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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "lose respect of others",
"word": "tappa ansiktet"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "sǐia-nâa",
"sense": "lose respect of others",
"word": "เสียหน้า"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "nâa-hɛ̀ɛk",
"sense": "lose respect of others",
"word": "หน้าแหก"
},
{
"code": "bo",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"roman": "spam shor",
"sense": "lose respect of others",
"word": "སྤམ་ཤོར"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "lose respect of others",
"word": "itibarını kaybetmek"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "lose respect of others",
"word": "mahçup olmak"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "lose respect of others",
"word": "saygınlığını yitirmek"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "lose respect of others",
"word": "yüzü kalmamak"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vtrátyty oblýččja",
"sense": "lose respect of others",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "втра́тити обли́ччя"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "lose respect of others",
"word": "mất mặt"
}
],
"word": "lose face"
}
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