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"word": "Chelsea grin"
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"word": "coprophagous grin"
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"ref": "1997, Linda Howard, Son of the Morning, Simon & Schuster, page 364",
"text": "When the ceremony was finished a wide grin broke across his face, and it was that grin she saw, relieved and happy all at once.",
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"ref": "2003, Yoko Ogawa, The Housekeeper and the Professor",
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"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "kriva usmivka",
"sense": "A smile revealing the teeth",
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"word": "крива усмивка"
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"roman": "lùchǐ'érxiào",
"sense": "A smile revealing the teeth",
"word": "露齿而笑"
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"sense": "A smile revealing the teeth",
"word": "virnistys"
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "A smile revealing the teeth",
"word": "virne"
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"sense": "A smile revealing the teeth",
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},
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"sense": "A smile revealing the teeth",
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"neuter"
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "A smile revealing the teeth",
"word": "vigyor"
},
{
"code": "hu",
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"sense": "A smile revealing the teeth",
"word": "vigyorgás"
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"code": "is",
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"sense": "A smile revealing the teeth",
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"word": "glott"
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"code": "ga",
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"word": "straoise"
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "A smile revealing the teeth",
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"sense": "A smile revealing the teeth",
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"sense": "A smile revealing the teeth",
"word": "pakiri"
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"sense": "A smile revealing the teeth",
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "A smile revealing the teeth",
"word": "banan"
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "A smile revealing the teeth",
"word": "uśmiech od ucha do ucha"
},
{
"code": "pl",
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"sense": "A smile revealing the teeth",
"word": "szeroki uśmiech"
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"sense": "A smile revealing the teeth",
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"word": "ухмы́лка"
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"sense": "A smile revealing the teeth",
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"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
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"code": "sh",
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"code": "sk",
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"sense": "A smile revealing the teeth",
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"code": "es",
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"feminine"
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"word": "sonrisa abierta"
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"code": "es",
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"word": "sonrisa amplia"
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"code": "uk",
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"roman": "pósmiška",
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"word": "по́смішка"
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"code": "uk",
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"word": "grin from ear to ear"
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"word": "grin like a Cheshire cat"
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"word": "pickin' and grinnin'"
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
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"text": "Why do you grin? Did I say something funny?",
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"_dis1": "64 2 19 15",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "To smile showing the teeth",
"word": "露齒而笑"
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"_dis1": "64 2 19 15",
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"roman": "lùchǐ'érxiào",
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"word": "露齿而笑"
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"sense": "To smile showing the teeth",
"word": "grijnzen"
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"_dis1": "64 2 19 15",
"code": "eo",
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"sense": "To smile showing the teeth",
"word": "rideti"
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"_dis1": "64 2 19 15",
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"sense": "To smile showing the teeth",
"word": "virnistää"
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"_dis1": "64 2 19 15",
"code": "fi",
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"word": "virnistellä"
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"_dis1": "64 2 19 15",
"code": "fi",
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"word": "virnuilla"
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"word": "sourire"
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"_dis1": "64 2 19 15",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ḳreč̣s",
"sense": "To smile showing the teeth",
"word": "კრეჭს"
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"word": "grinsen"
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"word": "sorridere"
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"sense": "To smile showing the teeth",
"word": "tersengih"
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"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "To smile showing the teeth",
"word": "pakiri"
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"_dis1": "64 2 19 15",
"code": "mi",
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"sense": "To smile showing the teeth",
"word": "mimingo kata"
},
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"_dis1": "64 2 19 15",
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"word": "glise"
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"code": "pl",
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"sense": "To smile showing the teeth",
"word": "szczerzyć zęby"
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"_dis1": "64 2 19 15",
"code": "pl",
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"word": "suszyć ząbki"
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"_dis1": "64 2 19 15",
"code": "pl",
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"word": "szczerzyć się"
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"_dis1": "64 2 19 15",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "To smile showing the teeth",
"word": "sorrir abertamente"
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"_dis1": "64 2 19 15",
"code": "pt",
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"sense": "To smile showing the teeth",
"word": "arreganhar"
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"_dis1": "64 2 19 15",
"code": "ru",
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"roman": "uxmyljátʹsja",
"sense": "To smile showing the teeth",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
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"word": "ухмыля́ться"
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"_dis1": "64 2 19 15",
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"word": "ухмыльну́ться"
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"_dis1": "64 2 19 15",
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"roman": "usmexátʹsja",
"sense": "To smile showing the teeth",
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"_dis1": "64 2 19 15",
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"word": "усмехну́ться"
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"_dis1": "64 2 19 15",
"code": "es",
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"sense": "To smile showing the teeth",
"word": "sonreír"
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"_dis1": "64 2 19 15",
"code": "sv",
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"sense": "To smile showing the teeth",
"word": "flina"
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"_dis1": "64 2 19 15",
"code": "tr",
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"word": "sırıtmak"
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