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"word": "rodar en la seva tumba"
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"word": "rodar en la seva tumba"
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"sense": "be appalled, offended or disgusted by something, despite being deceased",
"word": "某人的棺材板都壓不住了"
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"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "mǒurén de guāncaibǎn dōu yābùzhù le",
"sense": "be appalled, offended or disgusted by something, despite being deceased",
"word": "某人的棺材板都压不住了"
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"sense": "be appalled, offended or disgusted by something, despite being deceased",
"word": "obracet se v hrobě"
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"sense": "be appalled, offended or disgusted by something, despite being deceased",
"word": "kääntyä haudassaan"
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"sense": "be appalled, offended or disgusted by something, despite being deceased",
"word": "se retourner dans sa tombe"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "be appalled, offended or disgusted by something, despite being deceased",
"word": "sich im Grabe umdrehen"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "be appalled, offended or disgusted by something, despite being deceased",
"word": "sich im Grab umdrehen"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "be appalled, offended or disgusted by something, despite being deceased",
"word": "megfordul a sírjában"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "be appalled, offended or disgusted by something, despite being deceased",
"word": "forog a sírjában"
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "be appalled, offended or disgusted by something, despite being deceased",
"word": "rigirarsi nella tomba"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "be appalled, offended or disgusted by something, despite being deceased",
"word": "rivoltarsi nella tomba"
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "be appalled, offended or disgusted by something, despite being deceased",
"word": "girarsi nella tomba"
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"sense": "be appalled, offended or disgusted by something, despite being deceased",
"word": "grabe apsisuktų"
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"sense": "be appalled, offended or disgusted by something, despite being deceased",
"word": "przewracać się w grobie"
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"sense": "be appalled, offended or disgusted by something, despite being deceased",
"word": "girar-se na sua sepultura"
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "be appalled, offended or disgusted by something, despite being deceased",
"word": "revirar-se no túmulo"
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"roman": "perevernútʹsja v grobú",
"sense": "be appalled, offended or disgusted by something, despite being deceased",
"word": "переверну́ться в гробу́"
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"sense": "be appalled, offended or disgusted by something, despite being deceased",
"word": "revolverse en su tumba"
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"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "be appalled, offended or disgusted by something, despite being deceased",
"word": "vända sig i graven"
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"code": "sv",
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"sense": "be appalled, offended or disgusted by something, despite being deceased",
"word": "vända sig i sin grav"
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"sense": "be appalled, offended or disgusted by something, despite being deceased",
"word": "mezarında ters dönmek"
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"word": "kemikleri sızlamak"
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