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"sense": "indicating imminence",
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"sense": "indicating imminence",
"word": "กำลังจะ"
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"word": "about to"
}
Download raw JSONL data for about to meaning in English (11.9kB)
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"called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
"msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": beh vs. zh-min-nan",
"path": [
"about to"
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"section": "English",
"subsection": "phrase",
"title": "about to",
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}
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