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"(idiomatic) Directly; bluntly; without pretense or caution."
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"word": "от упор"
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"sense": "straight at the target",
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"word": "in Kernschussweite"
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"sense": "straight at the target",
"word": "a bruciapelo"
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"sense": "directly; bluntly; without pretense or caution",
"word": "kerek perec"
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"sense": "directly; bluntly; without pretense or caution",
"word": "a bruciapelo"
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"roman": "tantōchokunyū",
"sense": "directly; bluntly; without pretense or caution",
"word": "単刀直入"
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"sense": "directly; bluntly; without pretense or caution",
"word": "à queima-roupa"
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"sense": "directly; bluntly; without pretense or caution",
"word": "в лоб"
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"sense": "directly; bluntly; without pretense or caution",
"word": "напряму́ю"
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"sense": "directly; bluntly; without pretense or caution",
"word": "sin paños calientes"
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"code": "te",
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"roman": "mukhaṁ mīda koṭṭinaṭlu",
"sense": "directly; bluntly; without pretense or caution",
"word": "ముఖం మీద కొట్టినట్లు"
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