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"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "To fail to discharge properly",
"word": "ilişdirmək"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "To fail to discharge properly",
"word": "s’enrayer"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "astochó",
"sense": "To fail to discharge properly",
"word": "αστοχώ"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "To fail to discharge properly",
"word": "loic"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "To fail to discharge properly",
"word": "incepparsi"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "osečʹsja",
"sense": "To fail to discharge properly",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "осечься"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shīhuǒ",
"sense": "To fail to ignite in the proper sequence",
"word": "失火"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "To fail to ignite in the proper sequence",
"word": "střílet"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "To fail to ignite in the proper sequence",
"word": "caler"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "To fail to ignite in the proper sequence",
"word": "fehlzünden"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "To fail to ignite in the proper sequence",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "encendido defectuoso"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "To fail to ignite in the proper sequence",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "fallo de encendido"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "To fail to ignite in the proper sequence",
"word": "feltändning"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "To fail to ignite in the proper sequence",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
],
"word": "snedtändning"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "To fail to achieve the anticipated result",
"word": "fehlschlagen"
}
],
"word": "misfire"
}
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