghe trộm"
}
]
},
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"ref": "1993, David W. Nagorsen, Robert Mark Brigham, Royal British Columbia Museum, Bats of British Columbia, page 109",
"text": "[…] Eastern Red Bat will eavesdrop on the sonar calls of other red bats to locate potential insect prey.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2014, Ken Yasukawa, Animal Behavior: How and Why Animals Do the Things They Do",
"text": "Frog-biting midges also depend on eavesdropping for reproduction, and one would predict similarly strong selection to evolve auditory adaptations for hearing and localizing calls of their hosts.",
"type": "quotation"
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"To listen for another organism's calls, so as to exploit them."
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"call"
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],
"raw_glosses": [
"(zoology) To listen for another organism's calls, so as to exploit them."
],
"topics": [
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"zoology"
]
}
],
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"ipa": "/ˈiːvzˌdɹɒp/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
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"ipa": "/ˈivzˌdɹɑp/",
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"tags": [
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"pos": "noun",
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"_dis1": "94 4 1 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "kapčuk",
"sense": "dripping of rain from the eaves of a house",
"tags": [
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{
"_dis1": "94 4 1 1",
"code": "it",
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"sense": "dripping of rain from the eaves of a house",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sgocciolatoio"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 4 1 1",
"code": "it",
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"tags": [
"masculine"
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"The space around a house on which such water drips."
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"id": "en-eavesdrop-en-noun-wqpENXze",
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{
"_dis1": "4 94 1 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "space around a house on which such water drips",
"word": "räystäänalunen"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 94 1 0",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "space around a house on which such water drips",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "chéneau"
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"_dis1": "4 94 1 0",
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"sense": "space around a house on which such water drips",
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"A concealed aperture through which an occupant of a building can surreptitiously listen to people talking at an entrance to the building."
],
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"(countable) A concealed aperture through which an occupant of a building can surreptitiously listen to people talking at an entrance to the building."
],
"tags": [
"countable"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "1 1 91 7",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "concealed aperture through which an occupant can surreptitiously listen to people",
"word": "lauschen"
}
]
},
{
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"examples": [
{
"text": "Were you having a little eavesdrop on us last night?"
}
],
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"The act of intentionally hearing a conversation not intended to be heard."
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"word": "听墙根"
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"sense": "to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear",
"word": "être aux écoutes"
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear",
"word": "écouter secrètement"
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{
"code": "fr",
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"code": "de",
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear",
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"alt": "たちぎきする",
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"code": "km",
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"sense": "to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear",
"word": "លួចស្ដាប់"
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"code": "ko",
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"word": "엿듣다"
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"code": "mi",
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"code": "no",
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"code": "no",
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"sense": "to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear",
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{
"code": "no",
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"sense": "to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear",
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{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "fâlguš istâdan",
"sense": "to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear",
"word": "فالگوش ایستادن"
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{
"code": "fa",
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"sense": "to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear",
"word": "شنود"
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{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "esterâq-e sam' kardan",
"sense": "to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear",
"word": "استراق سمع کردن"
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"code": "pl",
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"sense": "to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear",
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"word": "podsłuchiwać"
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"code": "pl",
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"word": "podsłuchać"
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear",
"word": "ouvir/escutar escondido"
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"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear",
"word": "trage cu urechea"
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{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear",
"word": "asculta pe furiș"
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"sense": "to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear",
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"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear",
"word": "dèan farchluais"
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"code": "sk",
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"sense": "to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear",
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{
"code": "sk",
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"sense": "to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear",
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"code": "th",
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"sense": "to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear",
"word": "ดักฟัง"
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"code": "tr",
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"sense": "to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear",
"word": "kulak misafiri olmak (overhear)"
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"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear",
"word": "nghe lén"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear",
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"word": "eavesdrop"
}
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