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"sense": "to leave a place without being noticed",
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"sense": "to leave a place without being noticed",
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"ref": "2010 December 28, Kevin Darling, “West Brom 1 - 3 Blackburn”, in BBC",
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}
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},
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"sense": "to leave a place without being noticed",
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"sense": "to leave a place without being noticed",
"word": "cırmaq"
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"sense": "to leave a place without being noticed",
"word": "davonmachen"
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"sense": "to leave a place without being noticed",
"word": "slíoc leat"
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"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to leave a place without being noticed",
"word": "andarsene alla chetichella"
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{
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"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to leave a place without being noticed",
"word": "squagliarsela"
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{
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"sense": "to leave a place without being noticed",
"word": "svignarsela"
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"sense": "to leave a place without being noticed",
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"word": "escabullirse"
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"word": "dar esquinazo"
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"sense": "to leave a place without being noticed",
"word": "אַוועקמאַכן"
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"sense": "to pass quickly",
"word": "passare in fretta"
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"word": "venire meno"
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