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"(transitive, reflexive, vulgar, slang, usually of a male) To masturbate manually."
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"(transitive, reflexive, vulgar, slang, usually of a male) To masturbate manually."
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"word": "nyppiä irti"
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"code": "fi",
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"roman": "pridobivam s trud",
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"word": "придобивам с труд"
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"word": "onnistua"
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"sense": "To achieve; to succeed at something difficult",
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "To achieve; to succeed at something difficult",
"word": "s’en tirer"
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"sense": "To achieve; to succeed at something difficult",
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{
"code": "de",
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"sense": "To achieve; to succeed at something difficult",
"word": "durchziehen"
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"sense": "To achieve; to succeed at something difficult",
"word": "sbrogliare"
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "To achieve; to succeed at something difficult",
"word": "riuscire"
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"sense": "To achieve; to succeed at something difficult",
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"sense": "To achieve; to succeed at something difficult",
"word": "conseguir"
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"code": "ru",
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"roman": "dobitʹsja",
"sense": "To achieve; to succeed at something difficult",
"word": "добиться"
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"code": "ru",
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"roman": "smočʹ",
"sense": "To achieve; to succeed at something difficult",
"word": "смочь"
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"sense": "To achieve; to succeed at something difficult",
"word": "llevarse el gato al agua"
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"sense": "To achieve; to succeed at something difficult",
"word": "greja"
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"roman": "otbivam se",
"sense": "To turn off a road",
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"sense": "To turn off a road",
"word": "abbiegen"
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"english": "another road",
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"sense": "To turn off a road",
"word": "herunterfahren"
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"english": "side",
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"sense": "To turn off a road",
"word": "an den Straßenrand fahren"
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "To turn off a road",
"word": "zjechać"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sʺjexatʹ",
"sense": "To turn off a road",
"word": "съехать"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "To begin moving and then move away",
"word": "anziehen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "To begin moving and then move away",
"word": "wegziehen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "To masturbate",
"word": "sich einen runterholen"
}
],
"word": "pull off"
}
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