See mope in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"word": "zhrýzať sa"
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"word": "desanimarse"
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"word": "estar deprimido"
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"text": "2011: LA Weekly, documenting uses dating to the 1990s\nThe porn industry is many things. Subtle is not one of them. So when Porn Inc. went searching for a job title for people like Stephen Hill, the choice was \"mope.\" It's based on the off-camera life of these fringe actors, hangers-on who mope around the studios hoping for a bit role, which if they're lucky might bring them $50 plus food — and the chance to have sex with a real, live woman.https://web.archive.org/web/20110310155324/http://www.laweekly.com/2011-02-24/news/porn-machete-murder/"
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