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{
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"type": "example"
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"text": "Do you know what I mean, or are you missing the point?",
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "fail to grasp the meaning",
"word": "沒有抓住要點"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "méiyǒu zhuāzhù yàodiǎn",
"sense": "fail to grasp the meaning",
"word": "没有抓住要点"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "fail to grasp the meaning",
"word": "ei käsittää"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "fail to grasp the meaning",
"word": "ei ymmärtää asian ydintä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "fail to grasp the meaning",
"tags": [
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"word": "ei tajuta pointtia"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "fail to grasp the meaning",
"word": "ne pas comprendre"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "fail to grasp the meaning",
"word": "être à côté de la plaque"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "fail to grasp the meaning",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "nie rozumieć"
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{
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"word": "nie zrozumieć"
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "fail to grasp the meaning",
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "fail to grasp the meaning",
"word": "沒有抓住要點"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "méiyǒu zhuāzhù yàodiǎn",
"sense": "fail to grasp the meaning",
"word": "没有抓住要点"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "fail to grasp the meaning",
"word": "ei käsittää"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "fail to grasp the meaning",
"word": "ei ymmärtää asian ydintä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "fail to grasp the meaning",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "ei tajuta pointtia"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "fail to grasp the meaning",
"word": "ne pas comprendre"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "fail to grasp the meaning",
"word": "être à côté de la plaque"
},
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "fail to grasp the meaning",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "nie rozumieć"
},
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "fail to grasp the meaning",
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"word": "nie zrozumieć"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "fail to grasp the meaning",
"word": "malinterpretar"
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"word": "miss the point"
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