be found wanting

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This is a English–Chinese dictionary entry.

Sourced from GetWord Corpus in Lughet's collection.

This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.

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befoul befoul be foul with be foul with be found at be found at be found guilty be found guilty be found in be found in be found of gossip

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