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"text": "I do not hold to their radical opinions.",
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"_dis1": "78 19 3",
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"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "share a belief",
"word": "condividere"
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"sense": "share a belief",
"word": "aderire a"
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"text": "to hold to one's original story",
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"text": "Despite contrary admonitions, they held to their fundamentalist Christian views.",
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"To adhere strongly to (a conviction, story, etc.)."
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"sense": "adhere strongly to",
"word": "restare fedele a"
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"sense": "adhere strongly to",
"word": "aderire a mantenere"
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"sense": "adhere strongly to",
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"text": "Jill holds her grandfather to her own standards and finds them wanting.",
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"To compel (someone) to remain faithful to (a commitment, moral standard, etc.)."
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"word": "vincolare a"
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"text": "to hold to one's original story",
"type": "example"
},
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"text": "Despite contrary admonitions, they held to their fundamentalist Christian views.",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"To adhere strongly to (a conviction, story, etc.)."
],
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"adhere",
"adhere"
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"strongly",
"strongly"
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"conviction",
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],
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"faithful",
"faithful"
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "share a belief",
"word": "condividere"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "share a belief",
"word": "aderire a"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "share a belief",
"word": "sottoscrivere"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "adhere strongly to",
"word": "restare fedele a"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "adhere strongly to",
"word": "aderire a mantenere"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "adhere strongly to",
"word": "confermare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "compel someone to remain faithful to",
"word": "vincolare a"
}
],
"word": "hold to"
}
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