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"word": "kikészül"
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"word": "لەناوچوون"
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"word": "розпа́стися"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "rozváljuvatysja",
"sense": "disintegrate, break into pieces",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "розва́люватися"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "rozvalýtysja",
"sense": "disintegrate, break into pieces",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "розвали́тися"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "be emotionally in crisis",
"word": "instorten"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "be emotionally in crisis",
"word": "murtua"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "be emotionally in crisis",
"word": "zusammenbrechen"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "hitmotét",
"sense": "be emotionally in crisis",
"word": "התמוטט"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "be emotionally in crisis",
"word": "szétesik"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "be emotionally in crisis",
"word": "kikészül"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "be emotionally in crisis",
"word": "összeomlik"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "be emotionally in crisis",
"word": "andare a rotoli"
},
{
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "lenawçûn",
"sense": "be emotionally in crisis",
"word": "لەناوچوون"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "razválivatʹsja",
"sense": "be emotionally in crisis",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "разва́ливаться"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "razvalítʹsja",
"sense": "be emotionally in crisis",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "развали́ться"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "be emotionally in crisis",
"word": "venirse abajo"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "be emotionally in crisis",
"word": "altüst olmak"
}
],
"word": "fall apart"
}
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