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"text": "November 4, 1866, James David Forbes, letter to E. C. Batten\nI have a large arrear of letters to write."
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"ref": "1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula, New York, N.Y.: Modern Library, →OCLC:",
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"ref": "1960 February, R. C. Riley, “The London-Birmingham services - Past, Present and Future”, in Trains Illustrated, page 98:",
"text": "After World War II it took time to clear up the arrears of track maintenance on both lines and it was not until 1953 that the L.M.R. restored any two-hour schedules, the W.R. following suit a year later.",
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"text": "fall into arrears",
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"ref": "1987, Grateful Dead (lyrics and music), “Touch of Grey”, in In the Dark:",
"text": "I know the debt is in arrears / The dog has not been fed in years / It's even worse than it appears, but / It's alright",
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"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "work to be done",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "rest"
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"sense": "work to be done",
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"sense": "work to be done",
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{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "work to be done",
"word": "tekemätön työ"
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"word": "arriéré"
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"sense": "work to be done",
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"sense": "work to be done",
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"sense": "work to be done",
"word": "обязанность"
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"masculine"
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"sense": "work to be done",
"tags": [
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"word": "beting"
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "work to be done",
"tags": [
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"word": "bakläxa"
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"sense": "unpaid debt",
"word": "ապառք"
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"code": "yue",
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"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "unpaid debt",
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"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "unpaid debt",
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"word": "(udestående, ubetalt) gæld"
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "unpaid debt",
"word": "achterstallige betaling"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "unpaid debt",
"word": "erääntynyt velka"
},
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"code": "fi",
"english": "tax debt",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "unpaid debt",
"word": "verojäämä"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "unpaid debt",
"word": "arriéré"
},
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "unpaid debt",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Rückstand"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "unpaid debt",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "unpaid debt",
"word": "hátralék"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "unpaid debt",
"word": "elmaradás"
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"code": "ga",
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"sense": "unpaid debt",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "riaráiste"
},
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"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "unpaid debt",
"word": "utu tārewa"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "unpaid debt",
"word": "utestående"
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{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "unpaid debt",
"word": "betalingsetterskudd"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "unpaid debt",
"tags": [
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"masculine"
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"word": "ubetalt gjeld"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "unpaid debt",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural"
],
"word": "atrasdos"
},
{
"code": "pa",
"lang": "Punjabi",
"roman": "bākī",
"sense": "unpaid debt",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ਬਾਕੀ"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zadolžennostʹ",
"sense": "unpaid debt",
"word": "задолженность"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "unpaid debt",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "deuda vencida"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "unpaid debt",
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"masculine",
"plural"
],
"word": "atrasos"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "unpaid debt",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "pago atrasado"
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"note": "(återstående, utestående, obetald) skuld",
"sense": "unpaid debt",
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"common-gender"
]
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"sense": "unpaid debt",
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"word": "efterskott"
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"code": "rif",
"lang": "Tarifit",
"sense": "unpaid debt",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "amerwas"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "unpaid debt",
"word": "bakiye"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "unpaid debt",
"word": "ödenmemiş borç"
}
],
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}
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