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"ref": "2011 January 22, “Man Utd 5 - 0 Birmingham”, in BBC",
"text": "With United's movement flummoxing the visitors, Berbatov saw his low shot saved well by Ben Foster on his first return to Old Trafford.",
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"To confuse; to fluster; to flabbergast."
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"(intransitive) To confuse; to fluster; to flabbergast."
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"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "To confuse; to fluster; to flabbergast",
"word": "verwarren"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "To confuse; to fluster; to flabbergast",
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"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "To confuse; to fluster; to flabbergast",
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"sense": "To confuse; to fluster; to flabbergast",
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"sense": "To confuse; to fluster; to flabbergast",
"word": "verwirren"
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"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "To confuse; to fluster; to flabbergast",
"word": "verblüffen"
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{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "To confuse; to fluster; to flabbergast",
"word": "scoraggiare"
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{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "To confuse; to fluster; to flabbergast",
"word": "remare contro"
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"_dis1": "99 1",
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"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "To confuse; to fluster; to flabbergast",
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"sense": "To confuse; to fluster; to flabbergast",
"word": "disincantare"
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"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "To confuse; to fluster; to flabbergast",
"word": "pōrahu"
},
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"_dis1": "99 1",
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"roman": "smuščátʹ",
"sense": "To confuse; to fluster; to flabbergast",
"word": "смуща́ть"
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"_dis1": "99 1",
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"sense": "To confuse; to fluster; to flabbergast",
"word": "приводить в замешательство"
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"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "To confuse; to fluster; to flabbergast",
"word": "zbuniti"
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"_dis1": "99 1",
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"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "To confuse; to fluster; to flabbergast",
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"To give in, to give up, to collapse."
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"(intransitive, uncommon) To give in, to give up, to collapse."
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"word": "flummoxed"
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"To confuse; to fluster; to flabbergast."
],
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"(intransitive) To confuse; to fluster; to flabbergast."
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"translations": [
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "To confuse; to fluster; to flabbergast",
"word": "verwarren"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "To confuse; to fluster; to flabbergast",
"word": "sekoittaa"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "To confuse; to fluster; to flabbergast",
"word": "troubler"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "To confuse; to fluster; to flabbergast",
"word": "embrouiller"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "To confuse; to fluster; to flabbergast",
"word": "verwirren"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "To confuse; to fluster; to flabbergast",
"word": "verblüffen"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "To confuse; to fluster; to flabbergast",
"word": "scoraggiare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "To confuse; to fluster; to flabbergast",
"word": "remare contro"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "To confuse; to fluster; to flabbergast",
"word": "disilludere"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "To confuse; to fluster; to flabbergast",
"word": "disincantare"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "To confuse; to fluster; to flabbergast",
"word": "pōrahu"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "smuščátʹ",
"sense": "To confuse; to fluster; to flabbergast",
"word": "смуща́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"sense": "To confuse; to fluster; to flabbergast",
"word": "приводить в замешательство"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "To confuse; to fluster; to flabbergast",
"word": "zbuniti"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "To confuse; to fluster; to flabbergast",
"word": "usplahiriti"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "To confuse; to fluster; to flabbergast",
"word": "smušiti"
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],
"word": "flummox"
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