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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "ingratiate oneself",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "protlačit se"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "ingratiate oneself",
"word": "mielistellä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "ingratiate oneself",
"word": "insinuer"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "ingratiate oneself",
"word": "sich einschmeicheln"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "ingratiate oneself",
"word": "sich einschleichen"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "ingratiate oneself",
"word": "przypochlebiać się"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zaískivatʹ péred",
"sense": "ingratiate oneself",
"word": "заи́скивать пе́ред"
},
{
"alt": "чью-нибу́дь",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"sense": "ingratiate oneself",
"word": "сниска́ть ми́лость"
}
],
"word": "insinuate"
}
{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/2028",
"msg": "more than one value in \"alt\": sniskátʹ (čʹju-nibúdʹ) mílostʹ vs. чью-нибу́дь",
"path": [
"insinuate"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "verb",
"title": "insinuate",
"trace": ""
}
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