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"ref": "1936, Dale Carnegie, “Part 3, Chapter 6: THE SAFETY VALVE IN HANDLING COMPLAINTS”, in How to Win Friends and Influence People",
"text": "La Rochefoucauld, the French philosopher, said: \"If you want enemies, excel your friends; but if you want friends, let your friends excel you.\" Why is that true? Because when our friends excel us, that gives them a feeling of importance; but when we excel them, that gives them a feeling of inferiority and arouses envy and jealousy.",
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"sense": "transitive: to surpass someone or something",
"word": "ausstechen"
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"word": "übersteigen"
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"sense": "transitive: to surpass someone or something",
"word": "übertreffen"
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"word": "ὑπερβάλλω"
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"sense": "transitive: to surpass someone or something",
"word": "felülmúl"
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"sense": "transitive: to surpass someone or something",
"word": "túltesz"
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"sense": "transitive: to surpass someone or something",
"word": "superare"
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"word": "超える"
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"word": "秀でる"
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"word": "superar"
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"word": "ultrapassar"
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"word": "aventajar"
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"text": "1924: Aristotle, Metaphysics. Translated by W. D. Ross. Nashotah, Wisconsin, USA: The Classical Library, 2001. Book 1, Part 2..\nIf, then, there is something in what the poets say, and jealousy is natural to the divine power, it would probably occur in this case above all, and all who excelled in this knowledge would be unfortunate."
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"ref": "2011 November 12, “International friendly: England 1-0 Spain”, in BBC Sport",
"text": "Lescott gave his finest England performance alongside his former Everton team-mate Phil Jagielka, who also excelled despite playing with a fractured toe, while Parker was given a deserved standing ovation when he was substituted late on.",
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"word": "بَرَعَ"
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"word": "excel·lir"
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"sense": "intransitive: to be much better than others",
"word": "擅長"
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"word": "uitblinken"
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"word": "superi"
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"word": "hiilgama"
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"word": "loistaa"
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"word": "olla erittäin hyvä"
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"word": "dépasser"
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"sense": "intransitive: to be much better than others",
"word": "destacar"
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"word": "sobresaír"
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"word": "superar"
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"word": "sobrepasar"
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"word": "sich hervortun"
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"word": "herausragend sein"
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"word": "kimagaslik"
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"word": "kiemelkedik"
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"word": "jeleskedik"
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"word": "kitűnik"
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"word": "ecelar"
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "intransitive: to be much better than others",
"word": "superare"
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"_dis1": "10 79 11",
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"sense": "intransitive: to be much better than others",
"word": "eccellere"
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"_dis1": "10 79 11",
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"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "intransitive: to be much better than others",
"word": "brillare"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 79 11",
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"sense": "intransitive: to be much better than others",
"word": "primeggiare"
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"sense": "intransitive: to be much better than others",
"word": "spiccare"
},
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"alt": "こえる",
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"sense": "intransitive: to be much better than others",
"word": "超える"
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"_dis1": "10 79 11",
"alt": "たくえつする",
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"roman": "takuetsu suru",
"sense": "intransitive: to be much better than others",
"word": "卓越する"
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"_dis1": "10 79 11",
"code": "ko",
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"roman": "tagwolhada",
"sense": "intransitive: to be much better than others",
"word": "탁월하다"
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"word": "praecellō"
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"sense": "intransitive: to be much better than others",
"word": "excellir"
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "intransitive: to be much better than others",
"word": "distinguir-se"
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"_dis1": "10 79 11",
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"roman": "vydeljátʹsja",
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"word": "выделя́ться"
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"sense": "intransitive: to be much better than others",
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"sense": "intransitive: to be much better than others",
"word": "sobresalir"
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"word": "distinguirse"
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"sense": "intransitive: to be much better than others",
"word": "excellera"
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"word": "briljera"
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"ref": "1674, John Milton, Paradise lost, book II",
"text": "She opened; but to shut / Excelled her power: the gates wide open stood […]",
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "intransitive: to be much better than others",
"word": "glänsa"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "intransitive: to be much better than others",
"word": "stila"
}
],
"word": "excel"
}
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