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"ref": "1915, L. Frank Baum, chapter 5, in The Scarecrow of Oz",
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"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to subject to laughter",
"tags": [
"perfective"
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"word": "vysmát se"
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"code": "cs",
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"sense": "to subject to laughter",
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to subject to laughter",
"word": "faire la nique"
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to subject to laughter",
"word": "kigúnyol"
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to subject to laughter",
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"sense": "to subject to laughter",
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"code": "hu",
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"sense": "to subject to laughter",
"word": "tréfát űz"
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"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to subject to laughter",
"word": "bí ag magadh faoi"
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"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to subject to laughter",
"word": "bí ag piocadh ar"
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{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to subject to laughter",
"word": "bí ag spochadh as"
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to subject to laughter",
"word": "ridicolizzare"
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"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to subject to laughter",
"word": "pāengaenga"
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"sense": "to subject to laughter",
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"sense": "to subject to laughter",
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"sense": "to subject to laughter",
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"sense": "to subject to laughter",
"word": "pitorrearse"
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"sense": "to subject to laughter",
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"code": "cs",
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"sense": "to subject to laughter",
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "to subject to laughter",
"word": "faire la nique"
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"sense": "to subject to laughter",
"word": "kigúnyol"
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{
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"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to subject to laughter",
"word": "gúnyol"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to subject to laughter",
"word": "gúnyolódik"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to subject to laughter",
"word": "tréfát űz"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to subject to laughter",
"word": "bí ag magadh faoi"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to subject to laughter",
"word": "bí ag piocadh ar"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to subject to laughter",
"word": "bí ag spochadh as"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to subject to laughter",
"word": "ridicolizzare"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to subject to laughter",
"word": "pāengaenga"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to subject to laughter",
"word": "ridiculizar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to subject to laughter",
"word": "burlarse"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to subject to laughter",
"word": "mofarse"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to subject to laughter",
"word": "pitorrearse"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to subject to laughter",
"tags": [
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"word": "poke fun"
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