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"ref": "1992, Bo Goldman, Scent of a Woman (film)",
"text": "I welched. I'm a welcher. Didn't I tell you?"
},
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"ref": "1973, Mario Puzo, Francis Ford Coppola, The Godfather Part II (screenplay, second draft)",
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"sense": "fail to fulfill an obligation",
"word": "luistaa"
},
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "fail to fulfill an obligation",
"word": "rikkoa lupaus"
},
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"sense": "fail to fulfill an obligation",
"word": "prellen"
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"ref": "1992, Bo Goldman, Scent of a Woman (film)",
"text": "I welched. I'm a welcher. Didn't I tell you?"
},
{
"ref": "1973, Mario Puzo, Francis Ford Coppola, The Godfather Part II (screenplay, second draft)",
"text": "MICHAEL: Clemenza promised Rosato three territories in the Bronx after he died, and then you took over and welched."
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"To fail to fulfill an obligation."
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},
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"sense": "fail to fulfill an obligation",
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"word": "vybodnout se"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "fail to fulfill an obligation",
"tags": [
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"word": "vykašlat se"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "fail to fulfill an obligation",
"tags": [
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"word": "vyprdnout se (na co)"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "fail to fulfill an obligation",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "vypustit"
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{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "fail to fulfill an obligation",
"tags": [
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"word": "opominout"
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"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "fail to fulfill an obligation",
"word": "luistaa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "fail to fulfill an obligation",
"word": "rikkoa lupaus"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "fail to fulfill an obligation",
"word": "prellen"
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{
"code": "de",
"english": "profane",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "fail to fulfill an obligation",
"word": "bescheißen"
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"sense": "fail to fulfill an obligation",
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"word": "linken"
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"sense": "fail to fulfill an obligation",
"word": "vacilar"
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