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"ref": "1957 October 20, Roy Bedichek, “to John Henry Faulk”, in Letters of Roy Bedichek, Austin, T.X.: University of Texas Press, published 1985, →ISBN, page 507:",
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"ref": "1995, The Langoliers:",
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"ref": "2013 February 5, Steven Davidoff Solomon, “Reasons to Be Suspicious of Buyouts Led by Management”, in The New York Times:",
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{
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"word": "scare out of one's wits"
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{
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"word": "scare someone to death"
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"word": "scare the daylights out of"
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"ref": "2013 February 5, Steven Davidoff Solomon, “Reasons to Be Suspicious of Buyouts Led by Management”, in The New York Times:",
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"word": "ခြောက်"
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},
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"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "phobéō",
"sense": "to frighten",
"word": "φοβέω"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "phoberízō",
"sense": "to frighten",
"word": "φοβερίζω"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "ḍarānā",
"sense": "to frighten",
"word": "डराना"
},
{
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "to frighten",
"word": "pölässyttää"
},
{
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "to frighten",
"word": "aroittaa"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to frighten",
"word": "cuir eagla ar"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to frighten",
"word": "scanraigh"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to frighten",
"word": "spaventare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to frighten",
"word": "impaurire"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to frighten",
"word": "spaurire"
},
{
"alt": "おどかす",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "odokasu",
"sense": "to frighten",
"word": "威かす"
},
{
"alt": "おどろかす",
"code": "ja",
"english": "to surprise",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "odorokasu",
"sense": "to frighten",
"word": "驚かす"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "nollaekida",
"sense": "to frighten",
"word": "놀래키다"
},
{
"code": "lad",
"lang": "Ladino",
"sense": "to frighten",
"word": "espantar"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to frighten",
"word": "terreō"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to frighten",
"word": "timeor"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "to frighten",
"word": "baidīt"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "to frighten",
"word": "biedēt"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "to frighten",
"word": "biedināt"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "to frighten",
"word": "grēosan"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to frighten",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "straszyć"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to frighten",
"word": "assustar"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to frighten",
"word": "speria"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to frighten",
"word": "înspăimânta"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pugátʹ",
"sense": "to frighten",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "пуга́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ispugátʹ",
"sense": "to frighten",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "испуга́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "napugátʹ",
"sense": "to frighten",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "напуга́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "strašítʹ",
"sense": "to frighten",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "страши́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ustrašátʹ",
"sense": "to frighten",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "устраша́ть"
},
{
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "to frighten",
"word": "scantari"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "to frighten",
"word": "prestrašiti"
},
{
"code": "dsb",
"lang": "Lower Sorbian",
"sense": "to frighten",
"word": "tšachaś"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to frighten",
"word": "asustar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to frighten",
"word": "atemorizar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to frighten",
"word": "espantar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to frighten",
"word": "amedrentar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to frighten",
"word": "amedrantar"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "to frighten",
"word": "ukalili"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to frighten",
"word": "skrämma"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to frighten",
"word": "korkutmak"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "ljakáty",
"sense": "to frighten",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "ляка́ти"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "naljakáty",
"sense": "to frighten",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "наляка́ти"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zljakáty",
"sense": "to frighten",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "зляка́ти"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "to frighten",
"word": "dychryn"
}
],
"word": "scare"
}
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{
"ipa": "/skeː/",
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]
},
{
"ipa": "/skeə/",
"note": "without the cheer–chair merger",
"tags": [
"New-Zealand"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/skiə/",
"note": "New Zealand, cheer–chair merger"
},
{
"ipa": "/skeɹ/",
"tags": [
"Scotland"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/skɜː(ɹ)/",
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},
{
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}
],
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}
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"2": "la",
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"name": "taxfmt"
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"called_from": "form_descriptions/1936",
"msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": to terrify vs. odokasu",
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"section": "English",
"subsection": "verb",
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