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},
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"ref": "1971, The New York Times, Book review of Burning",
"text": "[…] the flaming purification of Diane Johnson's Los Angeles a la Sodom and Gomorrah […]"
}
],
"glosses": [
"In the style or manner of."
],
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"links": [
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"style",
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],
[
"manner",
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]
],
"related": [
{
"word": "à la carte"
},
{
"word": "à la King"
},
{
"word": "a la minute"
},
{
"word": "a la mode"
},
{
"word": "à la russe"
},
{
"word": "chicken à la King"
},
{
"word": "service à la française"
},
{
"word": "service à la russe"
}
],
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{
"tags": [
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],
"word": "à la"
},
{
"tags": [
"colloquial"
],
"word": "ala"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "in the style or manner of",
"word": "à la"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "in the style or manner of",
"word": "a la"
},
{
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "in the style or manner of",
"word": "â"
},
{
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "in the style or manner of",
"word": "a la"
},
{
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "in the style or manner of",
"word": "a l'"
}
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/æ læ/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ɑ lɑ/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
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"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
}
],
"word": "a la"
}
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "prep",
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"word": "à la carte"
},
{
"word": "à la King"
},
{
"word": "a la minute"
},
{
"word": "a la mode"
},
{
"word": "à la russe"
},
{
"word": "chicken à la King"
},
{
"word": "service à la française"
},
{
"word": "service à la russe"
}
],
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{
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"English lemmas",
"English multiword terms",
"English palindromes",
"English prepositions",
"English terms borrowed from French",
"English terms derived from French",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1971, The New York Times, Book review of Burning",
"text": "[…] the flaming purification of Diane Johnson's Los Angeles a la Sodom and Gomorrah […]"
}
],
"glosses": [
"In the style or manner of."
],
"links": [
[
"style",
"style"
],
[
"manner",
"manner"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/æ læ/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ɑ lɑ/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
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"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
}
],
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{
"tags": [
"uncommon"
],
"word": "à la"
},
{
"tags": [
"colloquial"
],
"word": "ala"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "in the style or manner of",
"word": "à la"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "in the style or manner of",
"word": "a la"
},
{
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "in the style or manner of",
"word": "â"
},
{
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "in the style or manner of",
"word": "a la"
},
{
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "in the style or manner of",
"word": "a l'"
}
],
"word": "a la"
}
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