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"(idiomatic, informal) To cause difficulty or make trouble for someone."
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "cause difficulty or make trouble for someone",
"word": "給……帶來麻煩"
},
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "cause difficulty or make trouble for someone",
"word": "pitää jotakin kovilla"
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"sense": "cause difficulty or make trouble for someone",
"word": "îi da cuiva bătăi de cap"
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"sense": "cause difficulty or make trouble for someone",
"word": "da de furcă cuiva"
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"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "ro",
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"sense": "cause difficulty or make trouble for someone",
"word": "face cuiva zile fripte"
},
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"sense": "cause difficulty or make trouble for someone",
"word": "hacérselo pasar mal a alguien"
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"text": "He's usually pretty good-natured when the children give him a hard time about his bald spot."
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"word": "戲弄"
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"sense": "tease, kid or rib someone",
"word": "欺負"
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"roman": "qīfù",
"sense": "tease, kid or rib someone",
"word": "欺负"
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"sense": "tease, kid or rib someone",
"word": "kiusoitella"
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"sense": "tease, kid or rib someone",
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "cause difficulty or make trouble for someone",
"word": "給……帶來麻煩"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "gěi... dàilái máfan",
"sense": "cause difficulty or make trouble for someone",
"word": "给……带来麻烦"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "cause difficulty or make trouble for someone",
"word": "為難"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "wéinán",
"sense": "cause difficulty or make trouble for someone",
"word": "为难"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "cause difficulty or make trouble for someone",
"word": "pitää jotakin kovilla"
},
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"code": "pl",
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"sense": "cause difficulty or make trouble for someone",
"tags": [
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"word": "przysparzać kłopotów"
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{
"code": "pl",
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"sense": "cause difficulty or make trouble for someone",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "przysporzyć kłopotów"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "cause difficulty or make trouble for someone",
"word": "îi da cuiva bătăi de cap"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "cause difficulty or make trouble for someone",
"word": "da de furcă cuiva"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "cause difficulty or make trouble for someone",
"word": "face cuiva zile fripte"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "cause difficulty or make trouble for someone",
"word": "hacérselo pasar mal a alguien"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "tease, kid or rib someone",
"word": "戲弄"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "xìnòng",
"sense": "tease, kid or rib someone",
"word": "戏弄"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "qǔxiào",
"sense": "tease, kid or rib someone",
"word": "取笑"
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "tease, kid or rib someone",
"word": "欺負"
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "qīfù",
"sense": "tease, kid or rib someone",
"word": "欺负"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "tease, kid or rib someone",
"word": "kiusoitella"
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "tease, kid or rib someone",
"tags": [
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"word": "besztać"
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "tease, kid or rib someone",
"tags": [
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"word": "zbesztać"
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"word": "give someone a hard time"
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