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"sense": "to seem vaguely familiar",
"word": "sonar"
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"sense": "to seem vaguely familiar",
"word": "聽起來熟悉"
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"word": "een belletje doen rinkelen"
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"sense": "to seem vaguely familiar",
"word": "tuttav ette tulema"
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"sense": "to seem vaguely familiar",
"word": "soittaa kelloa"
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"sense": "to seem vaguely familiar",
"word": "dire quelque chose"
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"sense": "to seem vaguely familiar",
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"sense": "to seem vaguely familiar",
"word": "bekannt vorkommen"
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"sense": "to seem vaguely familiar",
"word": "etwas sagen"
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"_dis1": "96 3 2",
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"sense": "to seem vaguely familiar",
"word": "rémlik"
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"_dis1": "96 3 2",
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"sense": "to seem vaguely familiar",
"word": "far venire in mente"
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"_dis1": "96 3 2",
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"sense": "to seem vaguely familiar",
"word": "suonare familiare"
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"_dis1": "96 3 2",
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"sense": "to seem vaguely familiar",
"word": "lembrar (algo)"
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"_dis1": "96 3 2",
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"sense": "to seem vaguely familiar",
"word": "dizer alguma coisa"
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"roman": "bytʹ znakómym",
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"sense": "to seem vaguely familiar",
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"(informal, idiomatic) To spark a previously forgotten memory."
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to seem vaguely familiar",
"word": "sonar"
},
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to seem vaguely familiar",
"word": "聽起來熟悉"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "tīngqǐlái shúxī",
"sense": "to seem vaguely familiar",
"word": "听起来熟悉"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to seem vaguely familiar",
"word": "to mi přijde povědomé"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to seem vaguely familiar",
"word": "to mi něco připomíná"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to seem vaguely familiar",
"word": "to mi něco říká"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to seem vaguely familiar",
"word": "een belletje doen rinkelen"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to seem vaguely familiar",
"word": "iets zeggen"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "to seem vaguely familiar",
"word": "tuttav ette tulema"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to seem vaguely familiar",
"word": "soittaa kelloa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to seem vaguely familiar",
"word": "dire quelque chose"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to seem vaguely familiar",
"word": "soar"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to seem vaguely familiar",
"word": "bekannt vorkommen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to seem vaguely familiar",
"word": "etwas sagen"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to seem vaguely familiar",
"word": "rémlik"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to seem vaguely familiar",
"word": "ismerős"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"note": "of a sound or something uttered",
"sense": "to seem vaguely familiar",
"word": "ismerősen cseng"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to seem vaguely familiar",
"word": "far venire in mente"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to seem vaguely familiar",
"word": "suonare familiare"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to seem vaguely familiar",
"word": "lembrar (algo)"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to seem vaguely familiar",
"word": "soar familiar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to seem vaguely familiar",
"word": "dizer alguma coisa"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "bytʹ znakómym",
"sense": "to seem vaguely familiar",
"word": "быть знако́мым"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pripominátʹ",
"sense": "to seem vaguely familiar",
"word": "припомина́ть"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to seem vaguely familiar",
"word": "sonar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to seem vaguely familiar",
"word": "ringa en klocka"
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"word": "ring a bell"
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