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"etymology_text": "From cricket, where hitting the ball over the boundary without it bouncing scores six runs, the maximum for one shot.",
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"To score six points against (a bowler) by hitting the ball over the boundary."
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"(cricket) To score six points against (a bowler) by hitting the ball over the boundary."
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"(idiomatic) To affect in a devastating way by some unexpected news."
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"sense": "affect in a devastating way (by unexpected news)",
"word": "jogar um balde de água fria"
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"word": "ошеломи́ть"
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"word": "привести́ в кра́йнее изумле́ние"
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"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "affect in a devastating way (by unexpected news)",
"word": "järkyttää"
},
{
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"sense": "affect in a devastating way (by unexpected news)",
"word": "musertaa"
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"sense": "affect in a devastating way (by unexpected news)",
"word": "dévaster"
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"sense": "affect in a devastating way (by unexpected news)",
"word": "anéantir"
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"word": "zaszokować"
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"sense": "affect in a devastating way (by unexpected news)",
"word": "jogar um balde de água fria"
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"roman": "ošelomítʹ",
"sense": "affect in a devastating way (by unexpected news)",
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"word": "ошеломи́ть"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "privestí v krájneje izumlénije",
"sense": "affect in a devastating way (by unexpected news)",
"word": "привести́ в кра́йнее изумле́ние"
}
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"word": "hit someone for six"
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