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"To be coy; to feign lack of romantic interest in a certain person, so as to force that person to be more overt in expressing interest."
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"(courtship) To be coy; to feign lack of romantic interest in a certain person, so as to force that person to be more overt in expressing interest."
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "to be coy; to feign lack of romantic interest in a certain person, so as to force that person to be more overt in expressing interest",
"word": "esittää vaikeasti tavoiteltavaa"
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"sense": "to be coy; to feign lack of romantic interest in a certain person, so as to force that person to be more overt in expressing interest",
"word": "facerse de rogar"
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"sense": "to be coy; to feign lack of romantic interest in a certain person, so as to force that person to be more overt in expressing interest",
"word": "hacerse del rogar"
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"word": "hacerse el difícil"
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"sense": "to be coy; to feign lack of romantic interest in a certain person, so as to force that person to be more overt in expressing interest",
"word": "spela svår"
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"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "to be coy; to feign lack of romantic interest in a certain person, so as to force that person to be more overt in expressing interest",
"word": "magdayuray"
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"sense": "to be coy; to feign lack of romantic interest in a certain person, so as to force that person to be more overt in expressing interest",
"word": "เล่นตัว"
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"sense": "to be coy; to feign lack of romantic interest in a certain person, so as to force that person to be more overt in expressing interest",
"word": "esittää vaikeasti tavoiteltavaa"
},
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"sense": "to be coy; to feign lack of romantic interest in a certain person, so as to force that person to be more overt in expressing interest",
"word": "facerse de rogar"
},
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"sense": "to be coy; to feign lack of romantic interest in a certain person, so as to force that person to be more overt in expressing interest",
"word": "hacerse del rogar"
},
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"word": "spela svår"
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"sense": "to be coy; to feign lack of romantic interest in a certain person, so as to force that person to be more overt in expressing interest",
"word": "เล่นตัว"
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