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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "inḵadaʕa bi-",
"sense": "To be fooled by; to walk into a trap or respond to a scam or trick",
"word": "اِنْخَدَعَ بِـ"
},
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"sense": "To be fooled by; to walk into a trap or respond to a scam or trick",
"word": "nachytat se"
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"sense": "To be fooled by; to walk into a trap or respond to a scam or trick",
"word": "falde for"
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},
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"sense": "To be fooled by; to walk into a trap or respond to a scam or trick",
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},
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"sense": "To be fooled by; to walk into a trap or respond to a scam or trick",
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"sense": "To be fooled by; to walk into a trap or respond to a scam or trick",
"word": "tomber dans le piège"
},
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"sense": "To be fooled by; to walk into a trap or respond to a scam or trick",
"word": "tomber dans le panneau"
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"sense": "To be fooled by; to walk into a trap or respond to a scam or trick",
"word": "auf etwas hereinfallen"
},
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"sense": "To be fooled by; to walk into a trap or respond to a scam or trick",
"word": "bedől"
},
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},
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"sense": "To be fooled by; to walk into a trap or respond to a scam or trick",
"word": "引っかかる"
},
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"sense": "To be fooled by; to walk into a trap or respond to a scam or trick",
"word": "falle for"
},
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"sense": "To be fooled by; to walk into a trap or respond to a scam or trick",
"word": "cair em"
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"sense": "To be fooled by; to walk into a trap or respond to a scam or trick",
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"sense": "To be fooled by; to walk into a trap or respond to a scam or trick",
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"text": "He really fell for the attractive waitress at his favorite restaurant.",
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"text": "The neighbor is eventually able to sell her home despite Homer’s pants-less affronts to propriety and decency and Bart falls deeply and instantly for one of its new inhabitants, a tough but charming and funny tomboy girl named Laura (voiced by Sara Gilbert) with just the right combination of toughness and sweetness, granite and honey.",
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"sense": "To fall in love with",
"word": "encapritxar-se"
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"sense": "To fall in love with",
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"sense": "To fall in love with",
"word": "zamilovat se"
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"sense": "To fall in love with",
"word": "falde for"
},
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"code": "da",
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"sense": "To fall in love with",
"word": "forelske sig i"
},
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"sense": "To fall in love with",
"word": "rakastua"
},
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"sense": "To fall in love with",
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"_dis1": "2 98",
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"sense": "To fall in love with",
"word": "sich in jemanden verlieben"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 98",
"code": "de",
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"sense": "To fall in love with",
"word": "sich in jemanden verknallen"
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"word": "falle for"
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"sense": "To fall in love with",
"word": "apaixonar-se por"
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"sense": "To fall in love with",
"word": "zaljubiti se"
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"sense": "To fall in love with",
"word": "enamorarse"
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"sense": "To fall in love with",
"word": "aşık olmak"
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"word": "yêu"
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"ref": "2012 May 27, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “New Kid On The Block” (season 4, episode 8; originally aired 11/12/1992)”, in The Onion AV Club",
"text": "The neighbor is eventually able to sell her home despite Homer’s pants-less affronts to propriety and decency and Bart falls deeply and instantly for one of its new inhabitants, a tough but charming and funny tomboy girl named Laura (voiced by Sara Gilbert) with just the right combination of toughness and sweetness, granite and honey.",
"type": "quotation"
},
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"text": "Beautiful hearts are in your eyes / I've been waiting for you to fall for me / And let me in your life",
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}
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"sense": "To be fooled by; to walk into a trap or respond to a scam or trick",
"word": "اِنْخَدَعَ بِـ"
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"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "To be fooled by; to walk into a trap or respond to a scam or trick",
"word": "caure"
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"sense": "To be fooled by; to walk into a trap or respond to a scam or trick",
"word": "nachytat se"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "To be fooled by; to walk into a trap or respond to a scam or trick",
"word": "falde for"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "To be fooled by; to walk into a trap or respond to a scam or trick",
"word": "mennä ansaan"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "To be fooled by; to walk into a trap or respond to a scam or trick",
"word": "tulla huijatuksi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "To be fooled by; to walk into a trap or respond to a scam or trick",
"word": "langeta"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "To be fooled by; to walk into a trap or respond to a scam or trick",
"word": "tomber dans le piège"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "To be fooled by; to walk into a trap or respond to a scam or trick",
"word": "tomber dans le panneau"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "To be fooled by; to walk into a trap or respond to a scam or trick",
"word": "auf etwas hereinfallen"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "To be fooled by; to walk into a trap or respond to a scam or trick",
"word": "bedől"
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "To be fooled by; to walk into a trap or respond to a scam or trick",
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"word": "cascarci"
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"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hikkakaru",
"sense": "To be fooled by; to walk into a trap or respond to a scam or trick",
"word": "引っかかる"
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"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "To be fooled by; to walk into a trap or respond to a scam or trick",
"word": "falle for"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "To be fooled by; to walk into a trap or respond to a scam or trick",
"word": "cair em"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "To be fooled by; to walk into a trap or respond to a scam or trick",
"word": "comerse"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "To be fooled by; to walk into a trap or respond to a scam or trick",
"word": "caer"
},
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"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "To be fooled by; to walk into a trap or respond to a scam or trick",
"word": "maloko"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "To be fooled by; to walk into a trap or respond to a scam or trick",
"word": "kanmak"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "To be fooled by; to walk into a trap or respond to a scam or trick",
"word": "inanmak"
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{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "To fall in love with",
"word": "encapritxar-se"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "To fall in love with",
"word": "encaterinar-se"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "To fall in love with",
"word": "zamilovat se"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "To fall in love with",
"word": "falde for"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "To fall in love with",
"word": "forelske sig i"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "To fall in love with",
"word": "rakastua"
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{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "To fall in love with",
"word": "ihastua"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "To fall in love with",
"word": "s’énamourer"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "To fall in love with",
"word": "s’enamourer"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "To fall in love with",
"word": "sich in jemanden verlieben"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "To fall in love with",
"word": "sich in jemanden verknallen"
},
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"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "To fall in love with",
"word": "falle for"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "To fall in love with",
"word": "apaixonar-se por"
},
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"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "To fall in love with",
"word": "zaljubiti se"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "To fall in love with",
"word": "enamorarse"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "To fall in love with",
"word": "aşık olmak"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "To fall in love with",
"word": "yêu"
}
],
"word": "fall for"
}
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