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"sense": "defeated; in a cowardly or miserable manner",
"word": "de staart tussen de benen"
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"word": "häntä koipien välissä"
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"sense": "defeated; in a cowardly or miserable manner",
"word": "la queue entre les jambes"
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"roman": "znavó bēn ragláv",
"sense": "defeated; in a cowardly or miserable manner",
"word": "זְנָבוֹ בֵּין רַגְלָיו"
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"roman": "so podviena opaška",
"sense": "defeated; in a cowardly or miserable manner",
"word": "со подвиена опашка"
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"sense": "defeated; in a cowardly or miserable manner",
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"roman": "podžáv xvost",
"sense": "defeated; in a cowardly or miserable manner",
"word": "поджа́в хвост"
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"word": "подвити реп"
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"sense": "defeated; in a cowardly or miserable manner",
"word": "con la cola entre las piernas"
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"sense": "defeated; in a cowardly or miserable manner",
"word": "med svansen mellan benen"
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"roman": "hǎang-jùk-dtùut",
"sense": "defeated; in a cowardly or miserable manner",
"word": "หางจุกตูด"
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"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "defeated; in a cowardly or miserable manner",
"word": "de staart tussen de benen"
},
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "defeated; in a cowardly or miserable manner",
"word": "häntä koipien välissä"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "defeated; in a cowardly or miserable manner",
"word": "la queue entre les jambes"
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"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "znavó bēn ragláv",
"sense": "defeated; in a cowardly or miserable manner",
"word": "זְנָבוֹ בֵּין רַגְלָיו"
},
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"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "so podviena opaška",
"sense": "defeated; in a cowardly or miserable manner",
"word": "со подвиена опашка"
},
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "defeated; in a cowardly or miserable manner",
"word": "z uszami spuszczonymi po sobie"
},
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"code": "pl",
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"sense": "defeated; in a cowardly or miserable manner",
"word": "z podwiniętym ogonem"
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"roman": "podžáv xvost",
"sense": "defeated; in a cowardly or miserable manner",
"word": "поджа́в хвост"
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"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "defeated; in a cowardly or miserable manner",
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"word": "подвити реп"
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"word": "подвијеног репа"
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"word": "podvijenog repa"
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "defeated; in a cowardly or miserable manner",
"word": "con la cola entre las piernas"
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "defeated; in a cowardly or miserable manner",
"word": "med svansen mellan benen"
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"code": "th",
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"roman": "hǎang-jùk-dtùut",
"sense": "defeated; in a cowardly or miserable manner",
"word": "หางจุกตูด"
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