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"etymology_text": "Suggesting a person skating or walking on a frozen-over body of water, at risk of breaking through and falling into the water.",
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "at risk",
"word": "en situaciò perillosa"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "at risk",
"word": "heikolla jäällä"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "at risk",
"word": "sur la corde raide"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "at risk",
"word": "auf dünnem Eis"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "at risk",
"word": "abu di atas tanggul"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "at risk",
"word": "sul filo del rasoio"
},
{
"code": "la",
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"sense": "at risk",
"word": "in periculō"
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"code": "pl",
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"sense": "at risk",
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"word": "stąpać po cienkim lodzie"
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "at risk",
"word": "em situação delicada"
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"sense": "at risk",
"word": "em situação difícil"
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"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"roman": "na tankom ledu",
"sense": "at risk",
"word": "на танком леду"
},
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "at risk",
"word": "a riesgo"
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"used in estar en la cuerda floja\""
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"sense": "at risk",
"word": "på tunn is"
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "at risk",
"word": "en situaciò perillosa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "at risk",
"word": "heikolla jäällä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "at risk",
"word": "sur la corde raide"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "at risk",
"word": "auf dünnem Eis"
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{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "at risk",
"word": "abu di atas tanggul"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "at risk",
"word": "sul filo del rasoio"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "at risk",
"word": "in periculō"
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "at risk",
"tags": [
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"word": "stąpać po cienkim lodzie"
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "at risk",
"word": "em situação delicada"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "at risk",
"word": "em situação difícil"
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"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"roman": "na tankom ledu",
"sense": "at risk",
"word": "на танком леду"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "at risk",
"word": "a riesgo"
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"code": "sv",
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"sense": "at risk",
"word": "på tunn is"
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