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"English terms with quotations",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide",
"text": "As she went through the woods where the primroses and the whitethorn were blossoming, the place seemed as the land of Elim, wherein there were twelve wells and threescore and ten palm trees.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Where, or in which location."
],
"links": [
[
"location",
"location"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"During which."
],
"links": [
[
"During",
"During"
]
]
},
{
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2011, Bible (English Standard Version), 1 Samuel 8:9",
"text": "In order to show them wherein they were wrong, Samuel was instructed to bear witness against them […]"
}
],
"glosses": [
"How, or in what way."
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/(h)wɛɹˈɪn/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/wɛəɹˈɪn/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɪn"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-wherein.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b3/En-us-wherein.ogg/En-us-wherein.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b3/En-us-wherein.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
},
{
"enpr": "(h)wârinʹ"
},
{
"enpr": "wârinʹ"
}
],
"word": "wherein"
}
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