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"sense": "to strip skin off",
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{
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"sense": "to strip skin off",
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"sense": "to strip skin off",
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"sense": "to strip skin off",
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"sense": "to strip skin off",
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{
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"sense": "to strip skin off",
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"sense": "to strip skin off",
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"sense": "to strip skin off",
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{
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{
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{
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"sense": "to strip skin off",
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{
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"code": "qu",
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"sense": "to strip skin off",
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{
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"sense": "to strip skin off",
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{
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"roman": "sveževátʹ",
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"word": "свежева́ть"
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{
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"code": "ru",
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"roman": "sdirátʹ škúru",
"sense": "to strip skin off",
"word": "сдира́ть шку́ру"
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"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "to strip skin off",
"word": "spiḍḍari"
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{
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{
"code": "mi",
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"code": "ota",
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{
"code": "pl",
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"code": "qu",
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},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to strip skin off",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "stiahnuť kožu"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to strip skin off",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "stiahnuť"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to strip skin off",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "odrať"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to strip skin off",
"word": "desollar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to strip skin off",
"word": "despellejar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to strip skin off",
"word": "flå"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to strip skin off",
"word": "flänga"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to strip skin off",
"word": "yüzmek"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zdyraty škiru",
"sense": "to strip skin off",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "здирати шкіру"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zderty škiru",
"sense": "to strip skin off",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "здерти шкіру"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"flay"
],
"word": "flay"
}
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