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"Standing elevated on the tips of one's toes."
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"english": "ballet",
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"roman": "na prǎsti",
"sense": "moving carefully",
"word": "на пръсти"
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"sense": "moving carefully",
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"sense": "moving carefully",
"word": "sur la pointe des pieds"
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"sense": "moving carefully",
"word": "à pas feutrés"
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"roman": "akropodití",
"sense": "moving carefully",
"word": "ακροποδητί"
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"sense": "moving carefully",
"word": "lábujjhegyen"
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"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "moving carefully",
"word": "ar na barraicíní"
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"roman": "na cypočkax",
"sense": "moving carefully",
"word": "на цыпочках"
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"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "moving carefully",
"word": "air corra-biod"
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"_dis1": "8 92",
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"sense": "moving carefully",
"word": "de puntillas"
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "moving carefully",
"word": "en puntas de pie"
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"sense": "moving carefully",
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"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "moving carefully",
"word": "nakatigda"
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"sense": "moving carefully",
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"sense": "moving carefully",
"word": "so ses tchåssetes"
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"sense": "moving carefully",
"word": "ar flaenau'r traed"
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"roman": "na prǎsti",
"sense": "moving carefully",
"word": "на пръсти"
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "moving carefully",
"word": "de puntetes"
},
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"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "moving carefully",
"word": "piedfingropinte"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "moving carefully",
"word": "varpaisillaan"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "moving carefully",
"word": "sur la pointe des pieds"
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"lang": "French",
"sense": "moving carefully",
"word": "à pas feutrés"
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"roman": "akropodití",
"sense": "moving carefully",
"word": "ακροποδητί"
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"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "moving carefully",
"word": "lábujjhegyen"
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"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "moving carefully",
"word": "ar na barraicíní"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "na cypočkax",
"sense": "moving carefully",
"word": "на цыпочках"
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"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "moving carefully",
"word": "air corra-biod"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "moving carefully",
"word": "de puntillas"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "moving carefully",
"word": "en puntas de pie"
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{
"code": "es",
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"sense": "moving carefully",
"word": "de puntitas"
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"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "moving carefully",
"word": "nakatigda"
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"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "moving carefully",
"word": "patiyad"
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"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "moving carefully",
"word": "nakatiyad"
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"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "moving carefully",
"word": "so ses tchåssetes"
},
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"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "moving carefully",
"word": "ar flaenau'r traed"
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"word": "on tiptoe"
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