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"To move cautiously."
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zǒulù",
"sense": "to move cautiously",
"word": "走路小心"
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"sense": "to move cautiously",
"word": "katsoa eteensä"
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"sense": "to move cautiously",
"word": "regarder devant soi"
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"sense": "to move cautiously",
"word": "faire attention où l’on marche"
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"roman": "prosécho poú patáo",
"sense": "to move cautiously",
"word": "προσέχω πού πατάω"
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"sense": "to move cautiously",
"word": "a lába elé néz"
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"ref": "1944 May and June, “In the Critics' Den”, in Railway Magazine, page 132",
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"roman": "zǒulù",
"sense": "to move cautiously",
"word": "走路小心"
},
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"sense": "to move cautiously",
"word": "katsoa eteensä"
},
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"sense": "to move cautiously",
"word": "regarder devant soi"
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"lang": "French",
"sense": "to move cautiously",
"word": "faire attention où l’on marche"
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"roman": "prosécho poú patáo",
"sense": "to move cautiously",
"word": "προσέχω πού πατάω"
},
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to move cautiously",
"word": "a lába elé néz"
},
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"roman": "jǐnshèn",
"sense": "to be cautious",
"word": "谨慎行事"
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"sense": "to be cautious",
"word": "katsoa eteensä"
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