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"text": "April 14, 1684, John Evelyn, a letter sent to the Royal Society concerning the damage done to his gardens by the preceding winter\nThe horse-chestnut is […] ready to explain its leaf."
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{
"_dis1": "30 16 27 27 0",
"code": "fi",
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"word": "selittää"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 16 27 27 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "report",
"word": "selostaa"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 16 27 27 0",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "report",
"word": "expliquer"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 16 27 27 0",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "report",
"word": "explicar"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 16 27 27 0",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "axsna",
"sense": "report",
"word": "ახსნა"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 16 27 27 0",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ganmarṭeba",
"sense": "report",
"word": "განმარტება"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 16 27 27 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "report",
"word": "erklären"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 16 27 27 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "report",
"word": "erläutern"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 16 27 27 0",
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "gaskeirjan",
"sense": "report",
"word": "𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌺𐌴𐌹𐍂𐌾𐌰𐌽"
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{
"_dis1": "30 16 27 27 0",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "exigó",
"sense": "report",
"word": "εξηγώ"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 16 27 27 0",
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"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "exēgéomai",
"sense": "report",
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{
"_dis1": "30 16 27 27 0",
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"roman": "hermēneúō",
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{
"_dis1": "30 16 27 27 0",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
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},
{
"_dis1": "30 16 27 27 0",
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{
"_dis1": "30 16 27 27 0",
"code": "hu",
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"word": "magyaráz"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 16 27 27 0",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "report",
"word": "megmagyaráz"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 16 27 27 0",
"code": "hu",
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"sense": "report",
"word": "elmagyaráz"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 16 27 27 0",
"code": "hu",
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"word": "kifejt"
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{
"_dis1": "30 16 27 27 0",
"code": "is",
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"word": "útskýra"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 16 27 27 0",
"code": "io",
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"sense": "report",
"word": "explikar"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 16 27 27 0",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "report",
"word": "menjelaskan"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 16 27 27 0",
"code": "ia",
"lang": "Interlingua",
"sense": "report",
"word": "explicar"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 16 27 27 0",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
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"word": "mínigh"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 16 27 27 0",
"code": "it",
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"word": "spiegare"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 16 27 27 0",
"code": "it",
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"word": "chiosare"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 16 27 27 0",
"code": "it",
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"word": "illustrare"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 16 27 27 0",
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"code": "ja",
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{
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"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
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"word": "教える"
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{
"_dis1": "30 16 27 27 0",
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "tüsındıru",
"sense": "report",
"word": "түсіндіру"
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{
"_dis1": "30 16 27 27 0",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "bɑnlae",
"sense": "report",
"word": "បន្លែ"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 16 27 27 0",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "bɑmphlɨɨ",
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"word": "បំភ្លឺ"
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{
"_dis1": "30 16 27 27 0",
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{
"_dis1": "30 16 27 27 0",
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{
"_dis1": "30 16 27 27 0",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
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{
"_dis1": "30 16 27 27 0",
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "report",
"word": "şirove kirin"
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{
"_dis1": "30 16 27 27 0",
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "report",
"word": "îzah kirin"
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{
"_dis1": "30 16 27 27 0",
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "report",
"word": "fesîh kirin"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 16 27 27 0",
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "report",
"word": "zelal kirin"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 16 27 27 0",
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "report",
"word": "ron kirin"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 16 27 27 0",
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "report",
"word": "şayesandin"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 16 27 27 0",
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "report",
"word": "şayes kirin"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 16 27 27 0",
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "report",
"word": "şayes dan"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 16 27 27 0",
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "report",
"word": "sêwer kirin"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 16 27 27 0",
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "report",
"word": "bas kirin"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 16 27 27 0",
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "report",
"word": "qal kirin"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 16 27 27 0",
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "report",
"word": "vegotin"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 16 27 27 0",
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "report",
"word": "derbirin"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 16 27 27 0",
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "report",
"word": "wesf dan"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 16 27 27 0",
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "report",
"word": "saloxandin"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 16 27 27 0",
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "report",
"word": "salox kirin"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 16 27 27 0",
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "report",
"word": "teswîr kirin"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 16 27 27 0",
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "report",
"word": "tesewir kirin"
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{
"_dis1": "30 16 27 27 0",
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "tüşündürüü",
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"word": "түшүндүрүү"
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{
"_dis1": "30 16 27 27 0",
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "ʼa thi bāi",
"sense": "report",
"word": "ອະທິບາຍ"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 16 27 27 0",
"code": "la",
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"word": "explānō"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 16 27 27 0",
"code": "la",
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"word": "explicō"
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{
"_dis1": "30 16 27 27 0",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "report",
"word": "skaidrot"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 16 27 27 0",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "report",
"word": "aiškinti"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 16 27 27 0",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "report",
"word": "paaiškinti"
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{
"_dis1": "30 16 27 27 0",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "objasnuva",
"sense": "report",
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{
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{
"_dis1": "30 16 27 27 0",
"code": "ms",
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"sense": "report",
"word": "menjelaskan"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 16 27 27 0",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "report",
"word": "whakamārama"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 16 27 27 0",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "report",
"word": "whakamahuki"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 16 27 27 0",
"code": "mwl",
"lang": "Mirandese",
"sense": "report",
"word": "splicar"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 16 27 27 0",
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "tajlbarlax",
"sense": "report",
"word": "тайлбарлах"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 16 27 27 0",
"code": "nrf",
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"sense": "report",
"word": "explyitchi"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 16 27 27 0",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "report",
"word": "forklare"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 16 27 27 0",
"code": "oc",
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"sense": "report",
"word": "explicar"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 16 27 27 0",
"code": "ang",
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"sense": "report",
"word": "reċċan"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 16 27 27 0",
"code": "ps",
"lang": "Pashto",
"roman": "tašrihkawᶕl",
"sense": "report",
"word": "تشريح کول"
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{
"_dis1": "30 16 27 27 0",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "towzih dâdan",
"sense": "report",
"word": "توضیح دادن"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 16 27 27 0",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "šarh dâdan",
"sense": "report",
"word": "شرح دادن"
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{
"_dis1": "30 16 27 27 0",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "report",
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"imperfective"
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{
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
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"perfective"
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{
"_dis1": "30 16 27 27 0",
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"imperfective"
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{
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
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"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "objaśnić"
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{
"_dis1": "30 16 27 27 0",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "report",
"word": "explicar"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 16 27 27 0",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "report",
"word": "explanar"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 16 27 27 0",
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "report",
"word": "alayrichiy"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 16 27 27 0",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "report",
"word": "explica"
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{
"_dis1": "30 16 27 27 0",
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"sense": "report",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
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{
"_dis1": "30 16 27 27 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
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"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "объясни́ть"
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{
"_dis1": "30 16 27 27 0",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "report",
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"perfective"
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{
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"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "report",
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"perfective"
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{
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"roman": "sáp léng",
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"word": "သပ်းလႅင်း"
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{
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"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "report",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
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{
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"lang": "Slovene",
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"tags": [
"perfective"
],
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{
"_dis1": "30 16 27 27 0",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "report",
"word": "explicar"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 16 27 27 0",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "report",
"word": "förklara"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 16 27 27 0",
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "ezoh dodan",
"sense": "report",
"word": "эзоҳ додан"
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{
"_dis1": "30 16 27 27 0",
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
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"sense": "report",
"word": "шарҳ додан"
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{
"_dis1": "30 16 27 27 0",
"code": "tt",
"lang": "Tatar",
"roman": "añlatırga",
"sense": "report",
"word": "аңлатырга"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 16 27 27 0",
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "vivariñcu",
"sense": "report",
"word": "వివరించు"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 16 27 27 0",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "à-tí-baai",
"sense": "report",
"word": "อธิบาย"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 16 27 27 0",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "chíi-jɛɛng",
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},
{
"_dis1": "30 16 27 27 0",
"code": "th",
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"roman": "jɛɛng",
"sense": "report",
"word": "แจง"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 16 27 27 0",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "ní-yaam",
"sense": "report",
"word": "นิยาม"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 16 27 27 0",
"code": "txb",
"lang": "Tocharian B",
"sense": "report",
"word": "ṣärp-"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 16 27 27 0",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "report",
"word": "açıklamak"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 16 27 27 0",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "report",
"word": "izah etmek"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 16 27 27 0",
"code": "tk",
"lang": "Turkmen",
"sense": "report",
"word": "düşündirmek"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 16 27 27 0",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "pojásnjuvaty",
"sense": "report",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
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},
{
"_dis1": "30 16 27 27 0",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
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"sense": "report",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
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{
"_dis1": "30 16 27 27 0",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "pojasnýty",
"sense": "report",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
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},
{
"_dis1": "30 16 27 27 0",
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "samjhānā",
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"word": "سمجھانا"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 16 27 27 0",
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"word": "چۈشەندۈرمەك"
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{
"_dis1": "30 16 27 27 0",
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},
{
"_dis1": "30 16 27 27 0",
"code": "uz",
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"sense": "report",
"word": "izohlamoq"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 16 27 27 0",
"code": "vec",
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"word": "spiegar"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 16 27 27 0",
"code": "vi",
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"sense": "report",
"word": "giải thích"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 16 27 27 0",
"code": "wa",
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},
{
"_dis1": "30 16 27 27 0",
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"word": "spliker"
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{
"_dis1": "30 16 27 27 0",
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"word": "egluro"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 16 27 27 0",
"code": "fy",
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"sense": "report",
"word": "útlizze"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 16 27 27 0",
"code": "yi",
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"word": "דערקלערן"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 16 27 27 0",
"code": "yi",
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"roman": "masber zayn",
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"word": "מסביר זײַן"
}
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],
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"word": "afore-explained"
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{
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"word": "mansplain"
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{
"word": "please explain"
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{
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{
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{
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{
"word": "weedsplain"
}
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"name": "inh"
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},
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"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "ex-",
"3": "",
"4": "out"
},
"expansion": "ex- (“out”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "planō",
"3": "",
"4": "I flatten, make level"
},
"expansion": "planō (“I flatten, make level”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "planus",
"3": "",
"4": "level, plain"
},
"expansion": "planus (“level, plain”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "reċċan"
},
"expansion": "Old English reċċan",
"name": "ncog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English explanen, from Old French explaner, from Latin explanō (“I flatten, spread out, make plain or clear, explain”), from ex- (“out”) + planō (“I flatten, make level”), from planus (“level, plain”); see plain and plane. Compare esplanade, splanade. Displaced Old English reċċan.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "explains",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "explaining",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "explained",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "explained",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {},
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"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"related": [
{
"word": "explanation"
},
{
"word": "explanatorily"
},
{
"word": "explanatory"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English intransitive verbs",
"English terms with quotations",
"English terms with usage examples",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "She is about to explain a chapter of the Bible to the Sunday School students.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "She tried to explain but he wouldn’t listen.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "2012 March 25, Brian Hayes, “Pixels or Perish”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, page 106",
"text": "Drawings and pictures are more than mere ornaments in scientific discourse. Blackboard sketches, geological maps, diagrams of molecular structure, astronomical photographs, MRI images, the many varieties of statistical charts and graphs: These pictorial devices are indispensable tools for presenting evidence, for explaining a theory, for telling a story.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To make plain, manifest, or intelligible; to clear of obscurity; to illustrate the meaning of."
],
"links": [
[
"transitive",
"transitive"
],
[
"intransitive",
"intransitive"
],
[
"plain",
"plain"
],
[
"manifest",
"manifest"
],
[
"intelligible",
"intelligible"
],
[
"clear",
"clear"
],
[
"obscurity",
"obscurity"
],
[
"illustrate",
"illustrate"
],
[
"meaning",
"meaning"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, intransitive) To make plain, manifest, or intelligible; to clear of obscurity; to illustrate the meaning of."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive",
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2013 June 7, David Simpson, “Fantasy of navigation”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 36",
"text": "It is tempting to speculate about the incentives or compulsions that might explain why anyone would take to the skies in [the] basket [of a balloon]: perhaps out of a desire to escape the gravity of this world or to get a preview of the next; […].",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To give a valid excuse for past behavior."
],
"links": [
[
"give",
"give"
],
[
"valid",
"valid"
],
[
"excuse",
"excuse"
],
[
"behavior",
"behavior"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To give a valid excuse for past behavior."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with obsolete senses"
],
"glosses": [
"To make flat, smooth out."
],
"links": [
[
"flat",
"flat"
],
[
"smooth out",
"smooth out"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete) To make flat, smooth out."
],
"tags": [
"obsolete"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with obsolete senses"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "April 14, 1684, John Evelyn, a letter sent to the Royal Society concerning the damage done to his gardens by the preceding winter\nThe horse-chestnut is […] ready to explain its leaf."
}
],
"glosses": [
"To unfold or make visible."
],
"links": [
[
"unfold",
"unfold"
],
[
"visible",
"visible"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete) To unfold or make visible."
],
"tags": [
"obsolete"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English intransitive verbs",
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2012, Alexander R. Pruss, “The Leibnizian Cosmological Argument”, in William Lane Craig, J. P. Moreland, editors, The Blackwell Companion to Natural Theology, page 56",
"text": "It is easy to modify the account to take this into account, by explaining not just in terms of a set of reasons but in terms of a set of reason–weight pairs.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2019 July 9, Patrick Gathara, “The problem is not 'negative' Western media coverage of Africa”, in Al Jazeera English",
"text": "Like their Western counterparts, local media engages in shorthand - it reports rather than explains.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To make something plain or intelligible."
],
"links": [
[
"intelligible",
"intelligible"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To make something plain or intelligible."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ɪkˈspleɪn/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ɛkˈspleɪn/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-eɪn"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-explain.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a5/En-us-explain.ogg/En-us-explain.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a5/En-us-explain.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"sense": "give a sufficiently detailed report",
"word": "expound"
},
{
"sense": "give a sufficiently detailed report",
"word": "elaborate"
},
{
"sense": "give a sufficiently detailed report",
"word": "recce"
},
{
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "explane"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "report",
"word": "shpjegoj"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "šaraḥa",
"sense": "report",
"word": "شَرَحَ"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "fassara",
"sense": "report",
"word": "فَسَّرَ"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʔabāna",
"sense": "report",
"word": "أَبَانَ"
},
{
"code": "arz",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "fahhim",
"sense": "report",
"tags": [
"Egyptian-Arabic"
],
"word": "فهم"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "bacʿatrel",
"sense": "report",
"word": "բացատրել"
},
{
"code": "rup",
"lang": "Aromanian",
"sense": "report",
"word": "exiyisescu"
},
{
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "report",
"word": "esplicar"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "report",
"word": "başa salmaq"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "report",
"word": "izah etmək"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "report",
"word": "açıqlamaq"
},
{
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "report",
"word": "azaldu"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "abʺjasʹnjácʹ",
"sense": "report",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "аб'ясьня́ць"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "abʺjasʹnícʹ",
"sense": "report",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "аб'ясьні́ць"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "tlumáčycʹ",
"sense": "report",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "тлума́чыць"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "rastlumáčycʹ",
"sense": "report",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "растлума́чыць"
},
{
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "bōjhan",
"sense": "report",
"word": "বোঝান"
},
{
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "bhaśśo kora",
"sense": "report",
"word": "ভাষ্য করা"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "objasnjávam",
"sense": "report",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "обясня́вам"
},
{
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "hrang:pra.",
"sense": "report",
"word": "ရှင်းပြ"
},
{
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "hpwang.",
"sense": "report",
"word": "ဖွင့်"
},
{
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "lang:",
"sense": "report",
"word": "လင်း"
},
{
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "hprehrang:",
"sense": "report",
"word": "ဖြေရှင်း"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "report",
"word": "explicar"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "report",
"word": "解釋"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "gaai² sik¹",
"sense": "report",
"word": "解释"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "report",
"word": "解釋"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jiěshì",
"sense": "report",
"word": "解释"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "report",
"word": "說明"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shuōmíng",
"sense": "report",
"word": "说明"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "report",
"word": "闡釋"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "chǎnshì",
"sense": "report",
"word": "阐释"
},
{
"code": "chk",
"lang": "Chuukese",
"sense": "report",
"word": "awewe"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "report",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "vysvětlovat"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "report",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "vysvětlit"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "report",
"word": "forklare"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "report",
"word": "uitleggen"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "report",
"word": "verklaren"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "report",
"word": "toelichten"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "report",
"word": "klarigi"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "report",
"word": "seletama"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "report",
"word": "selgitama"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "report",
"word": "selittää"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "report",
"word": "selostaa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "report",
"word": "expliquer"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "report",
"word": "explicar"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "axsna",
"sense": "report",
"word": "ახსნა"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ganmarṭeba",
"sense": "report",
"word": "განმარტება"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "report",
"word": "erklären"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "report",
"word": "erläutern"
},
{
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "gaskeirjan",
"sense": "report",
"word": "𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌺𐌴𐌹𐍂𐌾𐌰𐌽"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "exigó",
"sense": "report",
"word": "εξηγώ"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "exēgéomai",
"sense": "report",
"word": "ἐξηγέομαι"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "hermēneúō",
"sense": "report",
"word": "ἑρμηνεύω"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "hisbír",
"sense": "report",
"word": "הִסְבִּיר"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "samjhānā",
"sense": "report",
"word": "समझाना"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "report",
"word": "magyaráz"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "report",
"word": "megmagyaráz"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "report",
"word": "elmagyaráz"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "report",
"word": "kifejt"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "report",
"word": "útskýra"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "report",
"word": "explikar"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "report",
"word": "menjelaskan"
},
{
"code": "ia",
"lang": "Interlingua",
"sense": "report",
"word": "explicar"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "report",
"word": "mínigh"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "report",
"word": "spiegare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "report",
"word": "chiosare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "report",
"word": "illustrare"
},
{
"alt": "せつめいする",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "setsumei suru",
"sense": "report",
"word": "説明する"
},
{
"alt": "おしえる",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "oshieru",
"sense": "report",
"word": "教える"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "tüsındıru",
"sense": "report",
"word": "түсіндіру"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "bɑnlae",
"sense": "report",
"word": "បន្លែ"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "bɑmphlɨɨ",
"sense": "report",
"word": "បំភ្លឺ"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "pɔɔpŭənyŭəl",
"sense": "report",
"word": "ពន្យល់"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "saathĕəʼkaʼ",
"sense": "report",
"word": "សាធក"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "seolmyeonghada",
"sense": "report",
"word": "설명하다"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "report",
"word": "şirove kirin"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "report",
"word": "îzah kirin"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "report",
"word": "fesîh kirin"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "report",
"word": "zelal kirin"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "report",
"word": "ron kirin"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "report",
"word": "şayesandin"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "report",
"word": "şayes kirin"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "report",
"word": "şayes dan"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "report",
"word": "sêwer kirin"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "report",
"word": "bas kirin"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "report",
"word": "qal kirin"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "report",
"word": "vegotin"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "report",
"word": "derbirin"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "report",
"word": "wesf dan"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "report",
"word": "saloxandin"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "report",
"word": "salox kirin"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "report",
"word": "teswîr kirin"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "report",
"word": "tesewir kirin"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "tüşündürüü",
"sense": "report",
"word": "түшүндүрүү"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "ʼa thi bāi",
"sense": "report",
"word": "ອະທິບາຍ"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "report",
"word": "explānō"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "report",
"word": "explicō"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "report",
"word": "skaidrot"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "report",
"word": "aiškinti"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "report",
"word": "paaiškinti"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "objasnuva",
"sense": "report",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "објаснува"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "objasni",
"sense": "report",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "објасни"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "report",
"word": "menjelaskan"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "report",
"word": "whakamārama"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "report",
"word": "whakamahuki"
},
{
"code": "mwl",
"lang": "Mirandese",
"sense": "report",
"word": "splicar"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "tajlbarlax",
"sense": "report",
"word": "тайлбарлах"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "report",
"word": "explyitchi"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "report",
"word": "forklare"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "report",
"word": "explicar"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "report",
"word": "reċċan"
},
{
"code": "ps",
"lang": "Pashto",
"roman": "tašrihkawᶕl",
"sense": "report",
"word": "تشريح کول"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "towzih dâdan",
"sense": "report",
"word": "توضیح دادن"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "šarh dâdan",
"sense": "report",
"word": "شرح دادن"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "report",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "wyjaśniać"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "report",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "wyjaśnić"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "report",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "objaśniać"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "report",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "objaśnić"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "report",
"word": "explicar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "report",
"word": "explanar"
},
{
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "report",
"word": "alayrichiy"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "report",
"word": "explica"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "obʺjasnjátʹ",
"sense": "report",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "объясня́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "obʺjasnítʹ",
"sense": "report",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "объясни́ть"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "report",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"perfective"
],
"word": "обја̀снити"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "report",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"perfective"
],
"word": "objàsniti"
},
{
"code": "shn",
"lang": "Shan",
"roman": "sáp léng",
"sense": "report",
"word": "သပ်းလႅင်း"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "report",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "vysvetliť"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "report",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "pojasniti"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "report",
"word": "explicar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "report",
"word": "förklara"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "ezoh dodan",
"sense": "report",
"word": "эзоҳ додан"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "šarh dodan",
"sense": "report",
"word": "шарҳ додан"
},
{
"code": "tt",
"lang": "Tatar",
"roman": "añlatırga",
"sense": "report",
"word": "аңлатырга"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "vivariñcu",
"sense": "report",
"word": "వివరించు"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "à-tí-baai",
"sense": "report",
"word": "อธิบาย"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "chíi-jɛɛng",
"sense": "report",
"word": "ชี้แจง"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "jɛɛng",
"sense": "report",
"word": "แจง"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "ní-yaam",
"sense": "report",
"word": "นิยาม"
},
{
"code": "txb",
"lang": "Tocharian B",
"sense": "report",
"word": "ṣärp-"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "report",
"word": "açıklamak"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "report",
"word": "izah etmek"
},
{
"code": "tk",
"lang": "Turkmen",
"sense": "report",
"word": "düşündirmek"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "pojásnjuvaty",
"sense": "report",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "поя́снювати"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "pojasnjáty",
"sense": "report",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "поясня́ти"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "pojasnýty",
"sense": "report",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "поясни́ти"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "samjhānā",
"sense": "report",
"word": "سمجھانا"
},
{
"code": "ug",
"lang": "Uyghur",
"roman": "chüshendürmek",
"sense": "report",
"word": "چۈشەندۈرمەك"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "report",
"word": "tushuntirmoq"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "report",
"word": "izohlamoq"
},
{
"code": "vec",
"lang": "Venetian",
"sense": "report",
"word": "spiegar"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "report",
"word": "giải thích"
},
{
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "report",
"word": "espliker"
},
{
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "report",
"word": "spliker"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "report",
"word": "egluro"
},
{
"code": "fy",
"lang": "West Frisian",
"sense": "report",
"word": "útlizze"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "derklern",
"sense": "report",
"word": "דערקלערן"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "masber zayn",
"sense": "report",
"word": "מסביר זײַן"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "davam objasnenija",
"sense": "excuse",
"word": "давам обяснения"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "excuse",
"word": "explicar"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "excuse",
"word": "vysvětlit"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "excuse",
"word": "verklaren"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "excuse",
"word": "pravigi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "excuse",
"word": "selittää"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "excuse",
"word": "justifier"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "excuse",
"word": "explicar"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "excuse",
"word": "erklären"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "excuse",
"word": "magyaráz"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "excuse",
"word": "indokol"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "excuse",
"word": "igazol"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "excuse",
"word": "giustificare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "excuse",
"word": "motivare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "excuse",
"word": "scusarsi"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "byeonmyeonghada",
"sense": "excuse",
"word": "변명하다"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "excuse",
"word": "explicar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "oprávdyvatʹ",
"sense": "excuse",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "опра́вдывать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "opravdátʹ",
"sense": "excuse",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "оправда́ть"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "excuse",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "обја̀снити"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "excuse",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "rasvijetliti"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "excuse",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "objàsniti"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "excuse",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "расвијетлити"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "excuse",
"word": "explicar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "excuse",
"word": "förklara"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Explanation"
],
"word": "explain"
}
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