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"word": "reach for the stars"
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"word": "reach for the sky"
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},
{
"form": "reaching for",
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{
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"To try to get (something) by extending one's arm or moving one's hand."
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"sense": "to try to get by extending one's arm or moving one's hand",
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"word": "natáhnout se"
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"sense": "to try to get by extending one's arm or moving one's hand",
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"_dis1": "97 3",
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to try to get by extending one's arm or moving one's hand",
"word": "greifen"
},
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"_dis1": "97 3",
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"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to try to get by extending one's arm or moving one's hand",
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}
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"text": "to reach for success",
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"To aspire to achieve."
],
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"alt": "+ ar",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to aspire to achieve",
"word": "sroich"
}
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}
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"word": "reach for"
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"word": "reach for the sky"
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},
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"sense": "to try to get by extending one's arm or moving one's hand",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "natáhnout se"
},
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"alt": "+ po/pro",
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"sense": "to try to get by extending one's arm or moving one's hand",
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{
"alt": "+ nach",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to try to get by extending one's arm or moving one's hand",
"word": "greifen"
},
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"alt": "+ ar",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to try to get by extending one's arm or moving one's hand",
"word": "sroich"
},
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"alt": "+ ar",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to aspire to achieve",
"word": "sroich"
}
],
"word": "reach for"
}
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