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Learn on Swedish : Folköl

A beer with an alcoholic content between 2.25% and 3.5%.
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Learn on German : Verschlimmbesserung

An attempted improvement that makes things worse than they already were.
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Learn on Swedish, slang : Vaska

To buy expensive champagne and pour it into the sink just to show off how rich you are.
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Learn on Chinese : 画龙点睛

Lit. to draw in eyes on a painted dragon.
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Learn on Chinese/Japanese : Eighth-grade sickness

the feeling being unable to be understood because of one's self-perceived, false sense of depth, ability, or complexity.
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Learn on German : Schenkelklopfer

Literally "Thigh-beater" means a joke and is named after the reaction of hitting ones thigh with ones hand while laughing, often used ironically for a really bad joke.
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Learn on English : -eth

Eth" - humorous suffix to imitate old words.
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Learn on German : Dahergelaufen

Adjective, "fromthenceran". "Some fromthenceran guy came into my bakery and tried to tell me how to bake". Something like "uninvited, unqualified, obnoxious, without renown", but also "plain common". Not necessarily a person.
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Learn on Hokkien, Singlish : Kiasu

fear of losing out, wanting to be ahead of the competition.
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Learn on Hebrew : טרנטה

A shitty or very worn out piece of machinery, usually applied to cars.
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Learn on German : Tollkühn

Daring and brave in a foolish/unhealthy kind of way.
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Learn on Portuguese-BR : Pucumã

The disgusting accumulation of dust and spiderwebs, sometimes with soot thrown in for good measure.
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Learn on Hawaiian : Hoʻoponopono

an ancient Hawaiian practice of reconciliation and forgiveness.
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Learn on Hebrew : חופר (lit. Digger)

Someone who communicates (talks/writes) a lot, but doesn't add any new information. Repeats the same things with different words.
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Learn on Italian : Benaltrismo

The strategy of dodging or ignoring a problem by pointing that there are others, more compelling problems to solve.
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Learn on Spanish : Ajeno

of, pertaining to, or belonging to other people; foreign to; alien.
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Learn on German : Schnulze

a predominantly kitschy and sentimental song, play, show or movie. Often used in a derogative context.
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Learn on Japanese : Aidzuchi (あいづち)

Sounds made during a conversation to indicate that you are listening.
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Learn on Chinese : 蚁居 yǐ jū

To live in crowded slum housing in expensive cities, because you can't afford the rent of a proper room.
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Learn on Hebrew : Legarbetz

To scratch one's balls; To be lazy, not do anything.
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Learn on English : Just

I was just asked to define it by a non-native English speaker. I can think of no other English word that can take on so many different meanings.
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Learn on Swedish : Solochvårare (lit. sun-and-springtimer)

A con man who hooks up romantically with (usually multiple) partners to cheat them out of money.
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Learn on Malagasy : Tanavo (adj.)

To keep being surprised by something despite already knowing it.
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Learn on Spanish : Tocayo

Someone who shares your first name.
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Learn on English : Autoinfanticide

The act of going back in time and killing yourself as an infant and associated with the "grandfather " paradox of time travel.
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Learn on Portuguese : Cafuné

The act of runnning your fingers through your lover's hair.
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Learn on Italian (Roman dialect) : Gnagnarella

Rain enough light to make people annoyed to use an umbrella, but still heavy enough to make people annoyed to not use an umbrella.
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Learn on Japanese : 痛車 (itasha)

A car painted with anime characters (lit: painful car, because it's painful to look at).
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Learn on Chinese : 不明觉厉 bùmíngjuélì

I do not understand what you're saying but it seems awesome.
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