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"text": "Walking through the graveyard late at night really gives me the creeps."
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"ref": "1997, Roddy Doyle, The Woman Who Walked into Doors",
"text": "It’s the emptiness; there’s no one on the street at that time, along the river. It gives me the creeps.",
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"word": "give someone the heebie-jeebies"
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{
"word": "give someone the willies"
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"word": "give someone the collywobbles"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "give someone a feeling of uneasiness or mild fright",
"word": "讓……毛骨悚然"
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"sense": "give someone a feeling of uneasiness or mild fright",
"word": "让……毛骨悚然"
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"sense": "give someone a feeling of uneasiness or mild fright",
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"sense": "give someone a feeling of uneasiness or mild fright",
"word": "donner des frissons"
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"sense": "give someone a feeling of uneasiness or mild fright",
"word": "donner froid dans le dos"
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"sense": "give someone a feeling of uneasiness or mild fright",
"word": "donner des sueurs froides"
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"code": "gl",
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"sense": "give someone a feeling of uneasiness or mild fright",
"word": "dar grima"
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"sense": "give someone a feeling of uneasiness or mild fright",
"word": "arrepiar"
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"sense": "give someone a feeling of uneasiness or mild fright",
"word": "borsódzik tőle a háta"
},
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"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "give someone a feeling of uneasiness or mild fright",
"word": "gi noen gåsehud"
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"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "give someone a feeling of uneasiness or mild fright",
"word": "dar arrepios"
},
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"sense": "give someone a feeling of uneasiness or mild fright",
"word": "мурашки по коже"
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"sense": "give someone a feeling of uneasiness or mild fright",
"word": "dar yuyu"
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"code": "es",
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"word": "give someone the heebie-jeebies"
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{
"word": "give someone the willies"
},
{
"word": "spook someone"
},
{
"word": "unnerve someone"
},
{
"word": "give someone the collywobbles"
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"sense": "give someone a feeling of uneasiness or mild fright",
"word": "讓……毛骨悚然"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "ràng... máogǔsǒngrán",
"sense": "give someone a feeling of uneasiness or mild fright",
"word": "让……毛骨悚然"
},
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"sense": "give someone a feeling of uneasiness or mild fright",
"word": "värisyttää"
},
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"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "give someone a feeling of uneasiness or mild fright",
"word": "aiheuttaa väristyksiä"
},
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"sense": "give someone a feeling of uneasiness or mild fright",
"word": "donner des frissons"
},
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "give someone a feeling of uneasiness or mild fright",
"word": "donner froid dans le dos"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "give someone a feeling of uneasiness or mild fright",
"word": "donner des sueurs froides"
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"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "give someone a feeling of uneasiness or mild fright",
"word": "dar grima"
},
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"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "give someone a feeling of uneasiness or mild fright",
"word": "arrepiar"
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"code": "hu",
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"sense": "give someone a feeling of uneasiness or mild fright",
"word": "borsódzik tőle a háta"
},
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"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "give someone a feeling of uneasiness or mild fright",
"word": "gi noen gåsehud"
},
{
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"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "give someone a feeling of uneasiness or mild fright",
"word": "dar arrepios"
},
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"roman": "muraški po kože",
"sense": "give someone a feeling of uneasiness or mild fright",
"word": "мурашки по коже"
},
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "give someone a feeling of uneasiness or mild fright",
"tags": [
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"word": "dar ñáñaras"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "give someone a feeling of uneasiness or mild fright",
"word": "dar repelús"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "give someone a feeling of uneasiness or mild fright",
"word": "dar yuyu"
},
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "give someone a feeling of uneasiness or mild fright",
"word": "dar canguelo"
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"word": "give someone the creeps"
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