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"sense": "to bribe",
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"sense": "to bribe",
"word": "graisser la patte"
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"note": "चाय-पानी (cāy-pānī, literally “tea-water”)",
"sense": "to bribe"
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"sense": "to bribe",
"word": "ungere le ruote"
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"word": "pagare sottobanco"
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"sense": "to bribe",
"word": "graîssi la patte"
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"note": "да́ть на ла́пу (dátʹ na lápu, literally “give onto a pad”)",
"sense": "to bribe"
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"note": "подма́зать (podmázatʹ, literally “to oil”)",
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"sense": "to bribe",
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"sense": "to bribe",
"word": "graisser la patte"
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"note": "चाय-पानी (cāy-pānī, literally “tea-water”)",
"sense": "to bribe"
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"sense": "to bribe",
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "to bribe",
"word": "pagare sottobanco"
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"sense": "to bribe",
"word": "graîssi la patte"
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"note": "да́ть на ла́пу (dátʹ na lápu, literally “give onto a pad”)",
"sense": "to bribe"
},
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"code": "ru",
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"sense": "to bribe"
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"sense": "to bribe",
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