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"sense": "unable to distinguish differences in pitch",
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"word": "botfülű"
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"sense": "unable to distinguish differences in pitch",
"word": "che non ha orecchio"
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"sense": "unable to distinguish differences in pitch",
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"sense": "unable to distinguish differences in pitch",
"word": "tonedøv"
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"roman": "ne različájuščij otténkov zvúka",
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"note": "idiom: \"a bear stepped on ear\"",
"roman": "medvédʹ na úxo nastupíl",
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"sense": "unable to distinguish differences in pitch",
"word": "tondöv"
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"roman": "sêung yâek yáe sĭang sŏong dtàm kŏng dondtree mâi dâai",
"sense": "unable to distinguish differences in pitch",
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"word": "keinen Draht (haben)"
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"sense": "unable to distinguish differences in pitch",
"word": "أَصَمّ لِلطَّبَقَات الصَوْتِيَّة"
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"sense": "unable to distinguish differences in pitch",
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"sense": "unable to distinguish differences in pitch",
"word": "dur d'orella"
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"roman": "yīnmáng de",
"sense": "unable to distinguish differences in pitch",
"word": "音盲的"
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"code": "cmn",
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"sense": "unable to distinguish differences in pitch",
"word": "不能辨別音高的"
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"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "bùnéng biànbié yīngāo de",
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"word": "不能辨别音高的"
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"sense": "unable to distinguish differences in pitch",
"word": "klankendoof"
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{
"code": "nl",
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"sense": "unable to distinguish differences in pitch",
"word": "toondoof"
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"sense": "unable to distinguish differences in pitch",
"word": "sävelkuuro"
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"sense": "unable to distinguish differences in pitch",
"word": "qui n’a pas d’oreille"
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"sense": "unable to distinguish differences in pitch",
"word": "ohne Gefühl für Tonhöhen"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "unable to distinguish differences in pitch",
"word": "ohne musikalisches Gehör"
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"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "unable to distinguish differences in pitch",
"word": "חירש לצלילים"
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "unable to distinguish differences in pitch",
"word": "botfülű"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "unable to distinguish differences in pitch",
"word": "che non ha orecchio"
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"alt": "おんち",
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"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "onchi",
"sense": "unable to distinguish differences in pitch",
"word": "音痴"
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"code": "no",
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"sense": "unable to distinguish differences in pitch",
"word": "tonedøv"
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"sense": "unable to distinguish differences in pitch",
"word": "amúsico"
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"roman": "ne različájuščij otténkov zvúka",
"sense": "unable to distinguish differences in pitch",
"word": "не различа́ющий отте́нков зву́ка"
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"code": "ru",
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"roman": "nemuzykálʹnyj",
"sense": "unable to distinguish differences in pitch",
"word": "немузыка́льный"
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"lang": "Russian",
"note": "idiom: \"a bear stepped on ear\"",
"roman": "medvédʹ na úxo nastupíl",
"sense": "unable to distinguish differences in pitch",
"word": "медве́дь на у́хо наступи́л"
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "unable to distinguish differences in pitch",
"word": "sin oído musical"
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "unable to distinguish differences in pitch",
"word": "tondöv"
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"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "sêung yâek yáe sĭang sŏong dtàm kŏng dondtree mâi dâai",
"sense": "unable to distinguish differences in pitch",
"word": "ซึ่งแยกแยะเสียงสูงต่ำของดนตรีไม่ได้"
},
{
"code": "vi",
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"note": "không có khả năng phân biệt chính xác các nốt nhạc khác nhau",
"sense": "unable to distinguish differences in pitch"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "out of touch",
"word": "déconnecté"
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "out of touch",
"word": "hors-sol"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "out of touch",
"word": "weltfremd"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "out of touch",
"word": "abgehoben"
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"word": "ohne Bezug"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "out of touch",
"word": "keinen Draht (haben)"
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "out of touch",
"word": "desubicado"
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"sense": "out of touch",
"word": "tondöv"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "insensitive and offensive",
"word": "taktlos (if impolite)"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "insensitive and offensive",
"word": "unangebracht"
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{
"code": "de",
"english": "crude",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "insensitive and offensive",
"word": "geschmacklos"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "insensitive and offensive",
"word": "insensible"
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"wikipedia": [
"Tone deafness"
],
"word": "tone-deaf"
}
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