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"ref": "1876, Louisa May Alcott, Rose in Bloom",
"text": "We are a couple of old fools to be matchmaking so soon ...",
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"ref": "2002: Alias (TV, episode 2.09)",
"text": "Not to brag, but I'm kind of responsible for matchmaking you and Irina."
}
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"To do matchmaking: to set up a date between two people or to arrange a marriage."
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"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "svátacʹ",
"sense": "to do matchmaking: to set up a date between two people or to arrange a marriage",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "сва́таць"
},
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zuòméi",
"sense": "to do matchmaking: to set up a date between two people or to arrange a marriage",
"word": "做媒"
},
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "bǎoméi",
"sense": "to do matchmaking: to set up a date between two people or to arrange a marriage",
"word": "保媒"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to do matchmaking: to set up a date between two people or to arrange a marriage",
"word": "välittää naimakauppa"
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"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to do matchmaking: to set up a date between two people or to arrange a marriage",
"tags": [
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "to do matchmaking: to set up a date between two people or to arrange a marriage",
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to do matchmaking: to set up a date between two people or to arrange a marriage",
"word": "verkuppeln"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "jungmaehada",
"sense": "to do matchmaking: to set up a date between two people or to arrange a marriage",
"word": "중매하다"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "jungmaereul seoda",
"sense": "to do matchmaking: to set up a date between two people or to arrange a marriage",
"word": "중매를 서다"
},
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"code": "cu",
"lang": "Church Slavic",
"roman": "svatati",
"sense": "to do matchmaking: to set up a date between two people or to arrange a marriage",
"tags": [
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"word": "сватати"
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to do matchmaking: to set up a date between two people or to arrange a marriage",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
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"sense": "to do matchmaking: to set up a date between two people or to arrange a marriage",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "сва́тать"
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"code": "ru",
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"roman": "sosvátatʹ",
"sense": "to do matchmaking: to set up a date between two people or to arrange a marriage",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "сосва́тать"
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"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "xostgorī kardan",
"sense": "to do matchmaking: to set up a date between two people or to arrange a marriage",
"word": "хостгорӣ кардан"
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"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "svátaty",
"sense": "to do matchmaking: to set up a date between two people or to arrange a marriage",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "сва́тати"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to do matchmaking: to set up a date between two people or to arrange a marriage",
"word": "làm mối"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to do matchmaking: to set up a date between two people or to arrange a marriage",
"word": "làm mai"
}
]
}
],
"word": "matchmake"
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"text": "We are a couple of old fools to be matchmaking so soon ...",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2002: Alias (TV, episode 2.09)",
"text": "Not to brag, but I'm kind of responsible for matchmaking you and Irina."
}
],
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"To do matchmaking: to set up a date between two people or to arrange a marriage."
],
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"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "svátacʹ",
"sense": "to do matchmaking: to set up a date between two people or to arrange a marriage",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "сва́таць"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zuòméi",
"sense": "to do matchmaking: to set up a date between two people or to arrange a marriage",
"word": "做媒"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "bǎoméi",
"sense": "to do matchmaking: to set up a date between two people or to arrange a marriage",
"word": "保媒"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to do matchmaking: to set up a date between two people or to arrange a marriage",
"word": "välittää naimakauppa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to do matchmaking: to set up a date between two people or to arrange a marriage",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
],
"word": "parittaa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to do matchmaking: to set up a date between two people or to arrange a marriage",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
],
"word": "naittaa"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to do matchmaking: to set up a date between two people or to arrange a marriage",
"word": "verkuppeln"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "jungmaehada",
"sense": "to do matchmaking: to set up a date between two people or to arrange a marriage",
"word": "중매하다"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "jungmaereul seoda",
"sense": "to do matchmaking: to set up a date between two people or to arrange a marriage",
"word": "중매를 서다"
},
{
"code": "cu",
"lang": "Church Slavic",
"roman": "svatati",
"sense": "to do matchmaking: to set up a date between two people or to arrange a marriage",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"imperfective"
],
"word": "сватати"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to do matchmaking: to set up a date between two people or to arrange a marriage",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "swatać"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "svátatʹ",
"sense": "to do matchmaking: to set up a date between two people or to arrange a marriage",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "сва́тать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sosvátatʹ",
"sense": "to do matchmaking: to set up a date between two people or to arrange a marriage",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "сосва́тать"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "xostgorī kardan",
"sense": "to do matchmaking: to set up a date between two people or to arrange a marriage",
"word": "хостгорӣ кардан"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "svátaty",
"sense": "to do matchmaking: to set up a date between two people or to arrange a marriage",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "сва́тати"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to do matchmaking: to set up a date between two people or to arrange a marriage",
"word": "làm mối"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to do matchmaking: to set up a date between two people or to arrange a marriage",
"word": "làm mai"
}
],
"word": "matchmake"
}
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