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"ref": "2021 December 29, Stephen Roberts, “Stories and facts behind railway plaques: Evesham (1870)”, in RAIL, number 947, page 58:",
"text": "I'm in the place where I grew up, where my alma mater is.",
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"sense": "to mature and become an adult",
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"code": "gl",
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"sense": "to mature and become an adult",
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "to mature and become an adult",
"word": "adulteskar"
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"lang_code": "ga",
"sense": "to mature and become an adult",
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"sense": "to mature and become an adult",
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"word": "大人に成る"
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"code": "la",
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"sense": "to mature and become an adult",
"word": "vokse opp"
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"code": "no",
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"lang_code": "no",
"sense": "to mature and become an adult",
"word": "bli voksen"
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"sense": "to mature and become an adult",
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"sense": "to mature and become an adult",
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"sense": "to mature and become an adult",
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"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"lang_code": "te",
"roman": "perugu",
"sense": "to mature and become an adult",
"word": "పెరుగు"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"lang_code": "tr",
"sense": "to mature and become an adult",
"word": "büyümek"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"lang_code": "tr",
"sense": "to mature and become an adult",
"word": "yetişmek"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"lang_code": "cy",
"sense": "to mature and become an adult",
"word": "cael magu"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "to flourish",
"word": "kehittyä"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "to flourish",
"word": "kifejlődik"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"sense": "to flourish",
"word": "fiorire"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"sense": "to flourish",
"word": "attecchire"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"sense": "to flourish",
"word": "crescere"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"sense": "to flourish",
"word": "svilupparsi"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "to flourish",
"word": "crescer"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "to flourish",
"word": "växa fram"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "to flourish",
"word": "växa upp"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "to flourish",
"word": "blomstra"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"lang_code": "ca",
"sense": "idiomatic: to stop acting as a child",
"word": "créixer"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"lang_code": "da",
"sense": "idiomatic: to stop acting as a child",
"word": "vokse op"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"lang_code": "da",
"sense": "idiomatic: to stop acting as a child",
"word": "blive voksen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "idiomatic: to stop acting as a child",
"word": "kasvaa aikuiseksi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "idiomatic: to stop acting as a child",
"word": "aikuistua"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "idiomatic: to stop acting as a child",
"word": "felnőttként viselkedik"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"sense": "idiomatic: to stop acting as a child",
"word": "comportarsi da adulto"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "idiomatic: to stop acting as a child",
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"word": "dorosnąć"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "idiomatic: to stop acting as a child",
"word": "crescer"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "idiomatic: to stop acting as a child",
"word": "madurar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "idiomatic: to stop acting as a child",
"word": "växa upp"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"lang_code": "tr",
"sense": "idiomatic: to stop acting as a child",
"word": "büyümek"
}
],
"word": "grow up"
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