See come first on Wiktionary
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"sense": "win first place in competition",
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"sense": "win first place in competition",
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "win first place in competition",
"word": "voittaa"
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{
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"sense": "win first place in competition",
"word": "tulla ensimmäiseksi"
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"sense": "win first place in competition",
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"word": "arriver premier"
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"sense": "win first place in competition",
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],
"word": "побежда́ть"
},
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"sense": "win first place in competition",
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],
"word": "победи́ть"
},
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"code": "ru",
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"sense": "win first place in competition",
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],
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},
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"sense": "win first place in competition",
"tags": [
"perfective"
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"word": "вы́играть"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "fàng zài shǒuwèi",
"sense": "be the most important thing to consider",
"word": "放在首位"
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"roman": "dì-yī",
"sense": "be the most important thing to consider",
"word": "第一"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "be the most important thing to consider",
"word": "olla tärkeintä"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "be the most important thing to consider",
"word": "olla ykkösasia"
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"sense": "be the most important thing to consider",
"word": "olla ykkönen"
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"sense": "be the most important thing to consider",
"word": "primer"
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"sense": "be the most important thing to consider",
"tags": [
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{
"code": "fr",
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"sense": "be the most important thing to consider",
"tags": [
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"word": "avant tout"
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"code": "ru",
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"roman": "préžde vsevó",
"sense": "be the most important thing to consider",
"word": "пре́жде всего́"
}
],
"word": "come first"
}
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