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"text": "If you could just put yourself in his shoes for a moment, perhaps you would understand why it is not as easy as you seem to think.",
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"To try to look at a situation from a different point of view; as if one were the other person; to empathise."
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"(figuratively) To try to look at a situation from a different point of view; as if one were the other person; to empathise."
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"word": "fill someone's shoes"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "look at a situation as if one were the other person",
"word": "設身處地"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shèshēnchǔdì",
"sense": "look at a situation as if one were the other person",
"word": "设身处地"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "look at a situation as if one were the other person",
"word": "換位思考"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "huànwèi sīkǎo",
"sense": "look at a situation as if one were the other person",
"word": "换位思考"
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "look at a situation as if one were the other person",
"word": "將心比心"
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"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "jiāngxīnbǐxīn",
"sense": "look at a situation as if one were the other person",
"word": "将心比心"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "look at a situation as if one were the other person",
"word": "zich in een ander verplaatsen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
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"note": "asettua asemaan (+ possessive suffix)",
"sense": "look at a situation as if one were the other person"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "look at a situation as if one were the other person",
"word": "se mettre à la place"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "look at a situation as if one were the other person",
"word": "se mettre dans la peau de quelqu’un"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "look at a situation as if one were the other person",
"word": "mettersi nei panni di un altro"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "yeokjisaji",
"sense": "look at a situation as if one were the other person",
"word": "역지사지"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "look at a situation as if one were the other person",
"word": "znaleźć się w czyjejś skórze"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "look at a situation as if one were the other person",
"word": "postawić się na czyimś miejscu"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "look at a situation as if one were the other person",
"word": "pôr-se no lugar (de alguém)"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "postávitʹ sebjá na mésto",
"sense": "look at a situation as if one were the other person",
"word": "поста́вить себя́ на ме́сто"
},
{
"code": "sv",
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"sense": "look at a situation as if one were the other person",
"word": "sätta sig in"
},
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "look at a situation as if one were the other person",
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "look at a situation as if one were the other person",
"word": "設身處地"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shèshēnchǔdì",
"sense": "look at a situation as if one were the other person",
"word": "设身处地"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "look at a situation as if one were the other person",
"word": "換位思考"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "huànwèi sīkǎo",
"sense": "look at a situation as if one were the other person",
"word": "换位思考"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "look at a situation as if one were the other person",
"word": "將心比心"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jiāngxīnbǐxīn",
"sense": "look at a situation as if one were the other person",
"word": "将心比心"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "look at a situation as if one were the other person",
"word": "zich in een ander verplaatsen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"note": "asettua asemaan (+ possessive suffix)",
"sense": "look at a situation as if one were the other person"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "look at a situation as if one were the other person",
"word": "se mettre à la place"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "look at a situation as if one were the other person",
"word": "se mettre dans la peau de quelqu’un"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "look at a situation as if one were the other person",
"word": "mettersi nei panni di un altro"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "yeokjisaji",
"sense": "look at a situation as if one were the other person",
"word": "역지사지"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "look at a situation as if one were the other person",
"word": "znaleźć się w czyjejś skórze"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "look at a situation as if one were the other person",
"word": "postawić się na czyimś miejscu"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "look at a situation as if one were the other person",
"word": "pôr-se no lugar (de alguém)"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "postávitʹ sebjá na mésto",
"sense": "look at a situation as if one were the other person",
"word": "поста́вить себя́ на ме́сто"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "look at a situation as if one were the other person",
"word": "sätta sig in"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "look at a situation as if one were the other person",
"word": "leva sig in"
}
],
"word": "put oneself in someone's shoes"
}
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