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"ref": "2012 April 24, Phil Dawkes, “Barcelona 2-2 Chelsea”, in BBC Sport",
"text": "It was a result that owed a lot to a moment of guile from Ramires but more to a display of guts from the Brazilian and his team-mates after Terry's needless dismissal eight minutes before half-time for driving a knee into the back of Alexis Sanchez off the ball.",
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"ref": "2011 November 11, Rory Houston, “Estonia 0-4 Republic of Ireland”, in RTE Sport",
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"word": "juonikkuus"
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"word": "vilppi"
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"word": "huijaus"
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"word": "petkutus"
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Täuschung"
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"word": "māminga"
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"word": "compassement"
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"sense": "to deceive, to beguile",
"word": "欺騙"
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{
"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "qīpiàn",
"sense": "to deceive, to beguile",
"word": "欺骗"
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{
"code": "cmn",
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"sense": "to deceive, to beguile",
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"word": "欺瞒"
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"sense": "to deceive, to beguile",
"word": "juonia"
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{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "to deceive, to beguile",
"word": "juonitella"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to deceive, to beguile",
"word": "viekastella"
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{
"code": "fr",
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"sense": "to deceive, to beguile",
"word": "tromper"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to deceive, to beguile",
"word": "entourlouper"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "to deceive, to beguile",
"word": "irreleiten"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to deceive, to beguile",
"word": "irreführen"
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{
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"sense": "to deceive, to beguile",
"word": "véla"
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{
"code": "is",
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"sense": "to deceive, to beguile",
"word": "tæla"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to deceive, to beguile",
"word": "ingannare"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to deceive, to beguile",
"word": "turlupinare"
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"sense": "to deceive, to beguile",
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"word": "hīanga"
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"roman": "obmányvatʹ",
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"word": "обма́нывать"
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"roman": "obmanútʹ",
"sense": "to deceive, to beguile",
"tags": [
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"word": "обману́ть"
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"gold#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"obsolete"
]
},
{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "gyle"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Alternative form of gyle"
],
"links": [
[
"gyle",
"gyle#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"alternative"
]
}
],
"word": "guile"
}
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