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"sense": "to forsake, to abandon; to ignore",
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"sense": "to forsake, to abandon; to ignore",
"word": "de rug toekeren"
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"sense": "to forsake, to abandon; to ignore",
"word": "kääntää selkänsä"
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "to forsake, to abandon; to ignore",
"word": "tourner le dos"
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"sense": "to forsake, to abandon; to ignore",
"word": "hátat fordít"
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{
"code": "it",
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"sense": "to forsake, to abandon; to ignore",
"word": "voltare le spalle"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to forsake, to abandon; to ignore",
"word": "volgere le spalle"
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"sense": "to forsake, to abandon; to ignore",
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"word": "dar la espalda"
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"word": "відверта́тися"
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"sense": "to forsake, to abandon; to ignore",
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