See stay behind on Wiktionary
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to remain in a classroom or school at the end of teaching, especially to receive punishment",
"word": "avoir une heure de colle"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to remain in a classroom or school at the end of teaching, especially to receive punishment",
"word": "nachsitzen"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ostavátʹsja",
"sense": "to remain in a classroom or school at the end of teaching, especially to receive punishment",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "остава́ться"
},
{
"alt": "после уро́ков",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ostátʹsja",
"sense": "to remain in a classroom or school at the end of teaching, especially to receive punishment",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "оста́ться"
}
],
"word": "stay behind"
}
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