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"ref": "2016 June 16, James Andrews, Julia Rampen, “Can you be sacked for watching England-Wales at work? These are your rights”, in Daily Mirror",
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"(slang, UK, Australia, New Zealand) To skip work or school or avoid an obligation by pretending to be sick."
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to feign illness so to take time off work",
"word": "ilmoittautua sairaaksi"
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"sense": "to feign illness so to take time off work",
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"word": "pinnata (töistä)"
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "to feign illness so to take time off work",
"word": "se faire porter pâle"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to feign illness so to take time off work",
"word": "krankfeiern"
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"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to feign illness so to take time off work",
"word": "whakangehengehe"
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"note": "no equivalent term in Polish",
"sense": "to feign illness so to take time off work"
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"sense": "to feign illness so to take time off work",
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"word": "but see udawać chorego"
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"ref": "2016 June 16, James Andrews, Julia Rampen, “Can you be sacked for watching England-Wales at work? These are your rights”, in Daily Mirror",
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"word": "chuck a sickie"
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"word": "throw a sickie"
},
{
"word": "shirk"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to feign illness so to take time off work",
"word": "ilmoittautua sairaaksi"
},
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to feign illness so to take time off work",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "pinnata (töistä)"
},
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to feign illness so to take time off work",
"word": "se faire porter pâle"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to feign illness so to take time off work",
"word": "krankfeiern"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to feign illness so to take time off work",
"word": "whakangehengehe"
},
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"note": "no equivalent term in Polish",
"sense": "to feign illness so to take time off work"
},
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to feign illness so to take time off work",
"tags": [
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"word": "but see udawać chorego"
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"word": "pull a sickie"
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