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"word": "bera kápuna á báðum öxlum"
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"sense": "to sway unsteadily from one side to the other",
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"sense": "to sway unsteadily from one side to the other",
"word": "搖擺不定"
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"word": "რწევა"
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"word": "oscillare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to sway unsteadily from one side to the other",
"word": "sbandare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to sway unsteadily from one side to the other",
"word": "esitare"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to sway unsteadily from one side to the other",
"word": "vacillō"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to sway unsteadily from one side to the other",
"word": "vacilar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kolebátʹsja",
"sense": "to sway unsteadily from one side to the other",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "колеба́ться"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kačátʹsja",
"sense": "to sway unsteadily from one side to the other",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "кача́ться"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to sway unsteadily from one side to the other",
"word": "sendelemek"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to sway unsteadily from one side to the other",
"word": "yalpalamak"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "dvoumja se",
"sense": "to swing from one course of action or opinion to another",
"word": "двоумя се"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "ne se rešavam",
"sense": "to swing from one course of action or opinion to another",
"word": "не се решавам"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to swing from one course of action or opinion to another",
"word": "vacil·lar"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to swing from one course of action or opinion to another",
"word": "犹豫不定"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to swing from one course of action or opinion to another",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "váhat"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to swing from one course of action or opinion to another",
"word": "weifelen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to swing from one course of action or opinion to another",
"word": "horjua"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to swing from one course of action or opinion to another",
"word": "epäröidä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to swing from one course of action or opinion to another",
"word": "soutaa ja huovata"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to swing from one course of action or opinion to another",
"word": "hésiter"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "q̇oq̇mani",
"sense": "to swing from one course of action or opinion to another",
"word": "ყოყმანი"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "merq̇eoba",
"sense": "to swing from one course of action or opinion to another",
"word": "მერყეობა"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to swing from one course of action or opinion to another",
"word": "schwanken"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "talantévomai",
"sense": "to swing from one course of action or opinion to another",
"word": "ταλαντεύομαι"
},
{
"code": "kl",
"lang": "Greenlandic",
"sense": "to swing from one course of action or opinion to another",
"word": "nakimavoq"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to swing from one course of action or opinion to another",
"word": "bera kápuna á báðum öxlum"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to swing from one course of action or opinion to another",
"word": "dubitare"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to swing from one course of action or opinion to another",
"word": "duabus sellis sedeo"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to swing from one course of action or opinion to another",
"word": "aestuō"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to swing from one course of action or opinion to another",
"word": "vacillō"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to swing from one course of action or opinion to another",
"word": "tātāu"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to swing from one course of action or opinion to another",
"word": "vacilar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kolebátʹsja",
"sense": "to swing from one course of action or opinion to another",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "колеба́ться"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to swing from one course of action or opinion to another",
"word": "bocalamak"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to be changeable, or inconsistent in speech or action",
"word": "vacil·lar"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to be changeable, or inconsistent in speech or action",
"word": "epäröidä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to be changeable, or inconsistent in speech or action",
"word": "horjua"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to be changeable, or inconsistent in speech or action",
"word": "soutaa ja huovata"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "talantévomai",
"sense": "to be changeable, or inconsistent in speech or action",
"word": "ταλαντεύομαι"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to be changeable, or inconsistent in speech or action",
"word": "vacillō"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to be changeable, or inconsistent in speech or action",
"word": "vacilar"
}
],
"word": "vacillate"
}
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