See befri on Wiktionary
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"source": "conjugation",
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]
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"source": "conjugation",
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]
},
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"source": "conjugation",
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]
},
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"source": "conjugation",
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]
},
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]
},
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"form": "auxiliary verb have",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
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"form": "befrien",
"source": "conjugation",
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"word": "befri seg fra"
},
{
"word": "befrielse"
},
{
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{
"word": "befrier"
},
{
"word": "befriet"
}
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46,
54
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62
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],
"english": "A huge crowd gathered outside the prison and freed / liberated the prisoner.",
"text": "En svær mengde samlet seg utenfor fengslet og befridde fangen.",
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112,
117
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],
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94,
101
]
],
"english": "I have seen how my people are mistreated in Egypt, heard their moans, and I have descended to deliver them. (Acts of the Apostles, 7,34)",
"text": "Jeg har sett hvordan folket mitt blir mishandlet i Egypt, og har hørt klagen deres, og jeg har steget ned for å befri dem.",
"translation": "I have seen how my people are mistreated in Egypt, heard their moans, and I have descended to deliver them. (Acts of the Apostles, 7,34)",
"type": "example"
}
],
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],
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"word": "frelse"
},
{
"word": "fri"
},
{
"word": "fri ut"
},
{
"word": "løskjøpe"
},
{
"word": "redde"
},
{
"word": "unnsette"
},
{
"word": "utfri"
},
{
"word": "avlaste"
},
{
"word": "forløse"
},
{
"word": "frigjøre"
},
{
"word": "frita"
},
{
"word": "lette"
}
]
}
],
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"source": "conjugation",
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"source": "conjugation",
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"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
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"source": "conjugation",
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"form": "befri",
"source": "conjugation",
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"source": "conjugation",
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{
"form": "befri",
"source": "conjugation",
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"source": "conjugation",
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"source": "conjugation",
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"source": "conjugation",
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"participle",
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"form": "befriet",
"source": "conjugation",
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"participle",
"past"
]
},
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"form": "auxiliary verb have",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "befrien",
"source": "conjugation",
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"to relieve (someone) of a toilsome burden"
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"word": "befri seg fra"
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"word": "befrielse"
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"word": "befriet"
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"form": "befridde",
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"form": "befriende",
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],
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45,
62
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],
"english": "A huge crowd gathered outside the prison and freed / liberated the prisoner.",
"text": "En svær mengde samlet seg utenfor fengslet og befridde fangen.",
"translation": "A huge crowd gathered outside the prison and freed / liberated the prisoner.",
"type": "example"
},
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[
112,
117
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
94,
101
]
],
"english": "I have seen how my people are mistreated in Egypt, heard their moans, and I have descended to deliver them. (Acts of the Apostles, 7,34)",
"text": "Jeg har sett hvordan folket mitt blir mishandlet i Egypt, og har hørt klagen deres, og jeg har steget ned for å befri dem.",
"translation": "I have seen how my people are mistreated in Egypt, heard their moans, and I have descended to deliver them. (Acts of the Apostles, 7,34)",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"to free, set free (make free), liberate, deliver"
],
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"free",
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],
[
"liberate",
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],
[
"deliver",
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]
]
}
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"word": "frelse"
},
{
"word": "fri"
},
{
"word": "fri ut"
},
{
"word": "løskjøpe"
},
{
"word": "redde"
},
{
"word": "unnsette"
},
{
"word": "utfri"
},
{
"word": "avlaste"
},
{
"word": "forløse"
},
{
"word": "frigjøre"
},
{
"word": "frita"
},
{
"word": "lette"
}
],
"word": "befri"
}
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