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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "be deceptive",
"word": "misleiden"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "be deceptive",
"word": "blaasjes wijsmaken"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "be deceptive",
"word": "hämätä"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "be deceptive",
"word": "bequatschen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"note": "with etwas",
"sense": "be deceptive",
"word": "vormachen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "be deceptive",
"word": "Quatsch erzählen"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "be deceptive",
"word": "engabelar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "be deceptive",
"word": "engambelar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "be deceptive",
"word": "engañar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "be deceptive",
"word": "mentir"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "dance",
"word": "dansen"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "dance",
"word": "swingen"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "dance",
"word": "tanssia"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "dance",
"word": "swingen"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "dance",
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},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "dance",
"word": "bailar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "dance",
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}
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{
"word": "jive turkey"
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{
"word": "jive-ass"
},
{
"word": "jiver"
}
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"text": "Don’t give me that jive. I know where you were last night."
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},
{
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "dance style popular in the 1940–50s",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "jive"
}
],
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