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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "to direct (a blow, thrust, or other offensive movement resembling an attack) on some part of the body, intended to distract from a real attack on another part",
"word": "tehdä harhautusliike"
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"word": "tautātete"
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"sense": "to direct (a blow, thrust, or other offensive movement resembling an attack) on some part of the body, intended to distract from a real attack on another part",
"word": "esgus ymosod"
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"word": "tehdä valehyökkäys"
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"word": "tautātete"
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"sense": "to make a feint or mock attack",
"word": "խաբս տալ"
},
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
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"sense": "to make a feint or mock attack",
"word": "финтирам"
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"code": "cmn",
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"sense": "to make a feint or mock attack",
"word": "賣個破綻"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "mài ge pòzhàn",
"sense": "to make a feint or mock attack",
"word": "卖个破绽"
},
{
"code": "kw",
"lang": "Cornish",
"sense": "to make a feint or mock attack",
"tags": [
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to make a feint or mock attack",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "naznačit pohyb"
},
{
"code": "cs",
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"sense": "to make a feint or mock attack",
"word": "klamat tělem"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make a feint or mock attack",
"word": "harhauttaa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
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"sense": "to make a feint or mock attack",
"word": "feinter"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to make a feint or mock attack",
"word": "fintieren"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "fintíra",
"sense": "to make a feint or mock attack",
"word": "финти́ра"
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{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "ízmami",
"sense": "to make a feint or mock attack",
"word": "и́змами"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to make a feint or mock attack",
"word": "hoka"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to make a feint or mock attack",
"word": "tautātete"
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{
"code": "mi",
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"note": "with a weapon",
"sense": "to make a feint or mock attack",
"word": "whakahopo"
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{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to make a feint or mock attack",
"word": "whakarehu"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to make a feint or mock attack",
"word": "whakatēteka"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to make a feint or mock attack",
"word": "lançar um ataque simulado"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to make a feint or mock attack",
"word": "simular"
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"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to make a feint or mock attack",
"word": "fenta"
},
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"code": "ru",
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"sense": "to make a feint or mock attack",
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"imperfective"
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{
"code": "ru",
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"sense": "to make a feint or mock attack",
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],
"word": "лука́вить"
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{
"code": "ru",
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"code": "ru",
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"word": "хитри́ть"
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"word": "схитри́ть"
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to make a feint or mock attack",
"word": "fintar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to make a feint or mock attack",
"word": "fintear"
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to make a feint or mock attack",
"word": "finta"
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{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to make a feint or mock attack",
"word": "feyk atmak"
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{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "to make a feint or mock attack",
"word": "esgus ymosod"
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