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"form": "swallows one's words",
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"singular",
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"form": "swallowing one's words",
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"participle",
"present"
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{
"form": "swallowed one's words",
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"form": "swallowed one's words",
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
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"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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"glosses": [
"To be forced to retract a prior statement after it has been shown to be disproven; to take back what one has said."
],
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"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to be forced to retract a prior statement",
"word": "rimangiarsi quel che s'è detto"
}
]
},
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"To speak at a low volume due to uncertainty about one's speech; to mumble."
],
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]
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"translations": [
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"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to mumble",
"word": "mangiarsi le parole"
}
]
}
],
"word": "swallow one's words"
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"form": "swallowed one's words",
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"To be forced to retract a prior statement after it has been shown to be disproven; to take back what one has said."
],
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"To speak at a low volume due to uncertainty about one's speech; to mumble."
],
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],
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"uncertainty",
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"translations": [
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to be forced to retract a prior statement",
"word": "rimangiarsi quel che s'è detto"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to mumble",
"word": "mangiarsi le parole"
}
],
"word": "swallow one's words"
}
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