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"word": "wem a Goschn åhänga"
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"sense": "to reply impertinently; to answer in a cheeky manner",
"word": "väittää vastaan"
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"word": "Widerworte geben"
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"To return disrespect."
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"(idiomatic) To return disrespect."
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"(idiomatic) To return disrespect."
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"code": "bar",
"lang": "Bavarian",
"sense": "to reply impertinently; to answer in a cheeky manner",
"word": "wem a Goschn åhänga"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "to reply impertinently; to answer in a cheeky manner",
"word": "駁嘴"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "bok³ zeoi²",
"sense": "to reply impertinently; to answer in a cheeky manner",
"word": "驳嘴"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to reply impertinently; to answer in a cheeky manner",
"word": "頂嘴"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "dǐngzuǐ",
"sense": "to reply impertinently; to answer in a cheeky manner",
"word": "顶嘴"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to reply impertinently; to answer in a cheeky manner",
"word": "odmlouvat"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to reply impertinently; to answer in a cheeky manner",
"word": "väittää vastaan"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to reply impertinently; to answer in a cheeky manner",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
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"word": "ramener sa gueule"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to reply impertinently; to answer in a cheeky manner",
"word": "Widerworte geben"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to reply impertinently; to answer in a cheeky manner",
"word": "frech antworten"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to reply impertinently; to answer in a cheeky manner",
"word": "rispondere in malo modo"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to reply impertinently; to answer in a cheeky manner",
"word": "rispondere"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to reply impertinently; to answer in a cheeky manner",
"word": "rimbeccare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to reply impertinently; to answer in a cheeky manner",
"word": "controbattere"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to reply impertinently; to answer in a cheeky manner",
"word": "ribattere"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to reply impertinently; to answer in a cheeky manner",
"word": "eccepire"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to reply impertinently; to answer in a cheeky manner",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
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"word": "odpyskiwać"
},
{
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"sense": "to reply impertinently; to answer in a cheeky manner",
"tags": [
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"word": "odpyskowywać"
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"sense": "to reply impertinently; to answer in a cheeky manner",
"tags": [
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"word": "odpyskować"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ogryzatʹsja",
"sense": "to reply impertinently; to answer in a cheeky manner",
"word": "огрызаться"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "derzitʹ",
"sense": "to reply impertinently; to answer in a cheeky manner",
"word": "дерзить"
}
],
"word": "talk back"
}
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