See go spare on Wiktionary
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"To be available or unused."
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"sense": "to be available",
"word": "olla tarjolla"
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"(UK, informal) To become very angry; to become frustrated or distraught: see spare."
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "to become mad (crazy, frustrated or distressed)",
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"sense": "to become mad (crazy, frustrated or distressed)",
"word": "kyllästyä"
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"_dis1": "1 98 1",
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"sense": "to become mad (crazy, frustrated or distressed)",
"word": "die Fassung verlieren"
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"sense": "to become mad (crazy, frustrated or distressed)",
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"sense": "to become mad (crazy, frustrated or distressed)",
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"To be unemployed."
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"(archaic) To be unemployed."
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"To be available or unused."
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"To be unemployed."
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"(archaic) To be unemployed."
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to be available",
"word": "olla tarjolla"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to become mad (crazy, frustrated or distressed)",
"word": "turhautua"
},
{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "to become mad (crazy, frustrated or distressed)",
"word": "kyllästyä"
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"sense": "to become mad (crazy, frustrated or distressed)",
"word": "die Fassung verlieren"
},
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to become mad (crazy, frustrated or distressed)",
"word": "die Beherrschung verlieren"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to become mad (crazy, frustrated or distressed)",
"word": "sich ärgern"
},
{
"code": "it",
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"sense": "to become mad (crazy, frustrated or distressed)",
"word": "perdere le staffe"
}
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"word": "go spare"
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