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- 1Age-otori (Japanese)To look worse after a haircut
- 2Ilunga (Tshiluba)A person who is ready to forgive an abuse the first time, will tolerate it the second time but will never allow it a third time
- 3Pana po’o (Hawaiian)The act of scratching your head in order to remember something
- 4Schilderwald (German)A street crowded with so many signs that you become lost
- 5Prozvonit (Czech)To call a mobile phone, only letting it ring once so that the other person will call you back so that you don't have to spend money on minutes
- 6Rire dans sa barbe (French)To laugh into your beard quietly while thinking about something that happened in the past
- 7Tsundoku (Japanese)The act of leaving a book unread after buying it, typically adding it to a pile of other unread books
- 8Backpfeifengesicht (German)A face badly in need of a fist
- 9Tingo (Pascuense)The act of gradually stealing all the possessions of your neighbours house by borrowing and never returning
- 10Jayus (Indonesian)A joke told so badly that you can't help but laugh
- 11Tartle (Scottish)The act of hesitating while introducing someone because you have forgotten their name
- 12Iktsuarpok (Inuit)The feeling of anticipation that leads you to regularly look outside to see if anyone is coming
- 13Sobremesa (Spanish)The time spent after eating lunch or dinner talking to the people whom you just shared the meal with
- 14Utepils (Norwegian)To sit outside on a sunny day and enjoy a beer
- 15Craic (Irish)A sense of enjoyment and fun that usually involves lively conversation, alcohol and music
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- 15 words from around the world that get lost in translation.
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