"play possum" meaning in Anglais

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    },
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      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Anglais",
      "orig": "anglais",
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  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "→ voir play et possum. Référence au comportement de l'opossum lorsqu'il est menacé."
  ],
  "hypernyms": [
    {
      "word": "deceive"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Anglais",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "pos_title": "Locution verbale",
  "senses": [
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        {
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        },
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Anglais d’Amérique du Nord",
          "orig": "anglais d’Amérique du Nord",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "BBC News, US man 'tried to revive dead opossum' in Pennsylvania, 27 mars 2010",
          "text": "The opossum, colloquially known as a possum, is about the size of a domestic cat.\nSuch animals are known to feign death when threatened, giving rise to the phrase \"playing possum\"."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Faire le mort."
      ],
      "id": "fr-play_possum-en-verb-rKXLfU6R",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Amérique du Nord"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "En-au-play possum.ogg",
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      "raw_tags": [
        "Australie"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "play possum"
}

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  "categories": [
    "Locutions verbales en anglais",
    "anglais"
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "→ voir play et possum. Référence au comportement de l'opossum lorsqu'il est menacé."
  ],
  "hypernyms": [
    {
      "word": "deceive"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Anglais",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "pos_title": "Locution verbale",
  "senses": [
    {
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        "Exemples en anglais",
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        "anglais d’Amérique du Nord"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "BBC News, US man 'tried to revive dead opossum' in Pennsylvania, 27 mars 2010",
          "text": "The opossum, colloquially known as a possum, is about the size of a domestic cat.\nSuch animals are known to feign death when threatened, giving rise to the phrase \"playing possum\"."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Faire le mort."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "Amérique du Nord"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "En-au-play possum.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/1c/En-au-play_possum.ogg/En-au-play_possum.ogg.mp3",
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      "raw_tags": [
        "Australie"
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  "word": "play possum"
}