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},
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"To get distracted and lose track of something (one's train of thought, a conversation)."
],
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"distracted",
"distracted"
],
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"lose track",
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],
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"(figuratively) To get distracted and lose track of something (one's train of thought, a conversation)."
],
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"word": "lose one's thread"
},
{
"word": "pick up the threads"
},
{
"word": "lose the plot"
}
],
"tags": [
"figuratively"
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "de draad kwijt zijn"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "pudota kärryiltä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "perdre le fil"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "den Faden verlieren"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "elveszti a fonalat"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "perdere il filo"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "Translations",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "gubić wątek"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "Translations",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "zgubić wątek"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "perder o fio"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "terjátʹ nitʹ",
"sense": "Translations",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "теря́ть нить"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "poterjátʹ nitʹ",
"sense": "Translations",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "потеря́ть нить"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "perder el hilo"
}
]
}
],
"word": "lose the thread"
}
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"singular",
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},
{
"form": "losing the thread",
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{
"form": "lost the thread",
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"glosses": [
"To get distracted and lose track of something (one's train of thought, a conversation)."
],
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"distracted",
"distracted"
],
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"lose track",
"lose track"
],
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],
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "de draad kwijt zijn"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "pudota kärryiltä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "perdre le fil"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "den Faden verlieren"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "elveszti a fonalat"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "perdere il filo"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "Translations",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "gubić wątek"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "Translations",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "zgubić wątek"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "perder o fio"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "terjátʹ nitʹ",
"sense": "Translations",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "теря́ть нить"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "poterjátʹ nitʹ",
"sense": "Translations",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "потеря́ть нить"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "perder el hilo"
}
],
"word": "lose the thread"
}
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