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"ref": "2017 March 14, Stuart James, “Leicester stun Sevilla to reach last eight after Kasper Schmeichel save”, in the Guardian",
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"To move one way then the other, or in unpredictable erratic gyrations."
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"(intransitive) To move one way then the other, or in unpredictable erratic gyrations."
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"word": "jactitate"
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"word": "vertiginate"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to move one way then the other",
"word": "kääntyillä ja mutkitella"
},
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to move one way then the other",
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],
"word": "hin- und herbewegen"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to move one way then the other",
"word": "korohapehape"
}
]
}
],
"word": "twist and turn"
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"sense": "to move one way then the other",
"word": "kääntyillä ja mutkitella"
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"sense": "to move one way then the other",
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"word": "twist and turn"
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