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{
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},
{
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"text": "Paul is supposed to call his mother every day.",
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"To be required to, ought to, expected to"
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"(idiomatic) To be required to, ought to, expected to"
],
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"_dis1": "74 5 13 9",
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"_dis1": "81 3 9 6",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "Required to",
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"_dis1": "81 3 9 6",
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"sense": "Required to",
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"_dis1": "81 3 9 6",
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"sense": "Required to",
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"sense": "Required to",
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"_dis1": "81 3 9 6",
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"sense": "Required to",
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{
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{
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"text": "I am not supposed to smoke there.",
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"To be permitted to."
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"(idiomatic, with not) To be permitted to."
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},
{
"text": "What was he supposed to do—just sit there and do nothing?",
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"To be expected to; to be capable of (used to indicate that an expectation is impossible or unreasonable in the context)."
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"(idiomatic, in interrogative or similar situations) To be expected to; to be capable of (used to indicate that an expectation is impossible or unreasonable in the context)."
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"text": "It's supposed to rain.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "The thief is supposed to be hiding in the forest.",
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"To intended to; to be expected to; to believed to."
],
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],
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"(idiomatic) To intended to; to be expected to; to believed to."
],
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"_dis1": "3 1 10 86",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "Believed to",
"word": "sollen"
},
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"_dis1": "3 1 10 86",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "Believed to",
"word": "gå for"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 1 10 86",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "Believed to",
"word": "skulle"
}
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}
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},
{
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},
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"word": "be supposed to"
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"text": "I am supposed to report to the police every week.",
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},
{
"text": "Paul is supposed to call his mother every day.",
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"To be required to, ought to, expected to"
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"(idiomatic) To be required to, ought to, expected to"
],
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"text": "I am not supposed to smoke there.",
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"To be permitted to."
],
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"(idiomatic, with not) To be permitted to."
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{
"text": "How am I supposed to work in all this racket?",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "What was he supposed to do—just sit there and do nothing?",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"To be expected to; to be capable of (used to indicate that an expectation is impossible or unreasonable in the context)."
],
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"(idiomatic, in interrogative or similar situations) To be expected to; to be capable of (used to indicate that an expectation is impossible or unreasonable in the context)."
],
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"in interrogative or similar situations"
],
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"idiomatic"
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},
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{
"text": "It's supposed to rain.",
"type": "example"
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{
"text": "The thief is supposed to be hiding in the forest.",
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],
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"To intended to; to be expected to; to believed to."
],
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"(idiomatic) To intended to; to be expected to; to believed to."
],
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}
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"word": "be meant to"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "Required to",
"word": "être censé"
},
{
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"sense": "Required to",
"word": "suponse que"
},
{
"code": "de",
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"sense": "Required to",
"word": "sollen"
},
{
"code": "nb",
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"sense": "Required to",
"word": "måtte"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "Required to",
"word": "mieć"
},
{
"code": "pl",
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"sense": "Required to",
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{
"code": "es",
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{
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"sense": "Required to",
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{
"code": "es",
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"sense": "Required to",
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{
"code": "es",
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"sense": "Required to",
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},
{
"code": "de",
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"sense": "Believed to",
"word": "sollen"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "Believed to",
"word": "gå for"
},
{
"code": "nb",
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"sense": "Believed to",
"word": "skulle"
}
],
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}
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