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"text": "I'm above you in the hierarchy, Jim, so you should be answering to me."
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"sense": "to be responsible to",
"word": "對……負責任"
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"lang": "Polish",
"note": "odpowiadać przed + instrumental",
"sense": "to be responsible to"
},
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"_dis1": "87 0 13",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to be responsible to",
"word": "responsabilizar-se por"
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"word": "отвеча́ть"
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"text": "She's answered to Katie her entire life."
}
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"To respond to (a name); to treat as one's own name."
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}
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"text": "She's answered to Katie her entire life."
}
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"To respond to (a name); to treat as one's own name."
]
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to be responsible to",
"word": "對……負責任"
},
{
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "duì...fùzérèn",
"sense": "to be responsible to",
"word": "对……负责任"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to be responsible to",
"word": "vastata"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to be responsible to",
"word": "répondre à"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to be responsible to",
"word": "être responsable devant qn."
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to be responsible to",
"word": "passen zu"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to be responsible to",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ábyrgur"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to be responsible to",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "ábyrgur fyrir"
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"sense": "to be responsible to",
"tags": [
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"word": "óábyrgur"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to be responsible to",
"word": "rispondere"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"note": "odpowiadać przed + instrumental",
"sense": "to be responsible to"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to be responsible to",
"word": "responsabilizar-se por"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "otvečátʹ",
"sense": "to be responsible to",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "отвеча́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "otvétitʹ",
"sense": "to be responsible to",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "отве́тить"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to justify oneself to",
"word": "vastata"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to respond to",
"word": "totella nimeä"
}
],
"word": "answer to"
}
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